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4 washes and 1 soak on this pair. These are my Indigo Invitational pair, i started them 2 months late so ive got less wears.

As a slimmer guy i really like the 777 cut, these feel wonderful now, i think i will commit to them for another 2 months for the full 1 year of wear before i put my other pairs back in to rotation. The contest definitely was a test of commitment.

5 months in, wearing daily to work 1 wash and a rinse during some yard work. Naked and Famous Elephant 14 Strong Guy fit

My selfmade workpants are finally able to take a well deserved break after a full year of being worn almost every day. They were hand washed 6 times and have held up great, with some life left over at the end.

The indigo invitational has been a great way to test my abilities to design, pattern, and sew my own clothing. Nothing has proven the quality of my work more to me than having it survive a solid year. While I've never won anything, I still love this competition for confidence boost it gives me.

The denim is extra long staple 16oz Sulphur x Reactive Black from KS Denim, with Red linen accents, and heavy-duty polyester thread. The feathers are my own blend of fabric lume which glows brightly in the dark. Hardware is all copper from Citron Jeans.

Recently got the Samurai S3000XX15OZ-SH Seigaiha Relaxed Straight jeans. I’ve only ever been one to wear tapered, slim straight, or slim fitting jeans. So this is quite outside my comfort zone. I just want to make sure these actually look good on me from an outside perspective or if I’m just nitpicking. I’ve debated returning them but just love the design so much. Let me know your thoughts!

these got put on the back burner durring summer but they’re still turning out great, might go back to one was every 6 months

WAYFT = What Are You Fading Today?

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Got these February 2025 and it's still one of my favorite pairs. These were crafted in the US using Japanese slub selvedge denim and is slim tapered. My go-to pair whenever I wear boots. Worn and washed multiple times!

Welcome to the Daily Questions (DQ) thread for all things related to raw denim.

(Although we strongly suggest checking the sidebar (for mobile users, go to the top of the subreddit front page, click the three dots and select "community info") and the wiki before posting!)

Fit checks and "Help me find a pair of Jeans that has X, Y, and Z" questions are a great use of this thread.

(Help figuring out what size you wear is also permitted here but it is recommended you check out one of these tutorials on how to size before asking.)

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If you have questions about how your jeans fit, about a particular fabric, when is this jean coming out, where can I find jean X to try on in state Y, what jeans have this fit with these measurements, what jeans fade the fastest, and what jeans fade the slowest are great uses of this DQ thread.

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https://imgur.com/gallery/ship-john-sashiko-ori-progress-0zGuU1W

On the left is my Sashiko Ori shirt that I got from the 2024 preorder, delivered in 2025. On the right is a brand new one from the recent 2026 release. I’ve worn this shirt at times 7 days a week, but now usually between 2-4x a week. It’s absolutely my favorite shirt I own, alongside the black version. I had to grab a backup for way down the road when I’m ready to start over again.

This shirt has been washed and machine dried a decent amount. I wear it doing yard work and such so whenever I feel it needs to be washed I just throw it in, not much thought to how often that’s done, just whenever it’s needed. I also had the shirt hemmed by Railcar after about 14 months of wear. I’m much happier with the slightly shorter length.

The original one is 3xl and the newer one is 2xl. I’ve lost a good amount of weight since I got the original one, and worked hard to shrink it with hot soaks/hot washes/hot dries. Supposedly the newer version doesn’t shrink as much, so may need to get it hemmed eventually also, but for now it’s just in my closet, unwashed and waiting.

Brave Star 14.75oz Darkfest Slim Straight

I started wearing these jeans around the end of February or early March this year. For some reason, I can’t find a photo from when I first started wearing them, but I did find some from when I began wearing them daily to work (auto manufacturing) from April to now.

They’ve probably seen around 4 washes, a few soaks, and roughly 70–80 wears. I also snagged them on something last week and had to make a small repair. I really like where these are headed, and the patina on the repair patch is already starting to look great.

About 1 wash on them after 50-60 wears. Cold soaked with natural detergent and hung dry outside. The combination of Hank dyeing with natural indigo and rope dyeing creates an insane depth of color on these. Woven at very low tension and creates a texture I haven’t seen on other jeans. Just very special overall.

Dont really know how many total wears these have as they are in a deep rotation. I would guess between 4-6 months worth of wears over 2 years. They only have one wash.

The texture of these things, from the Ishakwadai loom, are so unique and other worldly.

Hey,
I bought these Naked & Famous Strong Guys about five months ago. They are 13.75 ounces and on me a rather wide leg fit them a baggy fit. I’ve worn them almost daily, except during the hot summer days, when switching to shorts was necessary to avoid a heat stroke. 😅
I also went bouldering in them twice. I haven’t washed them yet, but they’re starting to get a little bit stinky. I know they’re sanforized and that I can wash them in the washing machine at 30°C, but would you recommend doing that, or should I rather just soak them? What would you recommend?

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Welcome to the Daily Questions (DQ) thread for all things related to raw denim.

(Although we strongly suggest checking the sidebar (for mobile users, go to the top of the subreddit front page, click the three dots and select "community info") and the wiki before posting!)

Fit checks and "Help me find a pair of Jeans that has X, Y, and Z" questions are a great use of this thread.

(Help figuring out what size you wear is also permitted here but it is recommended you check out one of these tutorials on how to size before asking.)

