This is the intellectual prep! Dope outfits!

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Fashion superhero!

Following the Street Etiquette blog and just found some awesome outfits! Joshua Kissi is a real hero when it comes to creating unique outfits! Real preppy and so complete!

Looks:

Swaggerday!

Had a great day yesterday!

Went to Breda to hook up with Amanda aka Atta the Indo. We lounged at Parc from 14.00 till 18.00, had some Corona's and went to Dolce e Salato for a pizza. Relaxing day and ready for the next couple of weeks!! 

sneakpeak!:

Shoot for Soho

Ronald from Soho Early Adaptors Breda asked me to help out with a photoshoot. I had a really nice day and Jordy Huijbregts (www.jordyphoto.com) made awesome photo's!

Preview:

Housewarming in Germany

I was invited to a housewarming in the middle of nowhere. I grabbed my passport and went to Horst Limburg (near Germany). Thanks Randy and Nikki for the great night! 

Needletime

Session #2! Njoy!

Suicide Girls

Robert @CleanSolid Tattoo said he doesn't like Suicide Girls at all. I bet this changes his mind!

Needletime!

Today Koen had his second sitting at CleanSolid Tattoo! Robert finished the shading and started with some color! Time flies, and so does Robert! Damn he's fast!

CleanSolid

Before: 

Artist at work! 

Halfway through the pain! 

Robert's colleague at the desk, finishing a stencil

Intensive care!

CleanSolid Irezumi style!

Finished for today! 

Wrapped up.. 

The saga continues...

So after soaking my Nashville I hung them outside. A lot of dirt came out and the smell is gone. It stiffened again and it's ready for some more wear and tear! Hopefully it won't stretch as much as it did before!

Some pics:

Soak them Ed's

My Edwin Nashville stretched so much they needed a soak to be able to wear them again. Last week I soaked them in the tub for half an hour, but the water wasn't hot enough so the Ed's are still to big. So today another try: Soak for half an hour with the hottest water I could find! From the Quooker! Boiling water! 

Pic from after the soak will follow soon!

Momotaro Jeans " Japan's Best!"

Hopefully this wonderful piece of art will not be destroyed after what happened in Japan..

Our hearts go out to Japan..
私たちの心は日本に行く
Watashi-tachi no kokoro wa Nippon ni iku

How to "shrink to fit"

501xx

I love Levi’s 501 Shrink to Fit jeans and have done the shrinking thing a bunch of times. Some ways work, others are not so good; here’s the best way:

• Fill your bathtub (or kitchen sink if you don’t have one) with the hottest water that will come out of the tap.
• Put the pants in there and let them marinate for 15-20 minutes
• Drain the water and hang the pants over the tub (they’ll drip. They’ll also make a mess so be prepared to give the tub a scrub down after you are done).
• Optional Step A few hours into drying (when they are no longer actively dripping), put them on and let them dry on your body for a bit.
• After they are dry (overnight) they will be so stiff you may be able to stand them upright. Even so, Try them on and see if they are close to the right size. You can repeat the above steps many times to shrink them down further. I find that after the initial shrinking, the length is less likely to change than the tightness.

I’d recommend buying them 1″ too big in the waist and 2-3″ too big in the inseam. This will give you a skinny but relaxed fit (classic). Adjust from there if you want a tighter or shorter look.

Levi's 501XX Shrink to Fit. Well known for beautiful ageing.

Some fitpics:

One worn for 2 years, about 6 washes:

(source last picture: www.denimarchive.com)

Tat 'em up HD

This is the full video of my colleague getting his sleeve done!

Tat 'em up Part 1

My colleague Koen is getting his 3/4 sleeve done! 4 hours in pain but the result is absolutely amazing!

Tat 'em up!

Went to the tattooshop on tuesday to take photo's of the process of tattooing,
My colleague was getting a 3/4 sleeve so I joined him.
He sat from 13.00 till 17.00, Tough guy!

Ready? GO!

Hard in the Paint!

Wipe it off!

Tough guy!

After 4 hours!

Video will be added later!!..