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April 19, 2019
Everyday American Style: 1970s Inspiration Via Documerica
Denim jackets, Chucks, and pool cues go together like teenagers and delinquency. Robert Johnson in coal-mining town of Clothier, West…
April 12, 2018
The Most Practical Impractical Jacket: The Denim Jacket (part 2)
Yesterday I talked a bit about the different styles of denim jacket that are out there, and what makes a…
April 12, 2018
The Most Practical Impractical Jacket: The Denim Jacket (Part One)
On balance, denim sort of sucks, especially for outerwear. It’s stiff when new and wears out reliably, ripping at stress…
November 3, 2017
How The Fight For Civil Rights Helped Popularize Denim
Racked had a great article yesterday on how the fight for civil rights helped popularize denim. Most of us think…
October 19, 2017
More News About Cone Mills’ Closure
We normally don’t publish two posts in quick succession about the same topic, but the closure of Cone Mills –…
October 18, 2017
Last Selvedge Denim Mill In The US To Close
Some surprising news from our friends at Heddels. Cone Mills’ parent company, International Textile Group, announced today that they’ll be…
May 6, 2017
Your Moment Of Laser Denim Zen
A reader sent me a video of denim being laser-etched with sick fadez, which sent me down a rabbit hole…
April 9, 2017
It’s On Sale: Some Nice Jeans
More than ten years after menswear blogs were all about sick fades and selvedge stripes, raw denim jeans are still…
July 25, 2016
Can You Buy “Cool”?
Well, you can certainly try to sell it. For Quartz, Marc Bain dissects the neuroscience of “coolness” and how fashion brands…
May 23, 2016
There’s A Lee Chore Coat In There Somewhere
Sometimes the internet can seem like an echo chamber of “inspiration”–the same images and stories posted and reposted until you’ve…
April 11, 2016
Showing Your Age
Ever since the raw denim revival has blown up in the US, dozens of specialty repair shops have cropped up…
March 3, 2016
White Tee + Denim + Leather
White t-shirts and jeans sound like the most boring things in the world, but they can also be the foundation…
January 6, 2016
Why Do We Cuff Our Pants?
For trousers, we may want to conform to a perceived code of dress, or to add a little heft at…
December 14, 2015
Where Can I Find A Pair Of Jeans That’s Like …
Every once in a while, a reader will email us and ask if we can recommend a pair of jeans….