The Winners’ Circle – Fade February 2014
This past Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 marked our 3rd annual Fade February competition. The event was top-notch, and both stores were packed full of raw denim enthusiasts showing off their dedication to owning the best fades in Canada. This year, we also opened up the competition to faders all over the world with our online portion of the contest and were thrilled to see fades all the way from Los Angeles to Singapore, and Australia (to name a few).
And now, for your viewing pleasure, we present the Dutil. winners’ circle of #FadeFebruary2014
dutil. Toronto’s Winners:
First Place Pair – Larry Kwok’s Pure Blue Japans – worn 25 months with 5 washes
Second Place Pair – Long Chan’s Eternals – worn 26 months with 10 washes
3rd Place Pair – Tyler Beatson’s APCs – worn 25 months with 10 washes
dutil. Vancouver’s Winners:
First, Second and Third Place Winners –
1st place – Morgan Tanner’s Naked & Famous x Momotaro Collaboration Jeans – worn 3 years with 5 washes
2nd place – Bryan Nguyen’s Naked & Famous Elephant 2s – worn 18 months with 1 ocean wash and 1 soak
3rd place – Jesse Bemister’s Naked & Famous x Momotaro 2 Collaboration Jeans – worn 15 months with 2 washes and 1 soak
dutil. Online’s Winner:
Rick Quach’s 24oz Naked & Famous jeans – worn 3.5 years with many washes
First and foremost, we want to thank all of the entrants to our contest – we would not be able to throw an amazing event like this without great people like you. We want to say a special thank you to Rawr Denim, Hush Magazine, Sad Mag, Sharp Magazine, NOW Magazine, Vitaly Design, and Morning Soirée for helping us pick this year’s best fades. We would also like to thank Rogue Territory, Naked & Famous and Baldwin Denim for providing the prizes for our winners. Last but (obviously) not least, we would like to thank Cariboo Brewing and Pabst Blue Ribbon for providing the beverages for the event.