This past Christmas, B was lovely enough to get me an LVC tee, belt, and two pairs of 1920s chinos (more on those later).
Needless to say, I’m stoked.
As soon as I saw that belt I knew I needed it. It is crafted of soft but thick leather that seems like it will hold up better than Levi’s normal mall-quality belts. It was immediately treated with Kiwi leather lotion and is easily one of my favorites.
Just a couple fade photos. The Cone denim seems to be fading quickly.
As an early birthday present, B gave me cash to spend at Mister Freedom last Saturday.
None of the t-shirts or sweaters fit my frame so I ended up with this awesome selvedge NOS denim sack in my all-time favorite Mister Freedom logo – the Speed Safe helmet logo from ’09. 
The first time we went to Mister Freedom I ended up with a sweater with this same logo on it. Hopefully they’ll do something like this again in the near future.
We spent about an hour in the store and talked with the cashier – his name escapes me, but he’s the tall guy with the bowler hat in their promo pictures. Anyway, he was really nice and informative. B walked away empty handed (much to my dismay) but still, the gesture was very much appreciated.
We found this last summer in LA while selling clothes at Buffalo Exchange. I recognized the name and made B get it. She gladly obliged.
I bought this pair (my third pair!) earlier in the month for a whopping $42 – the same price as a pair of current 501s that can be found in department stores everywhere.
These didn’t seem very exciting on the rack until I noticed the little details – bartacked back pockets, noticeable taper, chainstitched hem, and, my favorite part, a greencast weft. The greencast weft should produce some very nice vintage fading.
These are tagged 36×32, but since they are one-rinse, they fit to their post-soak size of roughly 34×30. A 30-minute cold soak only shrank the waist half an inch while all other measurements did not change.
One of the main reasons for picking these up was because they fit much more comfortably in the lap than the 3Sixteens. One of the ridiculous reasons was because I had already purchased two pairs a month ago and loved them so much I just wanted more.
Yolo.
Pre-soak (10 Dec. 2012):
~20 days of wear:
Styled with an LVC Type I Sawtooth and an LVC Painted Leaf belt (more on those soon).
These were purchased from Aero Leathers’ website. They were a limited edition collaboration between Aero Leathers and Iron Heart but were sold off after the dude at Aero in charge of the collaboration left.
These are constructed with Iron Heart’s super heavy but super soft 21 oz. selvedge denim. They are, as the name suggests, based off a 1955 fit – high waist, roomy top block, and gradual taper.
As of right now I have no plans to wear them so they will be stored safely in the closet. ha…
They’re usually worn about twice a week but are already starting to show signs of fading – it was hard to capture in the pictures, but we’ll try to get details up soon.
Styled with a Jean Shop selvedge chambray (more on that later) and Minnetonka moccasins.
It’s been a hectic couple weeks since the last update. Last weekend we went up to Fresno for a wedding and this weekend we went up to Utah to visit the lady’s family. Sadly, the Railcars got left behind in Fresno and missed plenty of good photo ops. Somewhere along the weekend we managed to find a couple moments to snap photos. HOWEVER. The one day we found time to shoot, I was wearing my other pair in the rotation – a pair of Levi’s 201 replicas from the Levi’s 201 line, not the LVC version. That being said…
**No idea how many days these have on them anymore.
The 3Sixteens went in to get hemmed (lockstiched, not chainstitched since they’re not a repro jean) and came back freshly ironed straight and flat. I guess they thought they were doing me a solid. They were quickly re-broken in playing a twenty minute game of frisbee tag with little kids.
See you next week.
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