The Evolution of Iron Heart
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In a contest, this is most certainly misleading and unfair. From what I can see on this form many folks really embrace the journey of these garments–and the journey is what makes this rewarding, the destination (sIcK fAdEZs) is a by-product.
Of course, wear your jeans how you want--take a power sander to them, as long as you are happy who cares. There's no doing it 'wrong'. However, it can't be denied, at least in my opinion, a little bit of the spirit of what makes Japanese denim so awesome is indeed lost when the destressing is blatantly manufactured.
Here's some distressing done on 'amazing' jeans at the factory--makes me chuckle a little from what I've learned about IH's denim.
Never knew i'd be so passionate about...pants
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I guess it’s just different values. I think most here (and certainly I) value imprinting my life on my jeans. I just think it’s cool. It’s why I don’t like buying used jeans that are already faded or especially artificially distressed jeans, which are not only not a reflection of my life in the garment, but typically look shite.
Good things come to those who wait. And it’s a shame to take something as nice as a pair of IH and vandalize them with anything other than living and working in them.
But if that’s what people want to do, it’s their right and I can’t be bothered to care about it.
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@Nkwkfld:
Outside of a contest, and if not pretending otherwise, seems cool that denim is something you can play around with.
I was talking to my wife about the "denim drama" on here as she has a slight interest in IH (or entertaining me while I go on and on about it) and she made a similar point after asking if the dude's jeans were contest jeans. When I told her no, she said something along the line of, 'oh, well who cares what he does then? If it isn't a contest let him to what he wants, so what?' which I agreed with. I get that point entirely and taking away from or talking down about someone's process can border on gatekeeping if dude is just having fun messing around with his jeans.
The counterpoint to this is whether or not the content the user posts on social media is embracing the sandpapering and freely admitting to the process or pretending that he was able to fade them naturally to get those results and trick those viewers who do not have a keen eye to authenticity of natural fades. It seems then to be all about that denim clout which defeats the purpose of just wearing them.
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@Nkwkfld:
Outside of a contest, and if not pretending otherwise, seems cool that denim is something you can play around with.
The counterpoint to this is whether or not the content the user posts on social media is embracing the sandpapering and freely admitting to the process or pretending that he was able to fade them naturally to get those results and trick those viewers who do not have a keen eye to authenticity of natural fades. It seems then to be all about that denim clout which defeats the purpose of just wearing them.
I think these points really sum up my thoughts as well.
@Giles I think I'd also find a denim 'finishing' factory pretty depressing. If people want something the market will make it i guess for better or worse.
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I view all this the same I do people doing "relic'd" guitars. Obviously the best way to get wear and age on a guitar is to just play it and use it for yearssssss. There are some really good guitar makers that do a great job and anyone would be hard pressed to tell if that guitar body is actually a 1959 stratocaster. However, I have see SO MANY nightmare homemade jobs where someone took a belt sander to a newer Fender and it looks so bad and obvious. Jeez. I can't stand it.
Same goes for jeans. Good news is you can just buy a pair of IH jeans new and wear the hell out of 'em for a year and have great results. Don't need to have bought a brand new guitar in 1960 and played the hell out of it for 60+ years to get a similar result!
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Absolutely epic James
Great job, guess they end up nearly white
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Way to go @Jcaz6996
I can't for life of me remember the number of this shirt. Had it a long time. Been wearing it quite often now. Searching for it is no use, only the workshirt comes up.
Been washed about 20-30 times and ran through the dryer just as many.
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Absolutely epic James
Great job, guess they end up nearly whiteThanks pal @Daniel San i’ve Come to the conclusion just keep chipping away I’ve compared them too Y2 first & third place last year and they look way past not sure if that’s a good thing or not… only time will tell
@Filthy nice one bud I bet that UHF is as soft as it gets
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My softest most worn IH shirt is probably the UHF in the top. If you zoom in you can see how smooth it is versus the rougher texture on the bottom one. It might take another year of wear for me to get this shirt that soft
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Wrote 127 on the tag so I won't forget
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Nice work on these @twin
The XHSib produces such nice contrast. -
@Salted Racer All it takes is wearing them a lot when outside hiking.
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Thought this may be worthy to share here. 285 wear days on these 21OZ 888s, many washes. I love vintage fades and the 21OZ just doesn’t disappoint.
