Jeans to wear with your flight jackets ...

[Chandler]

Wow !
Not being a denim nerd , I’ve learned so much about Selvedge jeans from this forum.
Great info guys , thanks .

You and I were probably wearing "selvedge" jeans back in the late 60s before all the denim makers started changing out looms.

And washing them the same as all of our other clothes.

Wish I'd stashed an old pair somewhere at my parents' house just to see them now.

 

[B-Man2]

You and I were probably wearing "selvedge" jeans back in the late 60s before all the denim makers started changing out looms.

And washing them the same as all of our other clothes.

Wish I'd stashed an old pair somewhere at my parents' house just to see them now.

Exactly …. I was wearing wranglers back in the 1950s and paying a whopping price of about $3.50 per pair. Wore and patched those suckers for about 10 years. Remember the iron on patches ?

 

[Chandler]

Remember the iron on patches ?

Yeah, and I remember them not working too well. Always had to sew them anyway.

 

[Grant]

Exactly …. I was wearing wranglers back in the 1950s and paying a whopping price of about $3.50 per pair. Wore and patched those suckers for about 10 years. Remember the iron on patches ?

FWIW, Levi's was still producing selvage denim 501's up until the mid 70's. A couple years ago I gave an old girlfriend a pair I wore in high school back in '75.

 

[Thomas Koehle]

Anyone else try Warehouse denim? Being one of the original Osaka Five I decided to break in a pair of their WWII denim they make a limited release on in 2021.
The design appears to be inspired by Levi's wartime 501's, with painted arcuates that faded away with wear, iron hardware, deer skin label which is starting to shrink and wrinkle much like original label and all cotton yellow thread that's slowing fading nicely.
Being the denim nerd I am, I note on the inside of the pocket bag when they were first soaked and each subsequent wash. I wore them a good five months solid before the first cold soak and cold washed when they started to smell rank! Overall, really solid reproductions of WWII work wear.

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Good idea with those dates written on the inside pocket

 

[stanier]

Anyone else try Warehouse denim? Being one of the original Osaka Five I decided to break in a pair of their WWII denim they make a limited release on in 2021.
The design appears to be inspired by Levi's wartime 501's, with painted arcuates that faded away with wear, iron hardware, deer skin label which is starting to shrink and wrinkle much like original label and all cotton yellow thread that's slowing fading nicely.
Being the denim nerd I am, I note on the inside of the pocket bag when they were first soaked and each subsequent wash. I wore them a good five months solid before the first cold soak and cold washed when they started to smell rank! Overall, really solid reproductions of WWII work wear.

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I wear Warehouse denim and have been very impressed with it Grant. I have 25th anniversary 50's that are regular wearers and love the way they are breaking in and the way the denim is wearing.

I have a pair of 46's in stock and a pair of 47's I've worn once so far.

The downside I can imagine for some is the shorter leg length but for me that isn't an issue.

 

[Grant]

Picked up a pair of LVC Japan 1944 wartime 501's from Hinoya to start breaking in. After wearing them some I'll report back how they're breaking in. First impressions are they have all the details right for war time 501's: plain copper rivets, laurel wreath waist button / steel donut button fly, mattress tick cotton pocket bags, painted actuates, all cotton stitching, nice high rise and dark indigo selvage denim.

 

[ZuZu]

Picked up a pair of LVC Japan 1944 wartime 501's from Hinoya to start breaking in. After wearing them some I'll report back how they're breaking in. First impressions are they have all the details right for war time 501's: plain copper rivets, laurel wreath waist button / steel donut button fly, mattress tick cotton pocket bags, painted actuates, all cotton stitching, nice high rise and dark indigo selvage denim.

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Those are beautiful.

My older son is a Jeaner/Denim Head- he got me into this a tiny bit. Right now he has me in a Studio dArtisan SD103 pair of Japanese Levis. He had them pegged a bit so they're skinny jeans.

