Denim Worth Buying a Second Time

right now it's probably two pairs, my Iron Heart 777 14oz Indigo and my Rogue Territory 14.5 oz Stanton Indigo. It's RgT's flagship denim and I really believe it's underrated or at least not talked about much on the interwebs. Great pair of jeans and the Stanton fit is the best fit I have found for my body to date.

Great thread, DigDug

Although, I can't pick only one. Living in Wisconsin, I've got to have a lighter weight denim for summer, and a heavyweight for the rest. My 2 are easy choices. My PBJ 1133 were perfect, this summer. I wore them 5-6 days a week. I would not think twice about replacing them, if needed. The rest of the year, my IH-666S-19L are indispensable. Hefty, rugged, and downright durable. Add to that, a darker indigo warp, and a somewhat dirty weft. They are really starting to show a nice high contrast fade. If I had no others, I'd have no issue wearing them every day. Honestly, I don't foresee them giving out anytime soon. So, it may be awhile before I actually do have to replace them.

did you have to size up or down on the 11oz Stantons? or did you just go with your normal size? I was thinking of trying a pair of those for next summer.

Wow. This is like picking a favorite child. Based on wear, I think I'd definitely repurchase the Brave Star Cramerton twill. Really versatile for work/off hours. As for denim and fades, I'd agree with exophobe on the Sixteener. As annoying as it is for some, the G slim fit works for me. A close runner-up might be the Italian BlackxBlack. A year of wear and there is a ton of character developing (still black however). 

Pics of I BxB? Mine are super soft, and have a little wear on the fly, pocket edges and maybe a little ghosting around the knees, but certainly no whiskers or honeycombs.

They are on the "screw your whole country for this" list and would not be on my replace list. In fact I keep coming up with complicated plans for their demise. If G would ever drop the black loomies again, I'd be all over them.

funny you mention that, I pulled my black Loomies out of the corner of my closet yesterday.  Forgot I had the damn things.  They are a good looking pair of black jeans.

I only wear 2 pairs with any frequency and those are my Leon Denim and N&F LHT's. I'll occasionally wear my G American Standards but those have mostly been banished to the closet. Don't really wear my Strike Golds (too odd of a fit but great slubby denim) and I have 3 unworn pairs of Gustin and 2 unworn pairs of 3sixteen. I like my Leon Denim a lot but they're really stubborn faders, even more so than my LHT's. I honestly can't say which pair i'd replace.

Interested to see how you like the 55s.  I've had my eye on them for my next pair, but I'm good for jeans at the moment.  

Haha, truer than you know. I've moved twice since getting mine. About as much fade as my Ciano's threw off just putting them on.

Yeah, they're bleeders. The selvedge line is more blue than white after three wears. Mine are back at Ciano to get the buttonfly redone, looking forward to getting them back.

I sized mine an inch under my actual waist, hoping the repairs don't cause too much pain this go around. The first pass they stretched really easily, but of course they also blew out every button hole.

The original gustin loomstates slim - by far. The fit just endeded up to be so perfect for me, unfortunately I had to trainjump the last campain due to short funds. I want pbj in this fit and thats why they arent on the list, the fabric is good but fit is way too wide hems.

Nr 2 is the IH 624s (is that the name or is it 625s?) the color and how it fades is just a work of art.

So it would seem Fit trumps designer, denim, cost.