Last weekend (May 18), was the opening of Yasmin Sewell's BEACH IN THE EAST — a temporary "Lords of Dogtown" style retail space offering a selection of unique '70s Californian skateboarder style products from today's most exciting and international designers, artists and brands. Located conveniently beneath the Stylesight London office, the SS Denim Team dropped by to speak to Yasmin on the exclusive
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As many readers know, this week marks the anniversary of the first patented riveted jean. While original blue jeans brand Levi's has been celebrating their 140 years of the 501, independent men's denim label Jacob Davis (named after the famed denim tailor who partnered with Levi's Strauss) is also keeping the spirit and memory of the jean alive through their latest
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Earlier last month, Stylesight's denim team was lucky enough to be among the select group of journalists invited to meet Levi's legendary historian (Queen of the archive) Lynn Downey in London as part of Levi's 501 140th anniversary. Taking an in-depth retrospective of the iconic jean, Downey conducted the workshop with some of the rarest 501 archive pieces from the
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Last night in New York saw the launch of one of the most highly anticipated collections of the season: JW Anderson for Versus Versace. With a star-studded line-up at the launch night and a host of highly acclaimed reviews hitting the web today, the capsule collection most definitely didn't disappoint.
Following the departure of Christopher Kane in November last year, Donatella Versace was challenged
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For LVC's Fall/Winter 13 collection, the team pays tribute to two iconic eras of American style: Detroit's '60s Motown musical revolution and the West Coast's sunny '70s style.
Each season the Levi's Vintage Clothing team dips into the iconic Levi's archive, pouring through some 20,000 rare and antique artifacts, uncovering secrets of their past and then recreating them for today through faithful reproductions.
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Each summer season brings with it a new selection of young and forward thinking design graduates. Scouting the newest in denim-design, Stylesight's denim team has picked up Faustine Steinmetz and her collection of handwoven denim-inspired pieces.
London's Central St Martins has always been recognized for its hotbed of young and emerging designers. Each summer the school presents a directional portfolio of design
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Emerging London designers Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida have been putting out womenswear collections for over two years now, but S/S 13 marks the design duo's debut menswear outing.
Portuguese designers Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, have only a few collections under their belt, but they have already earned themselves a huge fan base with street style stars like Elena Perminova as well as rail
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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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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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JW Anderson continues his successful collaboration with British high-street retailer Topshop launching into S/S 13 with a denim heavy collection of structured and minimilast looks.
JW Anderson prepares for the launch of his second collaboration with Topshop with the release of his preview lookbook. The collection set to hit flagship stores across the U.K. and U.S. on February 15th features a more striped-down aesthetic
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Last week, the Stylesight team touched down in Fortezza da Basso, Florence for the 83rd edition of Pitti Uomo. While our editors poured through the F/W 13 designer previews, our correspondents took the opportunity to capture some of the most charming street style of the sharpest dressed males.
As expected this season, gents showed up in a beautiful array of sartorially-inclined
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Quality is the leitmotif at Karl-Heinz Müller’s second 14. oz denim store, recently opened in the western part of Berlin.
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We saw the Hussein Chalayan x Mavi collection back in July at Bread and Butter Berlin, but all went quiet until recently, and now official images have been released of the collaboration.
Chalayan is a Paris Fashion Week staple; he has had exhibitions dedicated to him at the Design Museum in London and has a huge following of fans. For S/S 13
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It's been an exciting and eventful year for the Daily Denim Dose. Tons of great and exclusive interviews and international coverage, plenty of inspiring denim trends, the launch of some awesome new brands, and denim developments in the industry have all contributed to an exciting time for the global denim scene.
We hope, therefore, you all enjoy a well deserved rest
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Jeans aficionados visiting Japan’s denim heartland, Kojima, can now take a bus tour that details how the town has raised denim production to a fine art, while delivering them to shops and factories from some of the country’s foremost denim makers.
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