IH-555S-UHR - 21/23oz Ultra Heavy Raw Selvedge Denim Super Slim Cut Jeans
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@darbycrash if you have the idea they are to big you can try to wash them on a hotter setting. For example i soaked on the hottest tap water available around here and washed them 30 degrees celcius. That was good for me and yes they stretched back out but not beyond pre-soak. UHR isn’t very stretchy. They ease a little and become more forgiving so maybe that’s what you experience. Otherwise soak them wet with a showerhead and wash them again on a hotter setting.
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Ended up doing a slightly premature wash last night after getting muddy in the rain, real happy with how they came out with a 40c standard wash. No shrinkage or fade shifting either!
“𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”
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@T4920 hell yeah!! Looking nice man! Dig it
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@T4920 lookin sick man
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Yeah UHR is very nice! Also it amazes me for how long it stays gnarly and rigid. Needs a ton of wear to soften up, but it’s also part of the process!
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@EB50 crispy combs & tight cuffs
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@EB50 those look good!!
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@T4920 7 months
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thought id throw an update on here. its been not quite 3 months but almost. not quite daily wear either but close. the past few years have seen me live the most sedentary lifestyle ive ever experienced (although i do use a standing desk orientation for most of the work day), but ive still managed to have these on while playing a few gigs, driving around 6k miles, catching some shows, sleeping on a couple floors, and changing oil. the waist has stretched out quite a bit, so i feel i may have been a little too gentle with the initial soak and agitation. im currently going back and forth on whether or not ill do a hot soak and agitate again. otherwise though they are amazing and my girlfriend laughed when i said this the other night but wearing them is addictive.
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@darbycrash hell yeah
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@darbycrash - looking good. Convinced me to dig out my UHR.
What's the GG vibe on your photo?
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@Crispy-Heron thanx dude! you should post some pics of your pair. out of curiosity do you remember how much shrinkage you got after the initial hot soak?
its him towards the end of his life hanging out with roky erickson. can only imagine what that conversation must have been like lmao.
im really not a fan of ggs music post jabbers anymore but i was into that era when i was a young teenager. i can remember even back then thinking how much cooler the jabbers stuff was and couldnt believe it was him at first.
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@darbycrash - I didn’t get much shrinkage really and I think I got quite a lot of stretch. As such I am pretty sure that after some wear I was back to around it was pre-wash. That is to say it cancelled the shrink out.
On GG - I am an old fart now but remember reading about GG’s exploits in Maximum Rock n’Roll and got the ROIR tape of his stuff in the late 80s. Then he died! Can’t say I was a huge fan of his music - as you say post-Jabbers it was pretty awful but full of attitude (and dare I say, quite amusing). Just a pity I never get to see him play live - think it would have been quite an experience.
