A lot of the hobbies I have are hobbies that get better with age. The items might be new, but a lot of them would work better when worn in, when weathered out and tested over time and time.
One of these things is the somewhat silly addiction to Raw Denim. I really enjoy raw denim, and recently, I received a very nice raw denim jacket on my birthday. While this was really fun to get, the fresh denim is really something else to deal with again. At the start, it’s super stiff, due to a range of reasons. It takes a good month or two of consistent daily wear to really break in jeans. Speaking from experience, I have two pairs of raw jeans from Momotaro, the same brand of my jacket — and one of them is worn in by 5 years, and the other by 2. These two jeans are on top of the other jeans that I already have, and the other pants that I have as well. So these all take ages to wear in, and I feel like it’s taking forever to get the cool fades that raw denim provides.
I actually track how much time I put into my jacket wearing. My neediness on data and all has grown over the years, and I’ve learnt different skills on how to track things like this. I used to track my coffee cups per day as well, but I think it’s just a bit too much…
There was another guy who had gotten a denim jacket the same day that I had, but he was aiming to wear 32 hours of denim wear per week. This might sound easy, like just wearing it for a whole day and a half, but actually getting it on and keeping it on is difficult. Especially with the heat in Singapore, it really makes it tough.
Anyway, I think I got in about 2 hours with it today, and looking forward to hitting 3 haha. Wish me luck.
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