Short jacket trifecta complete.

Been wearing these all day every day since the last submission, but no real observable difference. This is life for us slow faders

If anything they've been soaking up some of the indigo from my 295-IB and are turning darker. Keep this up and I'll be back at square one once the competition is over

First submission in the books. No days missed so far.

Love these SBGs.
(Do I miss the XHS? Maybe a little bit )

Not a whole lot of progress since last month (despite wearing these more than I anticipated). Still only on the one wash, considering doing another wash soon.

My goal for the Indigo Invitational was to reach at least 200 wears.

That has now been achieved, currently at 203 wears. Still at only one wash. I'll definitely be continuing to use these going forward, but will be wearing some other pairs as well. The longing for XHS is strong

333 Wears in total on these.
4 washes (at 117, 232, 295 and 333 wears).

Overall I enjoyed the experience a whole lot more than I thought I would. I imagine I'll join the next one as well.
Highly recommend giving it a go if you've been contemplating it.

@Gammaman Entering with bibs is awesome.

@Jcaz6996 Nice, will be another amazing pair I'm sure.

@gouki74 Cool, hard to beat XHS. Not sure I could go a year without washing, but looking forward to following along.

Decided to go with the SBGs in the end. This will be the year of black jeans.
Not looking to win, but would like to reach at least 200 wears.

Just submitted Raw Proof:

These needed another another wash. Currently at 295 wears and 3 washes. No change

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I thought they looked rather good hanging on the door though:

Time to put this to use.
Just put it on and, wow, these are good.

Fading is always super slow on shirts for me, but will definitely enjoy wearing this one

I've been ruminating hard on which pair to go with A full year in the same pair is a long time.
I think I will go with these instead. Have been loving the 526L, dig how crisp, tight and hairy the 19oz lefty is. Need to get them hemmed though.

@Mister_Brue Wow, that’s amazing man.

@Graham Thank you, makes sense

IHUK only, or other (EU) dealers as well?

@Denimhead-0 Very nice!

@Leononer Wow, love the photos!

@olblue Looks great!

@Luijim78 Glad to hear it!

@Luijim78 Looks great! As per usual.

(I hope your family is doing well also).

@Jcaz6996 Nice! Always great to follow along when you put a new garment to the test.

I've been wearing mine indoors more like a shirt pretty much every day since I got it (been too cold lately for outside wear, -10C). Wear/fades is always super slow for me on jackets and shirts, but I'm in no rush. Always loved black denim (XHSbb was my first IH item), but love it more and more every day.

I will say that the drape/fit on this jacket got so much better after I got rid of the folds on the arms. IMO those heavy arm creases/folds were the main reason the fit of this jacket looked a bit odd in the initial photos.

Awesome jacket. 10/10 for me and highly recommended if you've been on the fence. (I see IH germany still has most sizes in stock for instance).

@AdamJ Great! Thank you for the quick reply.
Already looking forward to giving these a go then. Any approximate timeframe? (Not that it would matter a whole lot )

EDIT: NEXT WEEK! That's awesome.