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My superblack vest behaves as @eastrocker s. It drape at all even after 8 years of heavy use and washes.

I can confirm what @Graham said. I have the SBG as 555 and this vest since 2016. I‘ve washed the vest at least 20 times and wore the hell out of it and it is still super stiff. The SBG however was sweatpantslike soft after one wash and a few days of wear.

I find it still superhard to take accurate pictures of overdyed stuff. Today, during sunset however worked well.
Also my plan to wear it all winter is going great. I use it as a top layer above a woolen sweater and deck vest on milder days, with a down vest on top on colder ones and sometimes even instead of a shirt inside.
Hard to fade, but I feel, I have cracked the bonding of the black dye a bit by now.

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@sabergirl @peregrine @Daniel-San @Oaktavia @twin @Fadez thank you so much for the kudos. Not done with them yet. They will remain my go-to pair until 1000 days

Meanwhile I have 840 days down. While the front is holding up incredibly well, the backside is getting weaker in some areas.
Might have them repaired very soon to continue the wear journey.

I just love this denim. „Only“ 474 days of wear and I plan to wear it till 1k

For the ones getting the SBG Type3: I can‘t wait to see heaviest faded ones in the future.

@Asger-Ebdrup This looks great and seems to behave very similar to mine. Fading very slowly but when it happens, the fades look great🩵
Here is mine. I‘ll try to wear it all winter.

Little update. Definitely a very slow fader, but we are getting there. Promise!

Had a few stitches done on mine to prolong their life.

@JunkPants Thank you man! And I am sure you will. These are really super easy to fade. Just be careful with high spin washing if you are cautious about marbling or wash marks.

Gave them their 4th wash after 431 days of wear. Somehow this time I ended up with marbling although I didn‘t change the washing routine too much. Maybe I used lower spins earlier Don‘t care too much to be frank as I think they will get less prominent with future wear and washes.

Finally some signs of wear. At least in the right lightning. This jacket seems underrated and I am curious to see how it is finally looking heavily faded.

Don‘t wear it so often anymore these days. But maybe during summer I’ll chose it again. Had the sleeves taken in by a tailor as they were completely frayed out.
Guess that‘s not for everyone

@Jett129 Yeah. Wearing them too right now and indeed it‘s hard to beat that. If I could re-choose, I would most likely go for a slightly wider fit with 25oz
@AdamJ Indeed. This is what I thought too after receiving them. They seemed almost as dark as black and completely unforgivingly to beginn with. Unbelievable that I consider them really comfortable by now

@Fadez Thank you so much mate. Keeps me motivated for the remaining year. Although they are great fun to wear everyday. Great idea to archive the status at 666

660 days down.

@bobbyg not really as the shortening on the sleeve is due to folding of the elbow combs and there is no permanent folds in the core area

@krebsy Fantastic choice! I wore the pants version of this iteration for 8 years. It's the best fading denim, I ever worn!

Maybe my favorite IH Jeans yet. Wearing only 1-2 a week due to other priorities in the rotation. But getting there.

Gave them their 5th machine wash and few repairs lately. Almost 600 days down. I am sure they will easily last for 1000 days.