IH-777-XHSib - 25oz Selvedge Denim Super Slim Tapered Jeans - Indigo/Black
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Alright, decided to take the plunge with these. I had previously owned the 666-XHS a couple of years ago and ended up selling them because of their lack of breathability and the cut was a little tight in the thigh for me. But I've since discovered that the 777 cut is nearly perfect for me and I decided to try this denim again, knowing that these are not every-day jeans (for me, at least) and thus tempering my wearing expectations. The wife and I are also looking to move the household to Texas next year, where I could wear these two or maybe three months out of the year. So best to start breaking them in now than after the move.
I decided to go with the indigo/black this time because I love the deep electric blue fades that this denim forms. After stretching out the button holes with needle-nose pliers, I hand-squeezed the legs in warm water for five minutes and the jeans are currently in the middle of an hour-long hot soak. Will hang-dry them overnight with the aid of a fan. Stoked to start breaking these in tomorrow!
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Congrats @BlueBlood , good choice with the 777 cut, I love my XHSib.
I almost forgot how uniform and almost shiny they were when new
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Thanks, @Joberwocky . Hope to have some 'combs like that on mine soon!
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I made the mistake of buying mine in July which put me off to wearing them with as much consistency as they deserved ???
Last 5 months or so have been nearly non stop and they're absolutely fantastic now
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So I'm a week into these jeans and am enjoying them quite a bit more than I did the 666-XHS. Wearing the right cut for one's body shape is pretty important.
That said, it also seems to me that the fabric of this pair is more pliable than my old 666-XHS. I thought that this was just a factor of what I'm used to now and my increased tolerance for stiff denim. But I also noticed that the waist of this pair has stretched 0.6" from the out-of-the-box measurement after just six days of wear. The waist of my 666-XHS only stretched 0.2" from the out-of-the-box measurement after three weeks of wear.
I realize that this denim is very difficult to weave and I'm guessing that the loom needs to be tweaked every now and again to produce useable denim. Perhaps this batch of denim was woven under slightly lower tension than previous batches?
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Any chance of a restock of these?
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Any chance of a restock of these?
Unlikely in the immediate future. Last I heard there were no plans to remake this denim. 21oz Indigo/black is incoming though.
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Those look awesome, @Oaktavia. Can't wait until mine look like that…
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These are currently at 48 wears, with a hot pre-soak and a hand-wash about five wears ago. Purchased these in late February and they've been in a roation with my 777-21 and -21od since then. It's been unusually cool this spring, so these have gotten more spring wear than I had anticipated. (The current weather forecast is predicting at least a few more wears before I put them away until October.) Really happy with these. Still a little stiff below the knee, but they've broken in nicely otherwise.
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Looking so good @twin
That double ib is a winner -
Figured since I just turned my tub blue while Morgan is sleeping soaking my xhs vest, it was finally time after a year to give the ol XHSib a wash, had some merz soap sitting around which I've found to be pretty gentle so I went with two caps in my tub of that
