Indigo Invitational Y3
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IMO another "problem" (at least for me) is that the majority prefers the (very) high contrast fades, bordering to looking like pre-distressed jeans. And some of these fades look helped/faked (although that was worth with Y1).
I prefer the more natural looking fades (so called vintage fades) coming with more ergular washing. Apparently they want to honour these kind of fades this year. I'll be joining with a pair of Denime jeans, so an Osaka5 brand. Normal weight denim.
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And some of these fades look helped/faked
I prefer the more natural looking fades (so called vintage fades) coming with more ergular washing. Apparently they want to honour these kind of fades this year. I'll be joining with a pair of Denime jeans, so an Osaka5 brand. Normal weight denim.
I never said anything on the Instagram page or the Facebook group last year BUT there were some suspicious looking ultra-high contrast fades that I didn't even understand.
I'm full of opinions this week, and to add, I think a combination of high contrast AND vintage looking fades looks the best. A blend of both looks not only realistic but also super lived in. Like a lot of what we see here on the forum.
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I prefer the more natural looking fades (so called vintage fades) coming with more ergular washing. Apparently they want to honour these kind of fades this year. I'll be joining with a pair of Denime jeans, so an Osaka5 brand. Normal weight denim.
Heh, had I known that, I might have entered my 777N after all, a mere 17oz and comfortable the moment you put them on. Given the popularity of extreme contrast and definition, I decided last week to just start wearing them.
I dig vintage fades as well as some degree of contrast and especially texture (visible AND tactile), so I find myself somewhere in-between like Oaktavia. That said, I don't launder my jeans often, so we'll see what happens with these. I couldn't be happier with my 666S-18 and think Haraki really nailed the vintage aspect of that fabric.
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@Noahf Y3 is going to be different even though there not getting rid of the public vote it’s a great competition to enter with submitting monthly updates via email following them on Instagram and following everyone’s progress.
Getting to that finish line and having a great pair of fades at the end …Y2 voting was this :
The Steps to Victory
There are a few steps from the final submissions to the podium:
Thomas from Denimhunters and Dave from Japanologue will help the founders pick a Top 50.
We will then post the Top 50 collages in the Facebook group. Members of the group will vote for their favourites.
The Top 16 will automatically go on to the next round. The Founders will select 4 deserving wildcard pairs to round out the top 20.
The 20 finalists will be reviewed by our panel of judges. The judges will deliberate and pick our winners.
The Founders will then select spot prize and raffle prize winners. All winners will be announced shortly thereafter.But Y3 is slightly different with removing the public FB vote :
A Fair and Secure Voting System
Only registered competitors can vote
Voting will take place on the Indigo Invitational website (link below)
Each competitor can vote for their favourite 10 pairs
16 pairs with the most votes will go to our judging panel
4 pairs will be selected by the founders to go to the judging panel -
Registration accomplished
Jeans still at hemming, hope they arrive soon -
to be realistic, I want to wear them as much as possible.
Mostly at work , I’ll take the 18oz because I think it’s wearable in the summer too. Maybe not every day but more often than 25oz for sure. -
I'm really not built for this kind of thing. My jeans get dirty and smelly quickly and I like wearing a range of jeans. Sticking to one pair doesn't suit me.
As a result I've never gone in for one of the, but I've signed up now. The nudge I needed was picking up the IH.634s-SLB's. I decided not to wear them until summer, so they are fresh and unworn right now. I'll see what I can manage.
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cool Reuben ! good to have you in
I have too much pairs too, and there will be even more during this year
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the new 21oz ib is a must have, the UHR and of course the anniversary stuff
so I will wear the competition pair on work and the other after work or on weekends mostly. -
Did you all participants manage to post your Raw proof? The hash tag seems to be available and I'm trying for the last 30 minutes to upload the images, but get back an error message.
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have the same problem, can’t upload the pics
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Remember seeing somewhere in IG on the total number of participants which stands around 600'ish I guess. Can't understand what the problem is! Is there any other way? I would definitely want to start wearing my pair tomorrow, the 1st of April.
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I think there are more than 800 participants.
maybe technical problems
as long as you saved the pics you can start wearing I think -
finally
🥳 , upload was extremely slow and it took almost 30 minutes to upload the pics -
I can’t wait to see everyone’s fades. I’m pleased with the wide straight fit on these Oni’s. So much room for activities
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@68degreesorless the denim looks awesome with the boots, yo.
@Daniel San excellent pick for the Y3
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Finally after several unsuccessful attempts, made the submission!
Here is what I will be wearing! Don't know how I will cope up during Summer.
Unlike my 666 XHS, I decided to do the initial soak before I start wearing them. Let me see what difference it makes.
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If you follow the instagram feeds for the #indigoinvitational and #tripleindigo, there are lots of competitors with IH denim!