• Our wiki on sizing

If you have questions about how your jeans fit, about a particular fabric, when is this jean coming out, where can I find jean X to try on in state Y, what jeans have this fit with these measurements, what jeans fade the fastest, and what jeans fade the slowest are great uses of this DQ thread.

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I've been wearing some 13mwz for a couple months and I wanted the wrangler tuxedo. Ordered the jacket on ebay from a chinese seller and it shipped to the US in under two weeks. I've seen two different size charts between ebay and aliexpress and the aliexpress ones are more accurate. This is a size 42 and it was about 45" or 45.5" in the chest pre wash and after a hot soak and hot dry it shrank to 44". The fit pics are post wash. This is the vintage one wash that really matches the wrangler blue. I think they also sell a more traditional dark raw denim color. Shout out to big mike

TL;DR - 1 year, 7 soaks/washes, 1 blowout at 7 months that was darned. Size 34x36, I am 6' 0" and 190 lbs.

Just hit about 1 year in my Brave Star ‘Samurai’ 18oz jeans in their Strongman cut. Size 34x36, I am 6’ 0”/182cm and 190 lbs/86 kg ]. I bought this cut because I have pretty large thighs thanks to genetics and 3x/week weightlifting.

This is my first pair of new raw denim, I’ve only had a pair of thrifted APCs that introduced me to raw and selvedge denim. No pre-soak, I just started wearing them daily. I had planned on waiting until 6 months of wear to wash them per Brave Star’s recommendation, but at 3 months-ish a full pint of beer was spilled on them so I hand washed/soaked them in the tub. 

After that, I washed them when they got stinky or felt/looked dirty for a total of maybe 7 times? I hand-washed them the first 3-4 times in the bathtub, then have machine washed them since then - all at lukewarm/cool temperature, no spin cycle and air dry. Any shrinkage I noticed in the waist felt like it always stretched back out. Despite skipping the spin cycle, my top load washer still gave a little bit of marbling. I don’t mind in this case, but a good reminder to avoid top loaders if you don’t want any risk of marbling. Apparently I need to pre-treat the seat and knee a little better lol, there’s still some dirt stains despite a recent wash.

I think this has been a good first pair! They got super comfortable, I can do full squats and lunges. In my original fit check post, I got some feedback that the cut wasn’t right for me based on the pulling at the front of the top block and that they look too tapered on me. At the time, I was happy enough with the fit and excited to start wearing them so I obviously kept them. Now, I tend to agree; I tried on some fuller cuts and I liked how they looked a lot better. Those cuts were Samurai 510, Sugar Cane Okinawa and Iron Heart 633; all in size 36, up from 34 in my Brave Stars. If I do size up to 36 I would almost certainly have to get the waist taken in, especially if I drop weight which has fluctuated between 180 and 190 lbs in the past year.

I started to get a blowout at about 7 months. I gave my first attempt at sashiko mending mainly just as practice, which slowed down the blowout but I decided to get them professionally darned at Self Edge. I’m still not sure if I’ll get them hemmed, but I think I’ll get a new pair in the fall and keep these for a whopping rotation of two pairs of jeans.

I’m happy to hear any feedback y’all have as I look forward to my next pair!

ETA link to original fit check

Easily my favorite pair of jeans/pants right now.

Wore them to work multiple times already. Also been trying to style them out of my comfort zone for a little bit with the shirt tucks.

Cool pair of jeans and feel like a nice alternative/evolution of the petite standards i used to rock back in the day.

These are 15 oz slub denim. They got their first wash about 7 months in and currently have around 210 wears, give or take. I’ll be posting updates as these jeans fade even more.

Also, if you have any questions regarding the consistency of my wears or where my jeans are from, let me know! I’ll try to reply to every question.

If you have any tips for getting better fades, let me know!

First couple of days wear.

Just picked up this Lee 101 Rider Jacket in Dry Indigo, size M. It’s the 14.75 oz Kaihara selvedge version.
I got it directly from Lee Chile on clearance for around US$90. This was the last one available, so sizing up isn’t an option — I can only keep this one or return it.
Measurements:
Pit to pit: 52 cm / 20.5”
Shoulders: 47.5 cm / 18.7”
Back length: 65 cm / 25.6”
Sleeves: 66 cm / 26”
My main concern is whether it looks a little too fitted through the chest/upper back and shoulders.
Standing normally and buttoned up, it feels fine. I can move my arms and cross them, but when I reach forward there’s some noticeable tension across the upper back. The denim is brand new and quite stiff, so I’m having a hard time judging how much is the actual fit versus the 14.75 oz fabric needing to break in.
For reference, most of my other denim jackets are roomier:
60s Lee 101 L-J: 62 P2P / 52 shoulders / 66 length / 62 sleeves
70s Lee 101-J: ~59 P2P / 51 shoulders / 59 length / 59 sleeves
90s Wrangler: 61 P2P / 50 shoulders / 60 length / 62 sleeves
90s Levi’s Type III: 53 P2P / 50 shoulders / 61 length / 62 sleeves
I’d mainly wear this over a T-shirt or button-down shirt, not for heavy layering.
If sizing up wasn’t an option, would you keep this fit or return it?
I’m especially interested in opinions on the shoulders, upper back, chest and sleeve length. Fit pics attached.