Archive for the ‘Denim’ Category

Imperials Dukes Day 29

Quick post to update on how my Imperial Dukes are doing. In one word: fabulous!
A few days into getting the pair in November, I did a wet soak (sitting in cold water). The jeans stretched out pretty quickly and they aren’t uncomfortably tight like my 19oz Samurai’s were when I had a big meal =p
I [...]

November Recap

I didn’t have enough time to write individual posts about things I did in November after going crab fishing, so, I’m mushing it all together in this post. I’m currently jetlagged in India, so I’ll use that as an excuse if details are fuzzy.
Paramore:
This concert was originally scheduled October, but was postponed since the leader [...]

Imperial Dukes

Woohoo – I got my pair of Imperial Dukes from Self Edge last weekend, and they arrived in the mail last week. The 14.25 oz denim isn’t that heavy, so squeezing into them is not nearly as bad as it was with my 19oz Samurai jeans, which I’m anxiously awaiting to get repaired. I’m currently [...]

Halloween Weekend!

It was Halloween this past weekend, which is normally a holiday I’m mildly interested in. I don’t have kids to take trick-or-treating, and well, putting together a costume is a lot more work than I am capable of doing with my limited set of creative-skills.
Luckily, this year, Kolina took charge and created some awesome, home-made [...]

Samurai 710s Post-Wash!

After 137 days of wear and tear, I washed my Samurai 710s. I already blogged about this, but here are the results!  Exciting, huh?
Before:

From Samurai 710's

After:

From Samurai 710's

Much darker, right? Well, this was within minutes of taking them out of the wash. They were really damp and air drying took almost 24 hours. I drove [...]