Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/19

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Subject: [Leica] help me be a poseur
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Fri May 19 15:22:41 2006
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That was what came after sitting in the bathtub in Levis to shrink them 
to fit, then scrubbing the knees to fade them. Stone washed is pretty 
new stuff.
Douglas
PS let a couple of dogs play with it - they can make anything look old 
and tatty in minutes

Adam Bridge wrote:

> Wasn't there a Spin and Marty episode where they did this to wear in 
> jeans?
>
> Oh I think I'm dating myself. Fortunately I'm a cheap date....
>
>
> Adam
>
> On 5/19/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
>
>> Tow it (empty) behind your car on the way to your assignment?
>>
>>
>> Op 19-mei-06, om 18:56 heeft Kyle Cassidy het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> > for years i've used two camera bags, one is this giant thing by
>> > "coast"
>> > which is sort of like a cardboard box with a strap. i can put an
>> > oven in
>> > it. It is ugly and uncomfortable, i want to give it to an enemy. the
>> > other is a "nikon" bag i got in the dollar bin at my local camera
>> > store.
>> > it holds one body and maybe three lenses.
>> >
>> >  the zipper broke on the "nikon" bag about a year ago, and it's only a
>> > matter of time before my m6 falls out and smashes to the pavement, so
>> > yesterday i got a domke FX1 the "little bit bigger" bag which will
>> > hold
>> > 2 bodies and an 80-200 2.8 and a bunch of other stuff like sodas,
>> > condoms, wrenches, t.v. remotes, fresh fruit, the works. but the
>> > problem
>> > is that this freaking bag makes me look like an amature. it's brand
>> > new
>> > and i'm not going to spend the time breaking it in so that i can look
>> > cool. so, i'm wondering, should i just start throwing it into the
>> > washing machine over and over? maybe with a couple handfulls of rocks
>> > until it gets the "worn denim" patina.
>> >
>> > has anybody tried this? How many times do I need to wash it before
>> > those
>> > guys in the photo pit stop pointing and laughing?
>> >
>> > kc
>> >
>> >
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Replies: Reply from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] help me be a poseur)
In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] help me be a poseur)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] help me be a poseur)
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] help me be a poseur)