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Denim Trends

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

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.

Old Japan Loom

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

TWO WOMEN AT A LOOM in OLD JAPAN

Not enough pedals for denim twill.

Denim Pea Coat

Monday, July 19th, 2010

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.
Schott_perfecto_2

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

Winston Churchill Style

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

The Imperial War Museum have a multimedia display of Winston Churchill photographs online.
The component is a Silverlight DeepZoom, so you may need a browser plugin.

Somehow my childhood mind has mixed Winston Churchill with W.C.Fields. So Churchill has always had a drunken rapscallion edge for no reason.

Anyway, browsing the photographs of Churchill’s life, you can see that he was quite a character, and that he clearly had his own sense of style.

Cigars, polka-dot bow ties, hats, walking canes, gloves, overcoats. He reminds me of the Albert Finney (Leo) character in the Coen Brothers’ movie “Miller’s Crossing” (one of my all-time favourite movies).

Here are some of my favourite pictures from the set.

FULLCOUNT JEANS (updated)

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

I’m selling a few pairs of FULLCOUNT jeans.

I’ve put up 1108 Straight Slim size 32, two pairs of the 1246 bushpants (size 30, and 32) and three pairs of the 1105 Natural Indigo relaxed fit (size 29, 30, and 33).

They’re pretty good denim, so be quick.

Here’s a good comparison shot of the different cuts.
fc-compare-1246-1108-1105NA
Left to right
1246 Bushpants (size 30), 1108 Straight (size 29), 1105 Natural Indigo (size 29).

Eagle Eye

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

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.

eagle_eye_l_oeil_du_mal_shia_labeouf_michelle_monaghan_03

shia_labeouf_eagle_eye_promo

Japanese Workwear

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

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.

jpn_workwear

Ironed

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

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.

Tropical Lattitudes – Chambray Baby Jumpsuit

Monday, March 29th, 2010

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).

chambray

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 – IndiDenim

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Design your own jeans online at this site:

www.indidenim.com

indidenim

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