I want to buy the Pure Blue Japan XX-005 can anyone tell me how the waist size runs?

[Sabrosa]

Haha, yeah, it is quite tempting. $205 seems like about the best deal you are going to get outside of Japan.

 

[Dangydang]

Originally Posted by Kent Wang

Dangydang and others, have they stretched out much on you?

I just started wearing mine 3-4 weeks ago and I wear them about 4-5 days a week. So far stretching has been very very minimal. They stayed up perfectly without a belt when I first received them and they stay up just fine without a belt right now. If you're thinking about getting a pair I'd highly recommend them.

 

[fosho78]

I have a question about PBJ sizing and I thought I'd just reuse this thread instead of making another one. This question's already been asked but no one answered:

When buying dry PBJ xx-005s off BiG's website, should I go with my true size or size up one? If I buy my true size and then hot soak them and wear them while they dry, wouldn't that keep them from getting too skinny? That's my concern - I don't want them to get too tight.

 

[denning]

I purchased 1 down with mine from BiG. However you are missing out on one element, stretching. If you buy your regular size they will shrink, a little, and then stretch, likely more than they shrunk. Buy one size down and you should be fine.

 

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by denning

I purchased 1 down with mine from BiG. However you are missing out on one element, stretching. If you buy your regular size they will shrink, a little, and then stretch, likely more than they shrunk. Buy one size down and you should be fine.

This has been my experience with PBJ (not specifically 005's, though). Stretching is much slower than with APC's, but after soaking (some shrinkage, not a lot) and maybe 10-20 wearings they've stretched a bit more than they shrank. They're a 34 and the true waist is probably closer to 35 at this point.

 

[Brian278]

I'm looking to get a pair of these as well. The actual waist measurement on my current regular jeans is 34, and I don't want them to be super tight at the waist or anywhere else really. Should I just get the 33s, hot soak them and let them stretch back out?

From looking at several for sale threads for 33s here and on SuFu most people don't get them to shrink as much all over as the BiG measurements suggest their process does, so I think I'd be OK with getting 33s to shrink down to 33.5 after one hot soak/air dry which would give them a half-inch to come back out.

 

[fosho78]

Just looked some stuff up on superfuture and everything that I read said that you should get 005s true to size.

 

[chronoaug]

Like everything though, there is not a universal rule. I believe i sized down about 1 or a half and it worked out. I'm probably going to sell them as i am looking for something slimmer below the knee, but they worked out after a bit of stretching while wet. They stretch a lot if you wet them. Great looking jeans though. The denim is fun to play with when bored on a long car ride.

If you're huskier or work out your legs a bunch, size up one. If you're a normal build get true to size, if you're pretty slim you could get away with sizing down a half size or 1 depending on how much they shrank during the initial wash/soak.

 

[GreenFrog]

I wear Nudie Thin Finns in 31x34 and they fit me perfect. I also had a pair of APC NS in size 29 too.

For the record, I'm 6'1" and weigh approx 145 pounds.

I'm planning on getting the post-soak 005s from BiG. What size should I get, taking into consideration stretching and the fact that they're low-rise?

I have hip bones so if they sit at my hip bones, 31s would probably be too small. So should I get 32s? Or do 005s stretch enough to the point where if I get 31s they will stretch to fit me perfectly?

I'm so confused, help would be appreciated!

 

[Jay-D]

Originally Posted by GreenFrog

I wear Nudie Thin Finns in 31x34 and they fit me perfect. I also had a pair of APC NS in size 29 too.

For the record, I'm 6'1" and weigh approx 145 pounds.

I'm planning on getting the post-soak 005s from BiG. What size should I get, taking into consideration stretching and the fact that they're low-rise?

I have hip bones so if they sit at my hip bones, 31s would probably be too small. So should I get 32s? Or do 005s stretch enough to the point where if I get 31s they will stretch to fit me perfectly?

I'm so confused, help would be appreciated!

I would recommend 31s, but wait for a little more advice to confirm. I have not stocked PBJ that long. And by the way, we do have the XX-005 one wash in stock. After you confirm which size you need, pm me.

 

[whodini]

Originally Posted by GreenFrog

I wear Nudie Thin Finns in 31x34 and they fit me perfect. I also had a pair of APC NS in size 29 too.
Get a pair of 31s. I sized down one and while they eventually stretched fine in the waist (even loose), they still are pretty tight around the knees.

 

[GreenFrog]

Thanks for the input.

The thing is, if I measure at my hipbones, my waist is actually 32inches. Should I still get the 31s? I dont know how low they sit, is the problem.

 

[GreenFrog]

Actually, what's this whole shrink-to-fit deal? If I want to buy the jeans raw, do I buy the size 29 (which translates to a 31.5 waist)? Does shrink-to-fit mean that you have to soak your jeans in hot water once before you start wearing them? Or are the 005s simply like other dry denim where you wear them for 6 months until you first wash them.

I am SO confused.

What are the advantages to buying raw vs. one wash?

 

[whodini]

Originally Posted by GreenFrog

Thanks for the input.

The thing is, if I measure at my hipbones, my waist is actually 32inches. Should I still get the 31s? I dont know how low they sit, is the problem.
Stop overthinking it. If you wear size "xxx" regularly in jeans then get the same size in pbj.

Originally Posted by GreenFrog

Actually, what's this whole shrink-to-fit deal? If I want to buy the jeans raw, do I buy the size 29 (which translates to a 31.5 waist)? Does shrink-to-fit mean that you have to soak your jeans in hot water once before you start wearing them? Or are the 005s simply like other dry denim where you wear them for 6 months until you first wash them.

I am SO confused.

What are the advantages to buying raw vs. one wash?
Shrink-to-fit: You initially soak the jeans so that they shrink to tagged size and then wear.
STF vs one wash: Less guesswork.

 

[GreenFrog]

Okay, so I got the one-wash 31s and I had no problems buttoning the top button.

It fits snugly. .does this mean it will stretch out to the point where it's actually loose? Should I have sized down one?