G: Quality, Sizing and Word of Mouth

It couldn't be any more different than the black x aqua unless it were made in Japan. I've never been able to wear min -- 33 straight that came in smaller than the 32 slims for sale on the board elsewhere. It's a pretty unique fabric, one I wish that the Cone Blue Black was closer to -- the blue is a lighter shade than any of the saturated ixi or ixb I've seen which are a dark navy close to black, and the #69 is more dark blue than dark navy, if that means anything to you. My Cone BxB's have hardly faded at all, my Japan Royal Indigo have passed them in much less hard wear (but still nothing hugely exciting as far as fades. If you're looking for the dramatic Pure Blue Japan or N&F E4 fades, I don't think you're going to get them out of Italian fabrics, especially at the weights they offer. I haven't seen anything crazy, but I also haven't put six months of straight wear on a pair of them.

I might be able to do a comparison pic later tonight if the colors come out in pictures.

I absolutely agree with you.

Not wanting to take away from Gustin but my Naked and Famous E4 sound like the kind of fabic/fades you are looking for.
Super deep indigo warp and black weft. There are thick at 22oz. They do go on sale at times.

I suppose it is possible the Blue/Black 69 might get some of this fading but haven't heard of any G fabric doing this so far.

The E4's are sweet. I know @wils is gone but he had a pair. Hopefully I can find some used.

Gone.

Went to the short-shirt party in the sky? His account is not listed in the members list, perhaps his accountant deleted it for him :-P

Because we would rather be open about things than not.
wills/middleage deleted his account of his own accord. He had had some complaints about some of his posts and we talked to him about it. Not even an official warning.
We think he over reacted, but it is his choice.

just got my persimmons. right pocket sewn up into itself. going back. so much for QC.

A lot of us have had QC problem with Gustin. I would say 25% of my orders had an issue. Some big some small.

the pocket bag's been folded in half essentially and sewn up.

honestly, i'm not a fan of the denim and wasn't happy when i opened them up. was excited that i had a reason to send them back. they sure aren't making it easy for me to work through my store credit though.

i dig the color of them (but they're not that unique...N&F, RgT and others have done similar releases) but they come out a bit lighter in weight than I expected and have a strange hand feel to them. Maybe I've just grown too accustomed to my heavier weights over the past few months.

First round of NIxP's were total sleepers that barely squeaked through funding (or were assisted, since they made a micro campaign curtain call a week or so after the first campaign closed). I think everyone who ordered them were imagining their potential, optimistic, and pleased with the product in the end. Their light weight make them basically the only other pair of casual denim I wear in Singapore, other than my kakishibu loomies.