Academi Denim

[kman]

Well academi looks to be the cheapest selvedge denim out there. i am thinking of buying a few pares and i would like to know how much will these shrink after the initial cold soak. also how good of a denim for the price are they. thanks

 

[tatet]

they don't need an initial cold soak...

 

[whodini]

Minimal shrinkage, decent denim but not great.

 

[brohymn]

The denim is good but the construction and cut are ******* garbage. There's a reason why they're so cheap and why they are permenantly on sale.

 

[buttonman]

^i would second that as i own a pair myself. if you get these on sale for like 20 or 30 bucks you can use them as a beater pair. they are definitely not meant for you to size down and stretch them out since the rivets will probably pop off, as they have with mine

however with about 2 1/2 months on this pair i'm starting to get some decent fades. and considering i don't do anything in my jeans, the denim has a fairly nice fading quality. when things start coming out a little more clearly i'll post pictures

 

[kman]

ok thanks

 

[robbie]

I had a friend pick a pair up for me in 28... I'm kind of bummed I didn't go with the 30's.

 

[RogT]

I got a pair, but it's my first pair of raws, ever, so I can't really compare to anything else. However, I think I read that second run production pairs fixed the rivet issue. I've been wearing my jeans daily for almost 3 weeks now and I haven't had a rivet pop off.

 

[GY!BE]

Originally Posted by robbie

I had a friend pick a pair up for me in 28... I'm kind of bummed I didn't go with the 30's.

same deal exactly, Im stillll stretching these bad boys out

but to op

just buy one pair, dont cold soak, and wear the hell out of them, just dont expect them to be premium

 

[remn]

The rivets on my pair have likewise been popping off like crazy (first one 3 weeks in, second one 6 weeks in). Haven't been wearing these enough to get good fades, but they are pretty good quality denim for the price.

The cut is kind of weird though; feels like it's constantly riding in ******.

 

[who8mahrice]

Their second production run includes a slimmer cut (from only the relaxed ones in the first), different dyes, and upgraded hardware, supposedly. I got word of all this a while back...but haven't really heard much for in store availability...

 

[robbie]

I think Aiden Dinh posts somewhat regularly on SuFu. A lot of the pics he posted of their samples look promising, I think as time goes on their Quality Control will improve. You'd think they'd improve it anyhow to help keep Slings and Stones reputation in tact.

 

[pg600rr]

do not buy, spend the extra $50 or so and atleast get some apc's academi has the worst possible fit/cut available

 

[robbie]

Originally Posted by pg600rr

do not buy, spend the extra $50 or so and atleast get some apc's academi has the worst possible fit/cut available
APC 155$ + s&h from Europe Academi 19.99$ and tax from Urban. I've seen worse cuts for the price.

 

[pg600rr]

Originally Posted by robbie

APC 155$ selvage, SF cred.

Academi 19.99 + tax @ UO, selvage, hidden rivets.

I've seen worse cuts for the price.

didnt know they were only $20, if thats the case u might as well get them, i thought they were like $80-$100