BENZAK X CULTIZM X ROBIN DENIM FADING CONTEST
Over the next 12 months, fifty guys from all over the world will wear the contest jeans trying to create the nicest fades and to claim one of the great prizes! It promises to be one hell of a contest with phenomenal fades guaranteed. Learn more about the Fading Contest by reading the official announcement here.
On this page, we will feature the ‘Best Nine’ pictures every month, posted by using #benzakcontest. While fades are the decisive factor to be featured as ‘Best Nine’, creativity, involvement, and photography will also be rewarded.
September
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@skrieber73
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‘This time the pick of the month goes to @skrieber73 who is working so hard on his Benzaks now using them as his work pants.
The strong ongoing authentic and natural raw denim evo including an amazing growing patina are reflecting the full power of natural raw denim evo at its best’
August
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@seriousdenim
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‘I fighted a long time between the hardest core naturally faded jeans with an insane growing patina from @skrieber and the 2 creative shots from @seriousdenim watering video and @bvo_66 holding the BDD in his hand. But, because I have to pick only one winner, I decided to choose for the creative watering shots from @seriousdenim’
July
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@yoni_brandsen
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‘I love Yoni’s awesome naturally faded pics of his perfectly fitted jeans followed hard by some other participants.’
June
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@skrieber73
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A real denim lover is always taking care of his jeans like this great repair job done by @skrieber73
May
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@koenkuik
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I love the creative pic from @koenkuik, how the raw denim jeans are falling out of the Blue Blooded book. What a fascinating imagination to create new denim!!
April
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@skrieber73
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‘I couldn‘t resist to give a shout out for Aprils ‘Ruedi’s pick for the month’ to @skrieber73 . when I saw the awesome chocolate easter nest in his still naturally faded jeans including the great wear days counting on the front pocket bag. You should swing by at his feed to see the additional pics just showing the great denim evo created by his magic legs!’
March
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@thehaguedenim
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‘How much more love can you show to your favorite jeans then taking care of them and repairing them to keep them alive for ever like done here by the great raw denim head @thehaguedenim. Keep go on with your great raw denim evolution work.’
February
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@oregon_rex
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‘The pick of the month goes to @oregon_rex who is showing a great raw denim love using his jeans as long johns during icy and snowy winter days!!!’
January
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@dappermarks22
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‘The pick of the month goes to @dappermarks22 with his very creative painting art drawn on his front pocket bag. I can‘t wait to see the ongoing aging progress of this painting. I love the personalization of a jeans specially on the front pocket bags like this painting or the counting of the wear days.’
December
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@skrieber73
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‘The winning pick of the month in December comes from @skrieber73 who gave his BDD jeans to his kids for trying them on. It’s never too early to start with your own raw, and to become a raw denim addict. And it seems, that the young man is already enjoying his fathers raw’s a lot, and that he can’t wait to start fading some raw’s by his own!’
November
RUEDI’S PICK OF THE MONTH
Ruedi Karrer a.k.a. @swissjeansfreak is thé iconic cult-figure in the denim scene and a living Denim Wikipedia. Ruedi will transfer his limitless knowledge and his passion for denim into an objective opinion by selecting just one picture every month. So, being chosen as Ruedi’s pick of the month is a the greatest honor a man can deserve in a lifetime.
@bvo_66
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‘I love to choose the pic of the month for the “benzakcontest” although it’s very hard to make the final decisions. I was most impressed by the wearing the jeans inside out movie from @ende_denim, the impressing saddle fade pic and the raw denim serving suggestion by Bert aka @bvo_66.
At the end I have chosen Bert’s raw denim serving suggestion, because I love this creative high quality shot. And the pants served as a menu is reflecting the strong personal raw denim love in a best way. It’s like you love your jeans that much that you almost wanna eat them up.
I wish all contestants an ongoing happy breaking and having fun with your raw denim gear.’