APC jeans

I've been having some time off from wearing jeans and I've mainly been sporting khaki chinos (Lee, Dockers, DrDenim).  There's so much baggage to take into account: brand, fit, denim type:  raw, washed, distressed, selvedge etc.  Whilst most of those things factor into chinos, it seems so much easier to get the right pair.

Finding the right pair of jeans seems like such a mission.

Having said all that jeans are good for the cold of the winter, so with a view of that I thought I should get a new pair and get them broken-in in time.  (yeeehaaar)

I've been looking a bit and half heartedly.  Popped into Le Monde, Wolverhampton and spoke to Jason.  He had a nice pair of Levi Selvedge, straight but with a taper.  But they were too big at a 32'.  After that I kinda thought, 'actually I can't be arsed looking for the perfect pair, I'll stick with chinos', but that all changed today.

I went to Ikea with my workmate Hazel, bought stuff, found £40 on the floor and went to Birmingham.
Popped into urbanoutfitters.co.uk and had a look at the APC stand and saw these bad boys:

APC Petit Standard

I tried on a few pairs and found a 31/32, quite a rare size, and as I slipped into them it was like an epiphany.   Angels singing, golden streams of light and hyper-real colours.  They were PERFECT.  So now I going the painful but rewarding process of breaking them in.  It's tough work but somebody's got to do it.  

All hail the jean.

Young the Giant

Listening to this a lot

Happiness

This is a photo of two friends of mine called Jo(e) at their wedding reception.

They look very happy.  Will I ever know that sort of happiness?

Tune

This tune's quite bangin'

Reading

A must read for all gay men.  The book has some deep insights into being gay in a straight world.

The Rakes, Klang

I like this album.