We were recently drawn to these Hudson photoreal printed jeans on Style.com, with their digitally printed city-scapes, tropical scenes, and ombre florals for S/S 13.
We've been following this trend over the past few months at both apparel and fabric trade shows, as well as on the S/S 13 runway. There are tons of great boards on the Stylesight website for our subscribers.
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In line with the launch of the Levi's Vintage Clothing Fall 12 biker collection, Levi's launches the Oil & Leather exhibition celebrating the untamed and rebellious style of the American biker.
Our good friends over at Levi's® recently directed us towards their latest collaboration that pays tribute to 1950s biker. Spearheaded by one of stories from the Levi's Vintage Clothing F/W 12 line, the
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For an artisanal eye on the Japanese market, you can't get better than Jonathan Lukacek's blog The Bandanna Almanac.
His taste for all things indigo and passion for denim brand Kapital grabbed our attention a couple of years ago and we've been following his blog ever since. American born, he now lives in Osaka, Japan and started The Bandanna Almanac as
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Fans and followers of the Kapital brand are aware of the true craftsmanship, love, and passion that gets poured into each and every Kapital product. In celebration of this, Kapital has released a series of portrait photographs that pay tribute to the dedicated team of artisans behind the brand.
The little village that can be seen from the Great Seto Bridge, Kurashiki Kojima is
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Denim design legend Ralph Lauren showcases his latest RRL Holiday 12 collection with a faithful tribute to Nashville, Tennessee - the heart of the country music.
Beginning in the mid 1950s, and reaching its peak during the early 1960s, the Nashville sound turned country music into a multimillion-dollar industry. Under the direction of producers such as Chet Atkins, Owen Bradley, and later Billy Sherrill, the sound brought country music
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Last month, selvage denim purveyors EVISU opened their latest boutique in central London’s hip Newburgh Quarter.
Prior to the explosion of reproduced Japanese denim, EVISU was arguably one of the most sought-after denim brands. Hoping to recapture a growing segment of die-hard denim fiends, the brand has opened up a concept outlet in London's West End.
The new Newburgh Street space recaptures the brand's original
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Time for some Friday fun! This video was sent to us earlier today; it was uploaded yesterday by the guys at Fuck Yeah Menswear in New York, who celebrated their book launch last night. The video is called "Requiem for a Denimhead" and is a giggle at the trials of a denim addiction narrated by...Morgan Freeman?
The question on our lips:
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On our recent trip to Japan, we dropped by the Rugged Factory store in Harajuku. The store opened a year ago, as a little brother to the famed Rugged Museum and home of Free and Easy magazine. We picked up a gem of a book from the store that celebrates all the key items that surround the infamous rugged style of these
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As previously blogged, we came back from our annual Tokyo inspiration trip recently and stopped by to see Rikiya Kanamaru at his Gold Gate store in Matsubara, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo while we were there.
The store (or should I say denim Mecca) named Gold Gate is a homage not just to denim, and not just to vintage denim, but to the very
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We were sent this tumblr a couple of weeks ago and loved it. However, it took us until today to realize that the blog is actually for a gorgeous vintage clothing website based out of Williamsburg, N.Y.
Where I Was From was set up by Claire Lampert and Darroch Putnam, who met on a photoshoot in 2010. The vintage clothing site
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It's New Denim Store Week and our next subject is the wonderful Raleigh denim. The North Carolina-based brand opened their first city storefront in New York's Lower Manhattan. Designed by OMA's New York director Shohei Shigematsu, the store is inspired by a traditional Southern home.
Well known for their artisanal manufacturing, made-in-America attitude, and Cone Denim fabrics, Raleigh gained success after being picked
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Between the 14 oz. store opening in Berlin last week and tomorrow's blog post on a New York addition of Raleigh, this week is definitely the week of new denim stores. Today we shine light on leading Dutch denim store, Tenue De Nimes who has opened a second storefront in Amsterdam's Haarlemmerstraat.
The impressive two story building is aimed to appeal
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The famed 14 oz. Berlin store is known globally for its renowned denim labels, high-quality accessories, and built-to-last outerwear. The original store carries denim labels such as 3x1 Scott Morrison, Anachronorm, Gilded Age, K.O.I., John Bull, Prps, Nudie, LVC, and Momotaro to name just a few.
It was exciting to hear last week that owner Karl-Heinz Müller (and mastermind behind European
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Thailand denim boutique, Pronto, celebrates six years with its first-ever denim festival, The Denim Carnival.
Renowned for curating an extensive collection of premium denim, Thailand boutique Pronto invited some of the biggest names in the denim industry to take part in Bangkok's first denim festival, The Denim Carnival. The denim-packed day took place on Sunday, October 21st at Siam Paragon event center
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We are out in Shanghai right now after presenting a trend seminar at the renowned Kingpins denim trade show. We took some time out of our schedule to pop over to Premiere Vision Shanghai's first-ever separate Denim by PV show.
The show gained success in Paris as a smaller, denim specific trade show, bringing together key European and global denim mills,
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