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The LA Times has a couple of articles about new trends in denim.

Wearing Denim-on-denim (aka doubledenim) is now allowed.
http://www.latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-wash-20100822,0,4372356.story
 
The video gives insights on fashion photography.

Expect to see denim in other colours.
http://www.latimes.com/features/image/la-ig-magic-20100822,0,7113387.story
When I saw that headline I thought it might mean that we might start seeing things like the persimmon dyed, mud dyed and tea dyed denim that the Japanese have been using, but it seems like it’s just fashion designers trying to break the mould and BE DIFFERENT which is their constant mission.

There is a nice denim mini-primer:

Denim, as it’s usually understood, is a durable, cotton twill fabric with an indigo-dyed warp or top yarn and a white weft or bottom yarn (which is why, if you turn up the cuff on a pair of jeans, the inside has a noticeably lighter cast). The relatively coarse traditional 3×1 weave (which means the thread crosses over three perpendicular strands before going under one) gives denim its durability and familiar ribbed texture.

Not enough pedals for denim twill.

ACL posted details of Perfecto, a Schott off-shoot brand for outerwear.

http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/07/18/acl-endorses-perfecto-brand-by-schott-nyc/

They’ve got a decent looking Cone denim pea coat.

But I hope you know where they stole this idea from.
http://www.misterfreedom.com
Cotton Duck’s

Whilst on holidays I got to watch Eagle Eye.

It’s an average movie which stars a pea coat.

Actually, it’s Shia LaBeouf getting ordered around by a female voice on the phone.

The Japanese are getting famous for re-making American workwear, so it was interesting to read a bit about the more traditional Japanese workwear that you see in Japan.

http://jaerik.livejournal.com/457170.html

The workers wear very baggy trousers which look like they will get caught on nails or snag the worker into some machinery.

My Kapital TP-2 jeans needed a wash after more than a week in Malaysia.  I put them in for a wash with the other dirty clothes.

My Malaysian in-laws have a maid who does the washing.

Anyway, they came out nice and clean, with a crease ironed down the middle of each leg.  Hah.  I was initially horrified, but after wearing them again for less than an hour in this humidity the crease has almost disappeared.

I’m on holiday in Malaysia and Singapore.  So there won’t be many blog updates over the next few weeks.

Tropical weather isn’t conducive to wearing denim.  Sweat makes me want to wash my jeans daily.  I also like to cuff to a 3/4 length for comfort.

I did get this chambray shirt jump suit for my daughter from GAP (we don’t have GAP in Australia).

The food in Malaysia is amazing.  I’m tempted to blog here about it, but it’s probably too far off topic.

Design your own jeans online at this site:

www.indidenim.com

I doubt that I’ll try it, but it’s an interesting idea.