i want my denimz to look good with this

it's clear that our tastes are different and i look forward to comparing in a few months time and doing a gay group photo shoot or something...

dastardly

this guy looks like a bit of a gesbian but the finish on the jacket is genious. i want that.

"where's your permit boy?"

old soda+soy sauce+malt vinegar+jar of old peanut butter and grape jelly spread+a bit of bleach+a dousing of carpet cleaner spray+ random leftover builder's mix from outside. I was gonna leave them in it for 3 days but after 5 hours i was so shocked as to how effective the mix was that i took em out and hung them on the line.

the peanut butter, although a joke, seemed to bond well with the denim, leaving interesting stains... it'll be interesting to see the end result...

emulon sews a hefty taper

found these evidences on my phone

UPDATE

okay so after 3 months of wearing thrice weekly, 7 washes, a kind girlfriend (with sewing machine) and an alpine adventure, this is what the "where's your permit boy?" angus look jeans look a bit like the above.

FIT: i turned em inside out and marked a hefty taper to destroy the baggy look and then a kind sweet emily sewed along the lines. I markedt a carrot fit but after another wash it shrunk to a tapered slim. the ankles have an 8 inch opening which means they hug nicely when rolled up and stop flapping when i walk, at the cost of a 10 second effort when climbing into them....

COLOUR: only a ghost of the 12 ounce raw denim look remains with a fade stubbornly approaching. my long term intention is for a greyish hew as the ghastly blue is too much for me...

WEAR: i tied up the ends and filled the jeans with alpine rocks before dipping them in an alpine lake and twisting them and bashing them against alpine pines. a friend of mine took photos and a video of the process but i forgot to ask him to send them to me. maybe later. the resulting abrasions are not very visible in the photos but will most likely develop into something good...

anyhow, now i'm back in london i have a new plan: the "where's your permit boy?" mystery jeans mix (which should solve our pest problems also)...

DESTROY

would you go werewolf?

These Shoes Are Gorgeous

Credit where it's due: Matt found these on the eBizzle.

(don't bid against him)

homemade white denimz

I'm considering bleaching out my 501s like this guy.

Didn't Even Hurt My Willy This Time

So I have been really lazy with making my first post. My apologies. I have included a couple photos of how my denimzzzz looked prior to my shrinking on June 12. My shrinking process was quite simple because I prefer the dark look of the raw denim and I hope to avoid any "whiskering" or fading unless the fading is in the shape of a willy conveniently placed on the inside to front of the right leg. Maybe I can trick the ladies into thinking I have a magnum dong that way? But back to the subject at hand. I put the water in the kettle and lit it. I then but my hand on the metal and felt it. Once the water was boiling I added it to the dirty blue bin out on the patio. Mixed in a generous helping of salt. Added the denimz. Stirred the pot a little and let it all soak for about 22 minutes. I pulled them out and hung them up in the sun to dry. Finished product was stiff as little Angy's willy when a 12 year old boy walks by.

Overall I am quite happy with the fit. Having said that, I still don't really love the high waist. Also, the length didn't shrink as much as I had hoped. Generally I still prefer the fit of the APC. The Levi's didn't hurt my small willy during the breaking in process though so that was a benefit. I will try to post photos of the post shrink and past month of wear this weekend.

(Jake edit: Morgan's seeming inability to rotate the pictures was starting to make this look like a men's denim/fashion blog run by a Mormon housewife. we can't have that. not here. not with the threat of Paul writing something to make us go private.)

Matt after two soaks

After two soaks, I'm quite happy with how they've turned out. They're no APCs, but for 1/5 the price, I'm quite happy.

I compared the leg to my APCs, and the width is the EXACT same all the way to the crotch, where the APC are a bit larger after 6 months for obvious reasons (obvious to anyone with me at the MTC).

I want to go for one more soak, just to take out a bit of dumpy-buttedness (not noticeable in the pictures, but evident after only about 30 minutes of wear), as well as to slim out the leg a bit more, but I'm afraid it will shorten the leg too much. Anyone else shrink these three times? How wide are the legs at the knee and ankle?

This guy does it right

Angus' Daydream

during a daydream today I imagined that my jeans were like this. I would be able to cut them up and make an entire denim outfit (including a poncho).

Angus: Shrink Attempt 2

Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh. That's a proper shrink. The raw shine of the jeans has faded a little, but the crustiness from the last attempt is no longer chaffing my legs. The shrinking finally happened after a 35 minute 90 degree wash with no soap.

As apparent, the waist shrunk a little bit too much. It was difficult to do all the buttons up, but with some vigorous lunges (and a diet) this should no longer be an issue. approximate dimensions: W34 L30

Angus: The Beginning

Look at those legs! Nice? Maybe not yet, but by the time I’m done, this pair of jeans is gonna look proper good. Of the four contestants, for now I have the most girth, therefore I have opted for a 35 inch waist, but 31 inches in length. My preferred length of trousers is 29 inches, so little length adjustment will be required, especially after shrinking.

Jake already posted a photo of my first shrinking attempt... I soaked them in a gallon of boiling water/salt/diet coke/small amount of 35p energy drink. Then I wore them for a bit to prevent the waist from shrinking wrong. I sat in the back yard for about half an hour in a wet pair of jeans and no underwear, oozing dark blue fluid (denim colouring). I reckon that if I sat there for much longer I would be able to walk around with no pants on and people wouldn't notice because of the fine indigo wash osmosified into my legs.... despite my efforts, the jeans are now hanging unshrunk over the back of my bed. They're really crusty, but that's all. The colour hasn't even faded yet. I'll try again soon...

Matt Pre-Soak

Thanks to Amazon Prime, I got mine in two days.

There are twice as many butt pictures as front because I know how much you guys like that sorta thing. (NTTAWWT)

Jake - Post-Soak

I soaked them in boiling hot water for ~30 minutes. I also poured in some Diet Coke and salt (two things I love) for my own personal flavor. I then line dried them overnight. When I tried them on, they were as stiff as cardboard.

Where before I rolled them twice (doubled over 2x with about an inch to each fold), I now just turn up the bottoms once.

The fit seems much better overall--not quite as slim as my APCs--especially not through the lower leg. When I first put them on, I was sceptical about the high rise and how I would like that over time. As it turns out, the rise has shrunk both through wear and in the soaking process to the point that it is now just about right.

I wore them ~8x before washing and once since.

One other detail: I picked out the "signature" Levi's pocket design. Now, the only thing designating them as Levi's is the red tag on the right pocket. I think they look much better w/o the stitching.

Jake - Pre-Shrink

The Back

The back II

The Front

Picture Of Angus Sitting In His Wet 501s

(that's the tub in which he soaked them)

Let The Challenge Begin

Four friends, four pairs of Levi's 501 STFs (Shrink-to-Fit) raw denimz, one year.

First we will post pictures of us in our 501 STFs before having done anything to them. We will detail what our normal jean size is and what size of 501 STFs we decided to purchase.

Then, we will take pictures of what they look like on after having done whatever it is we each do to them at the outset. (Morgan, everything must be SFW)

Thereafter, we will post pictures of them once-a-month showing the development of our own personal look based on our wearing of the jeans.

We have yet to determine what the award winner will receive (beyond bragging rights), but it will be something good. I suggest pooling money and buying the winner a pair of Nudies or APCs. We also need to figure out who gets to vote/decide the winner.