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Japanese help with Lightning's Denim Buyers Guide

post #1 of 7
9/3/10 at 4:01am
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I finally got my hands on Lightning's Denim Buyers Guide and love the pictorial spreads. I'm very curious what the scales (numbered 1-6) for each jean mean. I can tell they correspond to the picture next to it, but I don't know what each side of the scale means, or what some of the titles refer to.

Any help would be appreciated.
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post #2 of 7
9/3/10 at 4:32am
do you have any pictures? i don't think alot of us own that particular magazine. matter fact, i'm not sure if any of us own it. if anyone did, it'd be zissou or robin
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post #3 of 7
9/3/10 at 4:52am
You said you already know what each number is talking about and only want the info on the scale but, I'll just put them all down. 1. Rise: the scale is further left higher the rise, further to the right lower the right (the more direct translation will be deep:shallow) 2. Location of the pocket: Higher (left side), lower (right side) 3. How fit the butt area (I can't think of a better term but its almost 1am so..maybe it will come to me later). Looser (left), fitted (right) 4. Thighs, wider (left), thinner (right) 5. Taper, none (left), stronger taper (right) 6. width of the hem, bigger (left), smaller (right). Hope this helps. Also, if I made any mistake, anyone please feel free to correct me.
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post #4 of 7
9/3/10 at 2:05pm
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Originally Posted by Scoobersti View Post
You said you already know what each number is talking about and only want the info on the scale but, I'll just put them all down.

1. Rise: the scale is further left higher the rise, further to the right lower the right (the more direct translation will be deep:shallow)
2. Location of the pocket: Higher (left side), lower (right side)
3. How fit the butt area (I can't think of a better term but its almost 1am so..maybe it will come to me later). Looser (left), fitted (right)
4. Thighs, wider (left), thinner (right)
5. Taper, none (left), stronger taper (right)
6. width of the hem, bigger (left), smaller (right).

Hope this helps. Also, if I made any mistake, anyone please feel free to correct me.

Thank you very much for the help! I was reading the butt and thigh label incorrectly - I wish these magazine would put out a digital version for purchase so that google translator can help me make some sort of sense of it.

I'll put a picture up later so everyone can see what we're talking about.
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post #5 of 7
9/3/10 at 5:57pm
where can i get this guide?
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post #6 of 7
9/3/10 at 6:33pm
I got mine on Sufu B&S. It's awesome. Definitely worth buying if you like raw denim. Edit: Ooops I was wrong, I don't own this. I thought you meant Lightning Magazine's Denim Indigo Master issue.
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post #7 of 7
9/3/10 at 9:18pm
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I got mine in Japantown here in San Francisco - about $25 after tax. Maybe they'll mail you a copy if you call?
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