Denimology

The Evolution Of Denim

One of the best things about wearing in a pair of raw indigo denim jeans is seeing how they fade over time. The above photos of a pair of Sugarcane 1947 selvage jeans shows how they have worn after a year of washing and wearing. The owner of these jeans has photographed them each month to create a unique document the way in which the fading has evolved.

Celebrity Denim - Sienna Miller

Now that Sienna Miller has signed on as the face of Pepe Jean she will no longer be able to wear all the other jeans she is so keen on. Here are a couple of photos of her wearing Serfontaine Cruiser jeans. This brand of jeans are very popular with young hollywood celebs such as Hilary Duff, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ashton Kutcher, Josh Hartnett and Sean William Scott.

The Denim Design Lab

The Denim Design Lab is a unique set of tools and instructions to enable you to age and customize your jeans exactly how you want them. The kit comes in a selvage denim carry case and contains tools such as the DDL Grinder which are similar to those used by professionals denim finishers.

Nudie Straight Sven Dry Selvage

After my discovery of Nudie and their Regular Ralf Dry Selvage Jeans I decided to invest in one of their other styles - the Straight Sven Dry Selvage which I bought online from Zoovillage.com. The jeans look great in the photos (see above) but when they arrived I found that I wasn't too keen on the colour of the denim which unlike the Regular Ralfs is quite streaky, also the fit which is straight leg is a little to slim fitting for my liking. So back to Sweden they went...

Denim Porn

As you may have guessed by now I am pretty partial to a nice bit of denim, but I am not the only one. IndigoFan is total denim porn. It documents beautifully one guy's collection of mostly Japanese denim including Samurai, Sugarcane, 45rpm and Evisu.

$2,000 Vintage Levi's 501 On eBay

Collecting Vintage Levis can be an expensive business these days as can be seen from this auction for a rare pair of 1950s Levi's 501s. The price has already been bid up to $1,999 with 4 days left to go. With measurements of waist 40, length 32 it's unlikely that they will even fit the person buying them. Imagine how much more they would go for if they were a more wearable size.