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Congrats Jestre!
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Awesome News Jestre - happy for you!
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current trend of sales & trade posts with no pictures or prices.
it's awesome & I hope it continues.
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current trend of sales & trade posts with no pictures or prices.
it's awesome & I hope it continues.
ROFL. So true. How the hell you going to sell used clothes without pics…...
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f^ck that, I'm running with it. new sales trade thread coming tonight with loads of goods you have all been looking for, pictures & measuring is the entire reason I have so much stuff stockpiled (well that & my perfect for me quality gear sickness that causes me to buy & bunch of goods)
this way I can thin out my herd & keep the forum clothed for maybe or maybe not cheap prices for goods that may or maybe not be in tip top shape.whoopee, I'm just being facetious or is that sarcastic ::)
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Even two day old Blue Star donuts are pretty tasty. In fact, I'm going to declare myself Team Blue Star. Sorry, Voodoo.
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Just got a message from a dude I met in Indonesia a couple of ears ago telling me that he wanted to buy "the best boots available" and wanted my opinion. After writing a 1000 word detailed reply on all the various options I deleted the lot and just replied "Get over to Iron Heart and check out the Wesco Foot Patrols".
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So the girlfriend is lamenting to me the angst of finding a quality woman's boot. Not sure what she likes or is looking for, and being half a wise ass I show her what Wesco offers. Thinking if anything she'll like a more feminine option like the Phoenix. Instead she's completely smitten with the Boss and Jobmaster. This chick wants a 14" Jobmaster with commando soles and has laid out a plan to acquire them. Just when I was about to give up on this one, I find a glimmer of hope lmao
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^Awesome
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The swing over the last year/year and a half from don't wash your jeans, to wash them normally has/is making a huge difference on the fadez I'm seeing on the internet and in/on my own pairs. In general, of course. There's many who've always done the regular and a fair few who are still doing their own thing, and then some of the crazy Thai's with their own style (much love to them!).
These high contrast fades from the 2003-2013 era on whatever jeans on whatever forum, now more and more frequently seems to be turn around to dad fadez. The look I see creeping up since the seminal 'wash your jeans' video from Kiya/Andrew is moving more and more towards that '80s acid/stone wash.
And it's done me in too! I've gone from one hand soak a year regardless of wear, to machine washing after any period of hard wear or when they start to smell. That's often around the 2-3-4 week wear mark.
It's liberating to wash when required/desired, however the flatness of the result on most jeans is making me start to think that I may need to go back to not washing them again. Depends on the end game/destination. The ideal/goal for me with raw denim is they take on part of my life and story. If they end up this drab light blue canvas with no markings or progression of time, what's the point?
This isn't a rant, more a reflection of a thought. Where are we heading in this brave new world? Were the @kiya's of the world right? Or maybe we should convert back to salt-soaks with the odd machine wash, to balance out the 2 schools for the ultimate look?
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Always really enjoy reading you, Snowy, regardless of whether or not or to what extent I'm agreeing.
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I think that the only time when washing "frequently" (2-4 weeks) leads to boring dad fades is when the denim itself is boring.
I first started washing frequently because I wanted a pair of flat heads that fit me great and hated how most of the flat heads I saw looked once faded. Then I saw the world tour and basically wanted to recreate that…
It's funny, flat head my favorite brand and they weren't even considered for the first pair of nice jeans I bought! I seriously hated every jean I saw in the thread... Really a shame that since others don't "get" the whole denim thing and went along with the crowd (never washing) it took me so long to realize what's right!
