Sharing photos of my last 20 or so years of denim. Big shout out to Gordon at BIG, SENY, and the sufu community who helped me out a lot in the beginning. Bottom 3 are my current rotation with another pair of Okinawas coming soon.

More or less in order:

• Sugar Cane Okinawa
• Pure Blue Japan 003
• Samurai 610
• Flathead 3009
• Samurai 710
• Iron Heart 633s
• Full Count 1108
• Iron Heart Self Edge x Indo
• Warehouse 800
• Samurai 520 21oz.
• Stevenson Overalls Encinitas 150 Black 
• Denime 224

What I've learned: Don't count days or washes. Wash when they get dirty. All denim shrinks over time. Platonic ideal fades usually happen right before you have to stop wearing them.

Posted some recent comments on others’ posts suggesting frequent washing of their denim, so I thought I’d make this post as a reference note for related discussions.

I’ve had these for about a year now, and almost exclusively wear one of the three pairs of jeans posted to my account. I wear these to the office, parties, dates, and on a rare occasion, steel mills, paper mills, coal plants, bottling and canning facilities. Worn almost daily, washed every week after about 3 months.

You can see the before and after, they have shrunk to a slimmer fit and taken on some vintage fades from the frequent washing. I’ve also added a pic of the Jean Ball. I throw them in the washing machine as a dense ball of fabric and let it dry in the same state to get the most surface area for agitation.

The MAR‑014 Natural Indigo Regular Straight is one of Studio D’Artisan’s most exclusive offerings, available only through select stores in Japan. This limited edition denim represents the pinnacle of heritage craftsmanship, blending traditional dyeing techniques with the brand’s iconic SD‑101 silhouette.

Rocking full inseam on these. Might hem 0.5” off or try a presoak for the first time before I get more wear out of them.

Currently moving and found my old E5 from many years ago. Unfortunately gained 30lbs and can’t move my arms in it that much anymore so can’t keep fading it.

Beautiful denim def one of my favorites from NF from a visual standpoint, but not the softest for sure! It has around 1.5 years total of days of wear.

Got these on a whim at the denim store last weekend. For the price tbh not sure why anyone would buy the NF Strong guys over Unbranded’s Wide cut. Maybe for the type of denim but the fit seems identical. I’m 6’1” 175lb and these are a size 32 full inseam.

Also a lot of people knock NF’s fit on the top block/waist/butt area. I think these were meant to be worn a little lower compared to a more traditional high rised heritage style brand. I’m a true 31-32” and got these in a tagged size 32 even with the vanity size is a true 34” waist. To contrast, I have a pair of 3sixteen RS-100x in a 31 and they fit me like a glove, I just don’t think that good of a fit/traditional high rise compliments my build. I digress - if a cut fits you wonky try wearing it an inch lower.

June 24-Sept 1, two countries, over 3,000 miles, 4 plane trips, countless zyn grabs. This is my fade update with 0 washes after about two months of wear. The first month was only weekend wears because i work in an office. The second was lots of manual work. (I am a student & work on cars in my free time). Excited to see the first washes.

Ironside I got 3 years ago that's had one soak and one wash, I wore it off and on, sometimes not for a few months at a time. It was listed as a 22 ounce but I read someone say the Bravestar owner Mik told him the jacket was closer to 23 ounces in reality, it was tough to wear at first maybe comparable to cardboard for a while but has since eased up and is a little easier to wear