Roaring 20’s Themed Anniversary

Doc and I share the burden of planing our anniversaries. He plans all the odd-numbered years, while I plan all the even-numbered years. He said in that case, every odd-numbered anniversary will be spent at Forbes Island; and I am OK with that. So long as I get to pick what we do on the evens!

This year I wanted us to dress up in a 1920’s style, and go to Bourbon and Branch. And that is just what we did.

My 1920’s costume. Somehow I tamed the untamable mane; just for that one night.
Doc’s 1920’s costume.

We then drank so much and had so much fun that I forgot to blog last week. Worth it, I say!

 

Raw Denim

Giffy Jeans
Giffy Jeans

I recently got my first pair of raw denim selvedge jeans from Self Edge Denim on Valencia and they even hemmed them up for me so now I finally get to wear them around. The pair I got were some 3sixteens, and were actually these jeans here. They are quite stretchy, so I doubt very much that they are 100% cotton, but it is not clear what they are made of. The most my research on Cone’s S-Gene Denim has turned up, is that maybe it is a blend of 92% ring spun cotton, 7% polyester and 1% Elastane. It seems that 100% cotton jeans for women are so very rare these days. Continue reading “Raw Denim”