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Emil’s Studio D’Artisan 25th Anniversary Jeans

After almost 5 months of wearing my Ooe Yofukutens nearly every day, I washed them at the laundromat and they shrunk to a point that made them uncomfortably tight. Ugh. So, I decided to retire them and I went back to a rotation of some of my older pairs of jeans. The pictures here show [...]

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Ooe Yofukuten | Crotch Repair

The photos here show my Ooe Yofukuten #2702s after wearing them every day for three months, washed once in cold water and hung to dry, and finally with the crotch hole repaired. I should mention that this crotch hole occurred as a rip, not from the jeans wearing through. It was initially a really small [...]

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3 Months In | Ooe Yofukuten #2702s

It’s been three months since I started wearing my custom Ooe Yofukuten #2702s. I started wearing them on Thanksgiving and wore them every day through the end of February. No washes or rinses or soaks yet. They still fit me perfectly and have become incredibly comfortable. The only minor negative thing I can say about [...]

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Initial Impressions | Ooe Yofukuten

Style #2702, which refers to their #27 denim and their original #02 shape. Shape 02 was their slimmest, and modeled after mid-1960s Levi’s (they are changing Shape #02 to something very different in the near future). They are a very simple shape with limited construction details consistent with 1960s Levi’s (no hidden rivets, no selvedge [...]

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