06 Jan. 2013

 

 

 

 

 

Levi’s red cord trucker jacket

LVC tee

1966 501s

Vintage Harley engineer boots

Lamy fountain pen from B for Christmas

LVC 1966 501

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).