Am a little over 2 months of solid everyday wear on my CPO shirt, and while it's still to early for a detailed wear update, what is there is very promising already, but doesn't come out to well in photo's yet.


I do however have something else to show, inspired by vintage photographs of sailors I figured I'd just go for it:

Am quite happy with how she came out, based her on a Vargas girl and put her into a navy outfit.
Considering I hadn't painted for years and that the shirts 11oz denim isn't the smoothest surface to paint on I think I did a fairly good job.

The modified version of last seasons 6oz. denim shirt is the 189md "Liberty issue" shirt, done in a 11oz. version of the SC301 denim (otherwise known as the Okinawa).

I went for a raw L in this and after a hot soak and throwing it in the dryer it shrunk down a whole size and fits me perfectly now. And yes I did indeed throw it in the dryer, I figured I'd get all shrinkage out of the way, it also gave me some nice wear on the arms already as the first thing I did with it on was scrubbing the hell out of the inside of the dryer...

Aside from shrinking the shit out of it, the dryer also stained everything that could possibly absorb some more indigo, blue, including all tags and the backside of the denim.

I started wearing it while damp to set some wear in, and not only did that give me very sharp/defined elbow combs, it also made the whole bottom hem roll up a bit, something which I really like a lot.

While the idea of a 11oz. denim shirt with rainbow stitching might sound kind of scary to some, it actually makes for a very low key, and surprisingly soft shirt, which doesn't even look like a traditional denim shirt as there is no contrast stitching visible on the outside. In fact, it won't be flashy at all until you cuff the sleeves...





"Modified" label sewn on top of original label, note how stained blue all of them are... MFSC Mermaid Liberty Cuffs, this would be a good place to start if you want to know more about liberty cuffs,


Selvedge gussets and rainbow chainstitch run off &
Selvedge ticker fabric passport pocket, again, notice that it is stained blue...