There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
I definitely have one pair of beaters that i'm trying to fade and over time wear as a lighter color denim; and a pair that i keep crispy and only wear out as a dressier (and darker) pair... i don't do much with that one other than maybe go out to eat, movies, etc -- activities that won't break it in that much and keep it looking pretty dark indigo.
Hope that made sense!
A bit of an older article, but Heddels had a list of some of their favorite overdyed denims a while back: https://www.heddels.com/2016/09/overdyed-raw-denim-jeans-five-plus-one/
You can also check out our friends at Naked & Famous -- their shop is called Tate & Yoko and it has a site with all their new stuff and some other Japanese brands as well: tateandyoko.com