MoHoyt.com » Nudie http://www.mohoyt.com/blog inspired musings... Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:56:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 More Wear and Tear… http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/2009/08/22/more-wear-and-tear/ http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/2009/08/22/more-wear-and-tear/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:34:02 +0000 Mo http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/?p=222 ]]> Well as I am intending of entering the Nudie Jeans Wear and Tear competition, I thought I should probably get some more pictures. And while I was at that – I may as well have put them on Flickr. Which is what I did—so here they are. I reckon they’re from 3/4 weeks of almost constant wear (except for work that is—Starbucks isn’t a jeans fan). They’re mainly just creased in most places and definitely softer and not as rigid as when I first got them. There’s really not all that much wear patches yet. Maybe give it a few more weeks. In parts there is some more wear – front top and back pockets – especially with my wallet. But it’ll be a lot more accentuated in a wee while. Stay tuned.

Week 3-1

Week 3-2

Week 3-3

Week 3-4

As for the bike making etc, the sanding and stripping of the main part of the frame is taking a long arduous time – and hopefully should be done sometime this coming week. We’ll see!

]]> http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/2009/08/22/more-wear-and-tear/feed/ 0 More Nudie Jeans… http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/2009/08/15/more-nudie-jeans/ http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/2009/08/15/more-nudie-jeans/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:02:42 +0000 Mo http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/?p=212 Well I probably spoil myself or something, but anyway, I bought some more Nudie jeans mainly because they’re so awesome. My previous pair was a total impulse buy (Average Joe 32/34) and hence they’re slightly big – but awesome nonetheless. This time I had more time – so I went for Slim Jim 30/32 – a more melike size. The only problem with having 2 pairs is that I now have to decide which ones to wear and which ones to wear (and hence wear down) more…. Hmmm. Difficult times. In the meantime, I do have some more pictures from week 2 of the Average Joe’s. Take a look:
Nudie Jeans Week 2-1
Nudie Jeans Week 2-2
Nudie Jeans Week 2-3
Nudie Jeans Week 2-4

I just also took a couple of shots from week 3/4 and some of my new Slim Jim’s, so I’ll try and get them up pretty soon…

]]> http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/2009/08/15/more-nudie-jeans/feed/ 0 Nudie Jeans… http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/2009/07/24/nudie-jeans/ http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/2009/07/24/nudie-jeans/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:29:25 +0000 Mo http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/?p=208 Nudie dry jeans... I read about these about a year and a bit ago on some site and basically Nudie are this Swedish company that sells these sick jeans that are made from dry denim. The denim is called dry because of the obvious reason that it hasn't been washed yet. Not a little bit. Not at all. So, why buy dry jeans? Well as they haven't been washed - they are very susceptible to creases and wear marks and certain other characteristics that you would find 'already there' in regular jeans. By wearing dry jeans for an extended length of time before washing them, you can make these creases and rips and light coloured patches yourself - and make them personal to the way that you wear and treat your jeans. And when you eventually wash them (recommended 6 months of wearing!) these 'imperfections' and wear marks will appear and you will have you own very personal pair of jeans. ]]> Well for quite a while I’ve been wanting to get some Nudie dry jeans… I read about these about a year and a bit ago on some site and basically Nudie are this Swedish company that sells these sick jeans that are made from dry denim. The denim is called dry because of the obvious reason that it hasn’t been washed yet. Not a little bit. Not at all.

So, why buy dry jeans? Well as they haven’t been washed – they are very susceptible to creases and wear marks and certain other characteristics that you would find ‘already there’ in regular jeans. By wearing dry jeans for an extended length of time before washing them, you can make these creases and rips and light coloured patches yourself – and make them personal to the way that you wear and treat your jeans. And when you eventually wash them (recommended 6 months of wearing!) these ‘imperfections’ and wear marks will appear and you will have you own very personal pair of jeans.

Anyway, enough of the marketing babble and such – some people think that these might be a bit of gimmick, but I thought it was worth a go! It was pretty hard to find a pair of these though… I found some in Canada last year, but they were pretty horrendously expensive (think $200+) so I held out for a little longer… Until a couple weekends ago when I found some in Urban Outfitters in Glasgow as I went over to pick up my bike frame that I won on eBay (more on that later). In terms of size, they were a little big – but I couldn’t pass on them being half price… Oh no no no! So I bought them – and am wearing them loads just to try and get some cool crease marks and other interesting things. I’ll even try and get a picture up each week (also for part of the Wear and Tear competition).

Oh and here’s some week one pictures…
Nudie Jeans Week 0
Nudie Jeans Week 0

Watch this space…

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