Jacket, Denim, White, Shore
Oh mannn, where to begin?
If I ever had the perfect summer jacket...
This jacket is so fantastically understated!
Sizing, soaking and shrinkage:
I took this in a Medium, and I normally get MF stuff in a raw Large, remembering that a Raw large shrinks down to the exact measurements of a raw unsoaked medium, I figured since this denim was sanforized I needed a Medium to get the desired slim fit I wanted.
Even though the fabric is sanforized I still decided to hot soak and line dry the jacket, just to be sure but also because I really like the process of soaking and wearing something damp, and to make sure the denim has that extra "pop". I just soaked it in the tub for about 30 mins in the hottest water from the tap.
I'd say it shrank a tiny bit, but nothing to be worried about and also I'm guessing it'll easily stretch back out again, it did make it a lot less stiff and drape nicer, which is good!
I think I managed to achieve the perfect fit with this, I wanted it to fit slim enough for me to easily pop the vest over but still roomy enough to fit a couple of layers under it comfortably. And it even works with the vest under it no problem, perfectly concealing it without looking bulky at all.
(here worn with just the chambray and a tshirt underneath)
(please also note my just washed, 6months worn & worked-in 7163's which are well on their way to becoming truly amazing imho)
Chambray wind/sand guard
Here you can see the chambray inner pocket as well as the button rings, solid indigo selvedge, indigo side eyelets and the interesting way the pocket is attached
Different vintage brass buttons, one being a bit darker while all the other ones are fairly "gold-ish"
(L)The manufacturers label under the flap of the right pocket and yet another brass button, this one a little green-ish from age...
(note that there is some blue-ish on the left edge of the pocket, this is not actual wear/fading but it's the indigo from the denim vest rubbing against the pocket while layered.)
(R)Chest pocket chambray close-up
Now, the white denim, as I've expressed before, is TRULY something else.
Not only is it an interesting concept, reversing the indigo from the warp to the weft, the denim by itself is already very pretty, a very nice irregular, quite open weave with lots of character. (And it gets even better after a soak!)
I've talked with Christophe about it and eventhough he came up with it and Sugar Cane developed the denim specifically for him he also doesn't really have a clue on how it will fade, logically nothing much will happen though, apart from the blue overall getting lighter and the white simply getting dirtier. It'll be interesting to see what happens when holes develop though, since then the indigo weft would be in full sight all of the sudden.
Also interesting to note is that the white warp is actually un-dyed/bleached cotton, so the natural colour, it just looks superwhite because of the contrast with the indigo.
Solid indigo selvedge and the backside, which strangely enough, looks just like normal denim.
More backside and the "NOT FOR DECK DUTY USE" stencil
But perhaps my favorite feature of the denim is the fact that from a distance it doesn't look bright white but more of a creamy white/baby blue due to the fuzz from the indigo weft popping through the warp (excuse the big pic but I simply had to):
Oh mannn, where to begin?
If I ever had the perfect summer jacket...
This jacket is so fantastically understated!
Sizing, soaking and shrinkage:
I took this in a Medium, and I normally get MF stuff in a raw Large, remembering that a Raw large shrinks down to the exact measurements of a raw unsoaked medium, I figured since this denim was sanforized I needed a Medium to get the desired slim fit I wanted.
Even though the fabric is sanforized I still decided to hot soak and line dry the jacket, just to be sure but also because I really like the process of soaking and wearing something damp, and to make sure the denim has that extra "pop". I just soaked it in the tub for about 30 mins in the hottest water from the tap.
I'd say it shrank a tiny bit, but nothing to be worried about and also I'm guessing it'll easily stretch back out again, it did make it a lot less stiff and drape nicer, which is good!
I think I managed to achieve the perfect fit with this, I wanted it to fit slim enough for me to easily pop the vest over but still roomy enough to fit a couple of layers under it comfortably. And it even works with the vest under it no problem, perfectly concealing it without looking bulky at all.
(here worn with just the chambray and a tshirt underneath)
(please also note my just washed, 6months worn & worked-in 7163's which are well on their way to becoming truly amazing imho)
Chambray wind/sand guard
Here you can see the chambray inner pocket as well as the button rings, solid indigo selvedge, indigo side eyelets and the interesting way the pocket is attached
Different vintage brass buttons, one being a bit darker while all the other ones are fairly "gold-ish"
(note that there is some blue-ish on the left edge of the pocket, this is not actual wear/fading but it's the indigo from the denim vest rubbing against the pocket while layered.)
(R)Chest pocket chambray close-up
Now, the white denim, as I've expressed before, is TRULY something else.
Not only is it an interesting concept, reversing the indigo from the warp to the weft, the denim by itself is already very pretty, a very nice irregular, quite open weave with lots of character. (And it gets even better after a soak!)
I've talked with Christophe about it and eventhough he came up with it and Sugar Cane developed the denim specifically for him he also doesn't really have a clue on how it will fade, logically nothing much will happen though, apart from the blue overall getting lighter and the white simply getting dirtier. It'll be interesting to see what happens when holes develop though, since then the indigo weft would be in full sight all of the sudden.
Also interesting to note is that the white warp is actually un-dyed/bleached cotton, so the natural colour, it just looks superwhite because of the contrast with the indigo.
Solid indigo selvedge and the backside, which strangely enough, looks just like normal denim.
More backside and the "NOT FOR DECK DUTY USE" stencil
But perhaps my favorite feature of the denim is the fact that from a distance it doesn't look bright white but more of a creamy white/baby blue due to the fuzz from the indigo weft popping through the warp (excuse the big pic but I simply had to):