WAYWT - The Hard Labour Edition aka "Working in your workwear".

[Leadley]

Picked up some 801s for work , these are great!!

[Aetas]

The 801 is a great choice @Leadley
Please post in the IH-801 Cotton Duck Double Knee Logger thread also.

[Mister_Brue]

I have worn these jeans to work every day for nine months. After they were posted on IG recently (not by me), the following comment was made, and I would like anyone’s thoughts. I have resisted replying…

“Shouldn't be Natural fading? There's no way jeans look like that in less than a year, only thing that cones to mind is "cheating" like my father used to do to his Levi's Jeans when he was a teenager, rubbing it with a brick...”

[tody]

@Mister_Brue Why would you care about what a random person says online? People will always talk shit, especially the keyboard warriors.

Edit: And if you care about my 0.02 - the slub looks sick!

[Tago Mago]

what @tody said

[aksu]

@Mister_Brue Don't bother about it. Yeah. No way my jeans look like that after a year, but that does not mean your's could not. And those do not look like bricked anyways. Nice pair of pants!

[T4920]

@Mister_Brue I think casual observers of the denim/fading scene underestimate our commitment/obsession with wearing our jeans as much as humanly possible.

To somebody that doesn't wear their jeans for work, and isn't actively trying to create as much wear and tear as possible within a fixed period of time, the fades on your jeans probably seem unachievable/fake. Those in the know, however (the ones that really matter ), can clearly see these to be a product of natural wear and real love for your garment.

Hell, I can fuck up a pair pretty badly in 12 months and I work an office job!

The saying 'Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to ignorance' comes to mind, these fools just don't know any better...

[ARNC]

@Mister_Brue you know they’re not fake, although I guess brick is not that far away from stone!

[flannel slut]

@Mister_Brue said in WAYWT - The Hard Labour Edition aka "Working in your workwear".:

“rubbing it with a brick...”

Anyone who’s anyone knows bricking a crotch blow out is so in

But yeah, more or less what @tody said, don’t even bother. They look sick 2X!

[Mister_Brue]

@tody @Tago-Mago @aksu @T4920 @ARNC @flannel-slut

Thanks all. I don’t particularly ‘care’ about it, but it did interest me in relation to the long and illustrious history of denim as ‘workwear’, and what would constitute ‘Natural Fading’. UV light?

[tody]

@Mister_Brue Well, for a start, way too few people still know what actual manual labor is. I certainly don't, all I have to offer is 'office fades'.
But that probably goes hand in hand with many of these people still considering themselves tough and rugged.
So there's probably only a few people actually putting these - expensive - pieces of clothing through any real abuse. Definitely two worlds colliding there...

[goosehd]

My jeans are my story, they are there in good times and bad, and reflect that. If someone likes them great, if they don’t, meh…

Don’t really care as it’s part of me and I’m part of them. My $.02

[Tago Mago]

My jeans reflect my lifestyle and profession. When I visit customers I wear chinos and a shirt. When I work from home I sit at a desk and wear denim. Plus, I wash when they're dirty or smell, and I prefer "vintage" fades to high-contrast. If I tried to go for a different fade pattern that would be disingenuous in my opinion

[Danimal506]

I think it’s pretty rare for people to wear high end work wear to work in a labor or manufacturing job. Personally, I have worked manufacturing for years and was always afraid to wear my Iron Heart gear. At my previous job in a workshop I wore some 777-142 for the winter and they were great! And it really put some good wear and tear into them quickly!

I haven’t met a single coworker who knows about high quality work wear. They all wear Wranglers here in Texas and Levi’s in California. Here and there I try to talk to them about it, some find it really cool!

Now I work in the Sheet Metal Union in a shop and as of yet I don’t wear my Iron Heart stuff to work. Number one because it’s too damn hot! But also because I’m afraid of ripping random holes in them on raw corners of sheet metal. As the weather cools off, I am going to try a pair of Carhartts and if they don’t get all ripped up, I’ll try my Iron Hearts.

Here is a pic of todays work wear.
I’ve got Red Wings on at least! 🫣

[Mizmazzle]

@Mister_Brue just one of the many reasons why the forum is the best!! I love that no one around here gets caught up in the “comments section” trash talking ignorance. Just a bunch of denim heads geeking out on the hobby…and so much more.

[Mister_Brue]

@Mizmazzle So true.️

[Mister_Brue]

@Danimal506 Carhartts as potential cannon fodder. Good call!

[scooter]

@Danimal506 said in WAYWT - The Hard Labour Edition aka "Working in your workwear".:

Now I work in the Sheet Metal Union in a shop and as of yet I don’t wear my Iron Heart stuff to work...because I’m afraid of ripping random holes in them on raw corners of sheet metal.

As a craft worker that works directly with sheet metal workers, I can certainly agree with this. Tinners I work with like to leave duct work all over the place, on job sites. I'm constantly weaving in and out of it. I've caught two pairs of denim on sharp edges, before. I still wear IH to work. But, it's XHS, and I only wear it in winter...

[GraemeE]

Glorified desk jockey for a mechanical contractor here (including union sheet metal, plumbers, fitters, etc...)

I wear my IH to work but the closest thing to work related wear and tear that I get is creases in my elbows from constant face palming during conference calls and while trying to decifer shoddy plans/specs

[Danimal506]

@GraemeE Oh no it happens to you too?! Hahah
(The shotty plans and face palms)