My youngest son who's 20 thinks the skinny jean super denim dark indigo stuff is totally passe'- he likes 1980s washed out baggy Levis 505.

So I wear both. You can still get a nice pair of 1970s or 80s Levis 505 on eBay for very little. If it's made in USA it has superior denim and a very different fit from the fancy vintage Levis. No selvedge but the USA made 505s have beautiful denim.

Any jean goes with an A-2 or G-1 IMO.

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

White Oak‘s denim fabric, they are basic same quality, no matter it’s selvedge or not.

 

[Happy Hooligan]

I've been going between my new LVC 44's and Connors 37's. Those 44's are great jeans!

 

[JonnyCrow]

Those are beautiful.

My older son is a Jeaner/Denim Head- he got me into this a tiny bit. Right now he has me in a Studio dArtisan SD103 pair of Japanese Levis. He had them pegged a bit so they're skinny jeans.

My youngest son who's 20 thinks the skinny jean super denim dark indigo stuff is totally passe'- he likes 1980s washed out baggy Levis 505.

So I wear both. You can still get a nice pair of 1970s or 80s Levis 505 on eBay for very little. If it's made in USA it has superior denim and a very different fit from the fancy vintage Levis. No selvedge but the USA made 505s have beautiful denim.

Any jean goes with an A-2 or G-1 IMO.

I like old denim Jeff, fave pair are a vintage pair of 501 big E jeans, plain simple long legs so I just cuff the bottoms

 

[blackrat2]

They look good Grant be interested how you get on with them , the last LVC ones I had, had plain white pockets which I found disappointing given that I know they have used different pocket bags before

 

[M. from Berlin]

Fairly recently in Oct22, a pair of 1890 201 jeans was sold @ US$87k in US, then subsequently sold at a higher price to Japan. As I cannot afford to pay almost US$200,000 for a 1910 jacket & 1890 pants, I have accidentally picked up a pair of fake in a local flea mkt.
Pls noted that 1 important feature of pre-1890 levis is single stitch ( armhole in jacket & back yolk in jeans). 1 thing of interest to note is for the Earliest levis jacket, they call it Levis blouson - single stitch , circa ard 1910, there is JUST one & only 1 specimen i can locate, which is sold through Christie's back in 2007, then sold subsequent to a private collector in Japan & then disappeared in the public radar. Thereafter, there is no such SINGLE stitch jacket ever coming up for sale.

The Levis 201 No2 is no longer available as a repro or the prices are exorbitant. Levi's LVC ceased production in 2007. I think there were 7 reproductions of the 201 from 1996-2007. The 213 jacket was only produced once.

 

[M. from Berlin]

Picked up a pair of LVC Japan 1944 wartime 501's from Hinoya to start breaking in. After wearing them some I'll report back how they're breaking in. First impressions are they have all the details right for war time 501's: plain copper rivets, laurel wreath waist button / steel donut button fly, mattress tick cotton pocket bags, painted actuates, all cotton stitching, nice high rise and dark indigo selvage denim.

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Grant,
Is this the current LVC Japan production? How wide is the leg opening?
thanks, Mario

 

[JonnyCrow]

Just bagged these here in Spain 15 euros can you believe haha

 

[JonnyCrow]

My exact size too 32 x 32

 

[JonnyCrow]

More pics, I have vintage reproduction model 1901 with suspender buttons, these look just as nice just paid the guy the 15 euros fir these, crazy price

 

[JonnyCrow]

These are buttoned but I have much better period suspenders for them with leather loops

 

[M. from Berlin]

Just bagged these here in Spain 15 euros can you believe haha View attachment 120533

not an LVC 201!

 

[JonnyCrow]

not an LVC 201!

I know but I like better vintage styled with buttons than any others, plus given the price they still are on fleabay anybody would be crazy not to buy them for 15, I have others in my collection, the 1902, the 70,s big E Japanese selvedge, these cost me less than a decent t-shirt go figure