ASK STEVE SHASTA ANYTHING SERIOUSLY DUDES

otm

how are you feeling today. you were kinda blitzkrieged last night.

jaxon.

what do you think of flathead jeans??

Vahid, The Flat Head is from Nagano, pretty disconnected from the majority of the Osaka/Tokyo denim mfg. scenes. I have a pair of their 44 501XX repros that are pretty nice, but when I compare them to my pair of deadstock vintage 44s that I got in Pasadena about 10 years ago that still had the tags and barely any fading so it's hard to measure up to them. But TFH is nice, like most brands, I only like their XX repro stuff... I'm not into their hard wear finishing, it's pretty corny.

If you look here, it's the 3003XX LOT#40.

I have some news for Allah Frog too... where is the Allah Frog?

JIJ,
North County lifestyle man. Pizza Port, Board N Brew and the Belly Up. Smokin blunts with the B-Side Players. Gettin barreled at Swami's with Gerlach hootin on the shoulder. Good times man, I can't explain. Go for the tri-skag attack for those gnarly Mexican sandbars that can pitch you out and over, you don't want to give up and slippage.

what might you pair with a cigare volant?

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Try any oily fish (salmon, even real oily like mackerel or anchovy) or meat (roast chicken, italian sausages). Maybe even vegetarian food with a lot of olive oil like greek/med.

jasun,

OMG how did you find that?!?!?!

What's the news? I've been busy/distracted a lot lately. It isn't about Levi's raping all the repro companies, is it? Also, you aren't secretly an extreme yoyo master like Kiya, are you? Dude is crazy!

~AF

Is rape when you infringe on international trademark laws and profit off of other people's ideas, copyrights and trademarks?

Or is rape when you try to put a stop to that and protect your property?

Very interesting take, i thought you were a little bit more knowledgable about the history of this. My bad. But listen to Kiya though, he knows what's up.

If anything, I'm interested in seeing how all the Japanese companies will respond in terms of how they change what they're making. While I do like the tabs, I personally prefer no arctuate, and don't own any pairs from companies that immitate Levi's leather patch.

The Japanese denim has always been attractive to me because of the quality of construction involved, above all else. I'd like to see Levi's putting out and marketing more of the best they are capable of making in the States, but it seems it hasn't been a big priority of late. Perhaps this move indicates this will be changing though?

http://supertalk.superfuture.com/showthread.php?t=20918

lol

uhh

That collector guy's first pair of selvedge jeans were PRPS.

...

I mean, those are maybe (MAYBE) three seasons old.

I guess it's just people who want to jump on something hot. Very interesting. I am more interested in the collections from people with a little more knowledge about product and wear and long-term quality, rather than these flavor of the week folks.

i agree with his take on uggs.

that is all.

Are you guys still going to be working with Kiya on some sort of collab? Details about what he's doing with Ironheart sound pretty nice, but if the above is happening, maybe I'll pass on the IHs. I will disagree for once with with wise Shasta about sizing, Vahid. In my experience, it can vary pretty widely between brands, so I'd just ask for measurements on whatever you're considering buying, if you can't try it on, and go from there.

Not sure about that collab.

also: vahid was asking about LVC sizes.

Unwise Shasta

do you think this lawsuit signals an expansion of the LVC line? will it be possible to get 44s, 47s and 55s on the regular now??

also do you like Lee 101 B better or Lee 101 Z? Do you like wranglers?

vahid

47s are (and have been) available in the retail and online stores for a few seasons. there's also a 55 out there right now, but it's finished.

101Bs don't fit me right in the legs, but they look good on some gals. I had a pair of vintage Wrangler straights that I had since high school (that obv. don't fit me anymore) that I have nostalgia for.

that pasadena rosebowl swap meet/flea market used to be a goldmine before the vintage craze. you can still find stuff down there, just expect to pay through the nose with all the melrose thrift armies and japanese collectors showing up en masse.

just looked like a curious book. i'd love to hear those recs one day when you have time. a man can dream.

http://meditations.jp/

hey, how's it feel to be one year older?

happy birthday steve shasta. was nice to meet u