Proper selvedge jeans

No. This thread is about the fetishisisation (bless me) of a simple, blue fabric turned into work wear. Obviously, the quality of said fabric is important. As is what it's used for. And how much it is or was. And where it was from.
And what kind of loom it was made on.

And some salty bitter tears from me.

And some salty bitter tears from me

Worst. Sanforisation. Ever.

Ha! I remember doing that back in the day...

went early to Edwin sale, brought lots of tops, do like their sweatshirts.
Five rails downstairs of jeans, @mashton seems to think there wasn't much selvage there. I was only looking for a specific model so can't say.
would buy edwin tops in bulk again..

Edwin’s been pretty average for a while. Seem to have lost their identity a little bit in the effort to go more mainstream and increase sales and I think it’s had an adverse affect to be honest. I don’t see much Edwin around. Too expensive to appeal to ‘normal people’ but not as good value as other similarly priced jeans.

What’s better these days? I keep buying edwins but wouldn’t mind a change

Yeah, what’s the go to for reasonably priced selvedge these days?

Well by the time you get to Edwin’s decent jeans a la Nashville, ED-** at the £140 price point, you’re only 20 or 30 quid away from Pherrow’s, Japan Blue, Omnigod... but to be honest at the sub £200 price point, I’d go for TCB’s all day every day. If their fits are agreeable with you, they are really great value for money. Made in small batches in Japan, by real people, earning real wages. Which I think is important. Pherrow’s are a close second for me. They have a wider variety of silhouettes than TCB.

I think it’s also important to consider, if a pair of jeans lasted twice as long as an Edwin pair, why not spend twice as much? :-) if you can stretch to a Warehouse or a Full Count pair, I’d always do that.

TBF, there was a lot of nice jeans and selvedge at the Edwin sale, just very little in a 34 leg.

Being tall and not that down with the current vogue of ankle showing denim, it left me limited. I think all of their selvedge was 32" leg. Ideally I take a 36.

Just checked out Full Count; it's way cheaper for Canada than TCB or Warehouse.

Yeah was definitely coming from a UK centric point of view. Warehouse is stocked by hardly anyone in the US. The only people I’ve found are Standard and Strange in Oakland and Freeman’s Sporting in Manhattan. They both have terrible selections. Clutch have the best stuff from both Warehouse and Full Count IMO. I ordered my most recent pair of Warehouse’s from Clutch Cafe in London. Saving VAT made them not that expensive. And even with shipping, it was still cheaper than if I’d got them in the UK.

That's the way of it isn't it?
Almost the same with bike parts for me, much cheaper to order from UK or Germany or even Japan (!) than Canada or US.

Yep. I’ve been quite pleased with the ease of importing/import tax thresholds whilst living here. Some stuff is still definitely cheaper to buy here - for example clothing from Engineered Garments - as it’s made in NY. But for a lot of other stuff, far cheaper in the UK.

Any reccos for high rise (I like belly button grazers) that taper down drastically to the ankle. Something heavyweight and stupidly expensive/niche preferable

In my experience high rise equates to wide leg, but Iron Heart probably have something.

I wore Edwin for a good few years but also fancied a change recently and went with Tellason. A few months in and I’m really happy with them. Currently on holiday in Japan and picked up a pair of samurai s511 today. They seem very nice and the guy in the shop was incredibly helpful.

Anybody interested in some 32 inch Oni 612 denim?
Used but with no holes, a little wear around the turn ups.
Beautiful slubby stuff, but I got too fat for 'em.
Postage will be steep to UK, less so to US, can post pics if interested.

Also have a pair of 33 inch Outlier Slim Dungarees in Maroon Shadow (like, really dark browny-purple)

Interested in the outliers, depending on sizing

They're low-rise, with a 29" leg and 34" (actual) waist. The Outliers, that is.

Where are you @withered_preacher ? Any pics of the dungarees?

I’m in Canada. Tough to picture them (really dark) but I’ll see what I can do.

Here you go, the pant leg pic is closest colourwise.

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Too short, shame. GLWS