All the Dutch blogs (in fact, all worldwide blogs) are going crazy for a new book release that plots a four decade artistic journey between legendary musician Tom Waits and renowned photographer Corbijn.
The relationship between the two men began when Corbijn was a relatively unknown photographer in 1977 and their friendship and collaborations have continued on to the present day,
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With its roots firmly in the '70s, a new brand emerges from Los Angeles called De Chemin Jeans.
The premium denim scene in L.A. is welcoming a new addition into the industry, but this new brand already has a history in apparel; it has been launched by Jason Gaon, the son of '70s label Chemin De Fer. You can see the similarities
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Much has been written on the history and legendry that surrounds the classic and collectible Buddy Lee mascot for Lee Jeans. We've blogged about him in the past and spent a fair bit of time cruising eBay for dolls. But we'd not seen this hilarious video before and figured it's worth a viewing.
Take a look in any denim connoisseurs vintage
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Much has been written about the purist, Made in America movement that's been slowly emerging over the last few years in the U.S. We've explored brands such as Telleson, Raleigh, Imogen + Willie, Jack Knife Outfitters and Roy, as well as numerous other like-minded artisanal denim brands working with quality materials and time-proven crafts. A venture that’s emerged to nurture such brands and
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The denim scene in Antwerp is currently thriving... with notable fledgeling denim brands such as Eat Dust as well big players like Lee and Wrangler based in the city, there are plenty of denim heads around to create a strong scene.
We're off to Antwerp in a couple of weeks to check out the city and will definitely be dropping by
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Stylesight's Denim Team has come across an exciting new denim brand, Strom who made waves at the F/W 13 season's Coterie trade show in New York.
Strom is founded by Erika Stromqvist, a Swedish former runway model with extensive experience walking shows from Chanel to Alexander McQueen to name just a couple. Her experience working with designers such as Nicolas Ghesquière, Marc
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We're a big fan of Miles Johnson from Levi's Vintage Clothing in Amsterdam and are proud to call him a denim buddy. So we were excited to see that the guys over at Mr Porter recognized Johnson's talents and made this lovely video of him, below.
The video follows Miles through his seasonal work as the design directer at LVC, from visiting
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Tuesday night was a big night for the Stylesight Denim team: we held our first-ever event in our Culver City offices in Los Angeles, presenting our look-ahead at the F/W 14 season to a packed audience of local companies, indigo aficionados and personalities from the L.A. denim scene.
A perfect sunny L.A. evening was the backdrop to our first Stylesight Los
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Affordable Scandinavian denim-centric store Weekday has teamed up with the hyped American designer Matthew Ames for a denim capsule collection.
The denim-based line for both Men and Women is entitled Prairie and was inspired by the purity of American prairie landscape mixed with the American architectural style The Prairie School. Pieces are paired-back, minimal and premium and sit perfectly in-line with
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The guys over at Vogue have been going Denim crazy lately. They recently posted a great rundown of the season's new denim trends and now they've launched a collection of videos featuring Vogue staff in their favorite denim items for S/S 13.
Entitled "Vogue Jeanius", the videos feature staff writers such as Maya Sasaki (Accessories Assistant), Chelsea Zalopany (Market Editor), Antonina
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As partners and friends, the Stylesight Denim Team is very close to the guys over at Kingpins Trade show. With their firsthand connections to industry and insider-expert denim knowledge, they are a constant source of inspiration. Just this week, they released a few new videos onto their Vimeo site that they've been filming and working on for a few weeks
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If you're a regular DDD reader, then you'll know we are big fans of Lightning magazine. So much so, that we've been to their offices in Tokyo to chat with their editorial team. Their Denim Bible issue just hit stores and we're certain it will be a must-buy for any denim head.
Similar to their much revered Denim Byers Guide, that
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We love a good denim myth here at Stylesight; it keeps the indigo juices flowing, adds intrigue to everyday life and is a great talking point among denimheads at events and stores around the globe. However, it would be great to get to the bottom of some of the more infamous legends out there in the denim world, and that's
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Its not often a really great denim exhibition and event takes place, so we were very excited about the amazing Indigo Roosters, currently showing in Amsterdam, even if we were not able to attend in person.
Indigo Roosters was an idea put together by two of Levi's most creative leads and re-veered figures in the denim world: Miles Johnson (someone we've
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Our friends at San Francisco-based denim brand Tellason recently debuted “Tellason Stories”, a new series of short videos highlighting fans and wearers of the brand. The first film features photographer/graphic designer/motorcycle builder, Todd Blubaugh. We’re looking forward to seeing who’s up next for the second installment.
Tony and Pete of Tellason are all about making solid, hard wearing denim — jeans that
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