Dutch denim powerhouse, G-Star teams up with fashion bloggers from across the globe to explore the diverse styling possibilites of their iconic Elwood Jean.
The past few seasons has seen a growing number of global brands reaching out to bloggers and young creative talents to collaborate on collections, campaigns and marketing projects in an effort to realize and add authenticity to
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Hiroki Nakamura presents his latest collection of indigo-heavy garments titled "Disertation on Symbolism and our Prayer flag." Following tradition of visvim's previous releases, the S/S 13 collection is rooted in the brands oriental take on American folklore, delivering a plethora of rich textures, ornate details and rustic embroideries.
No strangers to inventive and inspirational takes on denim, the latest from visvim
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Retailers are getting pretty serious about denim these days. Newly revamped denim sections are appearing in all the best department stores worldwide, including Selfridges in London and Printemps in Paris. The latest store to undergo a denim revamp is Los Angeles' Saks Fifth Avenue in its historic Beverly Hills location. This one, however, is all for the guys!
The Denim Bar,
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In October 2012, Christophe Loiron of Mister Freedom® contributed as the guest stylist for a photo shoot for Men's File, a Denim & Workwear Special. Loiron released a selection of images on his blog earlier this year that offers a behind the scene look at the ranch session.
Readers who are familiar with the “The Misfits” shoot from Men's File's 8th edition will
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Last week, vintage Americana purveyors The Selvedge Yard directed us towards a trailer for an upcoming film on The Chosen Few motorcycle club.
We've been following the rise in popularity of biker gang culture over the last couple of seasons. It's a subculture that lends itself well to both denim and vintage inspiration, and several brands and stores have been tapping into this
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The final show's in Paris on Wednesday 6th March marked the closure to the Fall/Winter 2013 Fashion Week schedule. While this season did not bring as much indigo as usual in the French capital, there were still a number of high profile designers who used innovative techniques to create a range of unexpected and conceptual uses of denim. Here Stylesight
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Last night (March 6), Levi's Vintage Clothing and Ace Cafe hosted the launch of a special exhibition that pays tribute to the early days of the hot rod.
To announce the the launch of Levi’s Vintage Clothing’s latest Hot Rod collection, the tribute brand has created a unique installation establishing Levi’s heritage in the 1950s Hot Rod culture. The four elements — 35
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We love it when we discover a new brand that we love. It doesn't happen that often but this past Las Vegas trade show week, we came across a lot of great brands and denim talent.
One of our favorite names was Japanese Forestin' Gear. We noticed them last season at the Capsule trade show, but the brand were in their
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Levi's enters the next chapter in its sustainable design initiative with the introduction of its innovative denim collection made from recycled bottles.
As one of the denim industries most iconic and globally recognised brands, Levi’s understand the social leadership role they play within the market. Over the past 4 years the brand has been aggressively pursuing new methods of design and
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Diesel + Edun prepare for the launch of their capsule collection of fair-trade denims (entirely sourced and produced in Africa) with their Studio Africa concept: a creative hub following the inspirational prowess of nine young African talents.
In November last year, Diesel announced their exciting collaboration between eco fashion brand Edun (created by Bono and his wife Ali Hewson) for a new
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As we blogged about the other day, the recent Rin Tinaka Inspiration show was its usual hotbed of denim talent; both emerging and established. Takana's show attracts some amazing international brands and he's always on the search for directional global brands to add to the line-up.
One such name we discovered at the recent Long Beach show was Koromo Kyoto from
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Amsterdam denim favorites, Tenue de Nîmes and Levi's Vintage Clothing joined forces last week for the launch of the LVC 1950s Hot Rod and Banner event.
Last Thursday, February 21, Levi's Vintage Clothing celebrated the launch of their new Spring/Summer 13 "Hot Rod" collection at the world famous Tenue de Nîmes Elandsgracht store, Amsterdam. The event was hosted by the Levi's XX team who curated the store layout
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We always have our eye on new brands emerging globally, and have recently been lusting after new Aussie denim brand, Rolla's. We recently featured them in our Citizen Hip report, where they gave us their picks from their native Melbourne.
But, wanting to find out more about this hot new brand and Sarah and Andy, Melbourne's denim 'It Couple' behind the
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Stylesight highlights the key denim looks from Rihanna's debut collaboration with London high street retailer River Island.
The Spring/Summer 13 Rihanna for River Island collection made its global debut during London Fashion Week’s F/W 13 schedule last week to a packed audience of international press and fans alike. The highly anticipated collaboration between the international singer and high street retailer was debuted
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Last Friday, February 15, London opened its doors to one of the most interesting season's to date. The F/W 13 schedule saw the addition of several key designers, including Tom Ford's first Women's runway, as well as Rihanna causing a stir with her debut collection for River Island. It was some of London's more ambitious and emerging talents that delivered the most
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