IH-888-NT - 21/23oz indigo Selvedge DWC Jeans
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@neph93
So they have a from loader her where I’m staying. How do u recommend I wash these? I’m noob to front loading machinesI take it I’m a bit late now (it was nighttime here when you posted) but for future reference, I leave mine in for the whole cycle, but set the rpm’s all the way down (400 is the lowest on mine) and adjust the temp depending on how much shrinkage I want. If you don’t have that option then washing on the wool/silk program does the same job although often no warmer than 40C.
Looks like it went well though, unless your infinitely better half flipped because of the towel… [emoji51]
Thanks guys, The machine here is in a condo laundry room so the functions are very limited. So I removed them before the final spin. The towels sadly have been lost to the denim Gods and and my wife appears to give zero shits. Which is great. I worry the thigh will be tight as hell now… and I’ve read that not
Much thigh stretch can be expected.. we’ll See in the morning. They are still damp now... I’lll Wrestle
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She is, That’s for sure! I’ll work on the thigh stretch tomorrow as well.
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@Megatron1505 @neph93 Alright so I tried them on. They’re still damp… and they are snug but I can button them. Thighs are good to Go. Waist is tight as fk and will need to stretch for me not to look ridiculous! But I’m really happy with these. IH is bomb
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Dude, they will be fine. Keep wearing them in rotation with another pair for a couple of weeks and the waist will stretch out. Mine went from….
"Holy shit, I can't breathe"
To
"Maybe I could have sized down one"
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^ awesome. Good to hear. Debating to send them to railcar or back
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Do indigoproof. Rain's attention to detail and prepaid shipping label system is great.
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+1 indigo proof, Mike (filthy25oz)recommended indigo proof and since three hems and excellent job
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Her repair service is sold out. But she still will do hemming.
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So after 2 days of wear these feel really comfy. Tempted to throw them in a warm wash with a bit more spin to get the remaining shrink out.
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Thank you @Jett129. Yeah I will Check with self edge. I’ll call
When I get back to the east coast. I would think they would be fast since I’m
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^ will do man.
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Just picked mine up. On a hide a distract mission from the Missus… will likely soak next week. If I do a cold soak will there be much shrinkage? Jeans I mean not me!
lemme know if i need to stage a GAW thread for yer jeans. worked for neph. or woulda if he didnt rat himself out. lol
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So I assume very little stretch, if any, after breaking in for the knee/low thigh area?
After soaking my internal struggles remained RE: these. Got about 1.2in out of the inseam via my soak and brief wash, so probably a little shrink left still and the lower thigh area is very tight. Figured if its this tight now, any stretch will be canceled out with the remaining shrink. did a 1.5hr room temp soak and about 15-20min of agitation.
Could move up to a 34 and get the waist taken in but it doesn't even look like much of an increase (just 0.1in). In the mirror they pretty much look perfect, but they just feel uncomfortable/constraining. Doesn't take much knee spreading for the crotch to get really tight [11 and 1 on a clock], when i sit the back rise comes down a little because there isn't any give for the pants to pull from the lower half and when i try to pull them all the way up like Steve Urkel the thigh/knee stops them. Any lifting i do will potentially make these unwearable.
Denim is beautiful though… really want to convince myself to try and break them in but that's an expensive break-in if never really enjoy wearing them. Here's an album and the first pic is a pair of my 1955s. they pretty much fit perfectly, with some room for reduction in the knee. Had the waist reduced by an inch, but should've gone more given it still still has some decent give. https://imgur.com/a/uMWNv
Ya'll are just rocking the slightly relaxed look with good amounts of room it seems and i'm just not feeling how these are sitting on me. And yeah... mirror is dusty in the pics ::).
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Here's a few proper fit pics in daylight to start your week:
This is the perfect cut. I can't believe my luck considering these are my very first IH purchase.
FWIW, mine shrunk 1 inch in the waist and 1,2 in length. They are really comfortable already on my first full day of wear. Great work, @Giles and crew!
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@brotherslen, I think they look good on you, but comfort is key. In all honesty I think that if you take a few weeks to break them in they will work out just fine for you once the denim settles and you get a little bit of stretch in them.
Regarding stretch in the thigh/ knee area, I have found that UHR Denim does stretch back to pre soak size in areas where it meets resistance.
