How? Genuinely curious. My DR’s rank D so I’m clearly not good, but lately I’ve had my DR drop almost every race no matter how well I do. Sometimes I’ll climb 6+ positions and still come out dropping, when everyone else around me on the board increases. I thought for sure taking a win would finally give me an increase. Is there something different I should be doing?
So naturally being my favorite pair, they've got some mileage. The fades are sublime, but the holes less so. The white line on the left is an earlier crotch tear that I tried to repair myself by pulling the denim together and hand-sewing it. It seems structurally okay so far, but I honestly don’t love how visible or puckered it looks.
Now another hole opened beside it, and this time there’s enough fabric missing that I don’t think simply sewing the edges together will work.
I did my best to sew in a patch of denim underneath to just deal with the hole, and put it on both sides since the fabric is wearing thin on both sides. I only had darker scrap denim to use so it clearly doesn't match visually. It completely does the trick functionally, but I'm not super thrilled with how it looks overall.
I’m considering taking them to a professional denim repair shop for an interior backing patch and color-matched machine darning, but I've never had a pro fix a pair of jeans so I don't really know what to expect. Based on the condition shown here:
I’m not really looking for decorative sashiko or an intentionally visible patch—durability and making it blend in as well as reasonably possible are the priorities.
Thanks for your collective expertise!
So naturally being my favorite pair, they've got some mileage. The fades are sublime, but the holes less so. The white line on the left is an earlier crotch tear that I tried to repair myself by pulling the denim together and hand-sewing it. It seems structurally okay so far, but I honestly don’t love how visible or puckered it looks.
Now another hole opened beside it, and this time there’s enough fabric missing that I don’t think simply sewing the edges together will work.
I did my best to sew in a patch of denim underneath to just deal with the hole, and put it on both sides since the fabric is wearing thin on both sides. I only had darker scrap denim to use so it clearly doesn't match visually. It completely does the trick functionally, but I'm not super thrilled with how it looks overall.
I’m considering taking them to a professional denim repair shop for an interior backing patch and color-matched machine darning, but I've never had a pro fix a pair of jeans so I don't really know what to expect. Based on the condition shown here:
I’m not really looking for decorative sashiko or an intentionally visible patch—durability and making it blend in as well as reasonably possible are the priorities.
Thanks for your collective expertise!
Hoping this is alright to post. I've searched, and haven't found an answer. I've got an issue with clicking/popping with my AM95s, and have since I bought them years ago. I've tried searching for the cause and solutions, but since squeaking with these soles seems relatively common I haven't had much luck with diagnosing this particular issue. Hoping this video triggers some more knowledgeable people to help me figure out how to resolve this.
Whenever I'm walking on hard surfaces there's this audible click as I put my heel down on both shoes. There's the dull sound of my shoe hitting the ground, but then there's this almost immediate and louder clicking sound that happens with each step. I've isolated it to the heel, hence the video I'm sharing. It may not sound all that noticeable, but I swear it's an absurdly loud clicking whenever I'm walking anywhere with a hard surface. Walking down a hallway with linoleum floors sounds like I'm wearing high heels. But removing the insoles doesn't fix it, so I'm not sure what the issue is. But it's kept me from wearing these very much despite having them for nearly 10 years. Thanks in advance!