Today, let's talk about jeans. We will all agree that it is not very relevant today to spend crazy amounts of money to afford the overpriced horrors of mega-brands or certain “specialists” in bad taste .
I will not return to the good summaries that abound on the web (I have already exhausted my quota of bad puns).
So what's left to eat? A gateway in my search for “good” denim was the falsely confidential brands Edwin and especially Nudie. However, if the additional cost compared to a brand like Levi's seems justified due to superior quality, we can be right to demand from a raw canvas that it does not crack at the crotch level at the after 6 months. And I'm not the only one to have had this bitter experience.
After 6 months, a Nudie Bootcut Ola, it “cracks”!
This type of brand undoubtedly has to worry about the surge of Uniqlo, a Japanese brand which recently set up in Paris and of which Geoffrey has already praised the quality of the offer , considering the prices charged.
Apart from these different ranges, there are a certain number of underground brands focused on very high quality. If the prices are also lower, they remain lower than the “experiments” of the “creators” Dior & co. and invite those who usually spend their money on Notify or more basically Diesel to take an interest in models that are perhaps less eccentric but which would undoubtedly make a better investment.
So I'm taking this opportunity to show you some photos of an Iron Heart selvedge acquired last August, model 634S, straight cut . We're in trouble with this brand which offers an extremely thick and solid canvas, and therefore takes an extremely long time to wash. It is indeed 21oz; a simple calculation is enough to understand that we are twice as heavy as most competitors . The first days of wearing them are a little painful, especially when you know that new jeans taken at the right size must be "slightly" tight to the point that it is a little difficult to close the first button. I no longer knew whether I was wearing a pair of jeans or chain mail.
This outfit was not the most practical for window shopping in SoH o
And by the way, we will do some free advertising for the Self Edge store .
The canvas has taken on beautiful reflections; the first machine wash took place more than 6 months after purchase
Selvage, what else?
Compared to its original state , this detail has also aged well
Note that compared to my cracked Nudie shown above, this pair of jeans was worn longer; between the two, there is no photo
