Short jacket trifecta complete.

Been wearing these all day every day since the last submission, but no real observable difference. This is life for us slow faders

If anything they've been soaking up some of the indigo from my 295-IB and are turning darker. Keep this up and I'll be back at square one once the competition is over

First submission in the books. No days missed so far.

Love these SBGs.
(Do I miss the XHS? Maybe a little bit )

Not a whole lot of progress since last month (despite wearing these more than I anticipated). Still only on the one wash, considering doing another wash soon.

My goal for the Indigo Invitational was to reach at least 200 wears.

That has now been achieved, currently at 203 wears. Still at only one wash. I'll definitely be continuing to use these going forward, but will be wearing some other pairs as well. The longing for XHS is strong

333 Wears in total on these.
4 washes (at 117, 232, 295 and 333 wears).

Overall I enjoyed the experience a whole lot more than I thought I would. I imagine I'll join the next one as well.
Highly recommend giving it a go if you've been contemplating it.

@Gammaman Entering with bibs is awesome.

@Jcaz6996 Nice, will be another amazing pair I'm sure.

@gouki74 Cool, hard to beat XHS. Not sure I could go a year without washing, but looking forward to following along.

Decided to go with the SBGs in the end. This will be the year of black jeans.
Not looking to win, but would like to reach at least 200 wears.

Just submitted Raw Proof:

These needed another another wash. Currently at 295 wears and 3 washes. No change

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I thought they looked rather good hanging on the door though:

Time to put this to use.
Just put it on and, wow, these are good.

Fading is always super slow on shirts for me, but will definitely enjoy wearing this one

I've been ruminating hard on which pair to go with A full year in the same pair is a long time.
I think I will go with these instead. Have been loving the 526L, dig how crisp, tight and hairy the 19oz lefty is. Need to get them hemmed though.

@RobeOfTheMagi Personally I love seeing updates on denim, it's one of the main reasons I visit this forum.

(Now if you had told me that 10 years ago I would have thought you were crazy, but here we are )

@DeeDee85 I'm quite often surprised by what sells quickly and what doesn't. (For instance XHSbb ending up in the outlet still boggles the mind).

Very cool jacket, congrats!

@Mizmazzle 100% true!

@Aetas Wishing you all the best with your recovery.

@Mizmazzle I have a stockpile as well.....
(Dig those Tricotine shirts by the way! I have no doubt I'll break down and get one at some point).

@RobeOfTheMagi Coming along great! Combs are looking excellent.
Just keep at it and it will be magnificent.

(denim_girl_jeans on IG has an awesome one of these by the way)

@Mister_Brue Nice, already looking forward to seeing the results

@Oaktavia Very nice. I keep ogling these myself, ever since they launched.
(Love the look, just not sure I would actually use them much).

@fifediesel Looks very good! I’d keep that for sure. (In my experience tight leather jackets may look nice in photos, but you end up never using them).

@Mister_Brue Wow, that’s amazing man.