Thread: Any raw denim gents? Or just denim gents?

Originally Posted by parkerskouson

I am very interested in some "raw denim" jeans. Was watching a special and one of my favorite TV hosts is staring to produce some. They only cost $120, which from what I read is not much for these style of jeans. Take a look and see what you guys think! Even though I want some, I probably wont buy and for at least the next year because I am still growing. Here is the link: 1791 Supply Co*Denim*|*Shop the 1791 Supply Co Official Store

Sold Out - lol

Originally Posted by earcutter

Sold Out - lol

Yeah another good reason I wont be buying them for a while!

Originally Posted by earcutter

Post some links to vendors - I would be interested in getting a pair or three if they really last that long.

Revolveclothing.com is awesome. First timers get 30% off. Email their customer service after you pay and give them your order number and they'll refund it. Free returns too. Barney's sells them and JCPenny's has Levi STF.

There is no shortage these days of outfits promising super premium items at outrageous prices. It's a highly profitable sales model. Outfits like LL Bean and lands end have sold jeans in the $60 range that are really well made and last. I'm not sure what 100+ gets you.

Check out Bills Khakis.

Raw Denim. That the one that if you sit or rub against anything that's not dark black you leave "blue stains" that never come out?? The ones that you had to wait for a warm day so you could soak them in the tub and then wear them wet until you got the " cat whiskers" right? The ones that after they dried and stuck to your body, you were "blue" for a week?
65, been there done that.

You can still buy them now both Levi and Lee do a Selvedge heavyweight un-washed shrink to fit Denim, I myself purchased these Levi's during the early 1970s, they are still quite popular in the UK. Even Marks & Spencer were selling their own brand last season.
Levi's Vintage Clothing - 1947 501XX - Raw Selvedge Denim - Indigo & Cotton

Jamie

Originally Posted by Johnus

Raw Denim. That the one that if you sit or rub against anything that's not dark black you leave "blue stains" that never come out?? The ones that you had to wait for a warm day so you could soak them in the tub and then wear them wet until you got the " cat whiskers" right? The ones that after they dried and stuck to your body, you were "blue" for a week?
65, been there done that.

Correct, mostly. Different brands use different dyes, therefore it kind of varies from pair to pair. My natural indigo's bled on my white shoes a small amount, but my darker blue/black ones haven't bled at all. I've seen some pictures of a beige leather interior that had some pretty nasty indigo stains on the seat lol. I washed mine in the tub with some hot water and woolite, let them hang dry and they were fine. Although I've heard to wear STFs in the tub and wear them til they're dry, and the STFs do like to bleed a fair amount.

Holy crap. OK, well, that was an education. 501 dark rinse for $30.00 is fine for me, but I've often wondered why it was that the stone washes and such cost more initially when they first came out than the old "tree bark" stiff jeans that had to be broken in, etc., when I was a kid, but now the old jeans cost more than the stone wash? Further confusing is that there's nothing anywhere that really tells a person what's what with all these different jeans styles. It's always seemed to me that it's just a matter of how "pre-worn-out" you want your jeans to be before you get them.

I'd probably go for a pair or two in raw denim if sales volume and availability ever rendered the price a bit more reasonable. Otherwise, I just get the darkest rinse 501's that I can, but I doubt that raw denim - at six times the price - is going to stand up to gasoline, battery acid, sharp sheet-metal corners and riding a Harley every day anywhere near six times better than the dark stone washed I've got. (The last pair I lost sliding on the pavement when some brain-dead cager turned left in front of me, and any hope of patching them went away when the EMT's cut them off me in the ambulance. Nothing much stands up to that, either. Then again, her insurance covered it.)

Actually a company called Unbranded just released a heavyweight denim that's 22oz. for under $100 and raw, would not recommend wearing them if it's even close to hot outside. They're the "economy" line of Naked and Famous and are decent quality for the price all things considered. There's also the vendor I mentioned with a 30% discount and awesome return policy, and Karmaloop has a decent selection and coupon codes galore for 20% off.

I started reading about raw denim and ended up loving the history behind jeans. There are other brands of raws out there asking outrageous prices (this coming from the guy who owns a $230 pair) simply because of the time and craftsmanship that's put into them. Even if you aren't interested in the modern fits most raws come in, there are companies out there that make more regular styles like the 501 (Ande Whall).

You guys are killing me! I haven't purchased new jeans for a very long time. I still have shorts from cut off jeans that are 25 years old. I must be getting old because I have the overwhelming compulsion to go into an exhortation about "I remember when!".

I would go naked before I paid $100 to $250 for a single pair of jeans!!! And yet it seems to not phase any of you others. As for "raw" denim...been there, done that. It wasn't fun then and I seriously doubt it would be any better now.

Just my two cents, which given the price of jeans you are talking about, is only worth about .00083 cents today. If you can afford the luxury of $200 for a pair of jeans I say all the more power to you.

Randy