Back in September director Clement Beauvais released a short film shot on 16mm camera documenting an incredible road trip of French biker collective, Blitz Motorcycles. While the "Long Live The Kings" video has done the rounds on specialist denim blogs, we thought we would highlight to the wider audience who will no doubt appreciate the beautiful cinematography and choice selections of denim.
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Following last year’s capsule collection, San Francisco menswear boutique UNIONMADE delivers their second annual collection of indigo dyed goods for Fall 2012.
Indigo dyed fabrics hold a strong sentimental value to denim culture, capturing the heart and soul of the working man throughout centuries around the world. From the early California Gold Rush days and World War II to the traditional noragi uniforms of Japan’s blue-collar workers, the
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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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2012 has been a fruitful year for design graduates and denim design talents. The latest grad to be highlighted on the DDD is Kate Alice Falcus, with her concept driven castings of classic denim silhouettes.
The debut collection of Kingston University womenswear graduate Kate Alice Falcus focuses on the exploration of molding and casting techniques to create optical illusions of traditional womenswear items. Inspired by
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Iron Heart has been one of the core brands of the Self Edge portfolio since they opened shop six years ago. To celebrate their successful and long standing relationship, Self Edge N.Y. has converted their entire Lower East Side store into a dedicated Iron Heart pop-up.
Last Saturday, New York retailer Self Edge transformed its Orchard Street location into an Iron Heart only pop-up store. For
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Last weekend Rising Sun & Co. invited their friends down to celebrate the re-birth of America's denim heritage with the grand re-opening of their Fair Park Avenue store.
From the pictures we received from the good folks over at Rising Sun & Co., it seemed that all the sweat and graft from the reinstallation of the new workshop paid off last Saturday as they celebrated their grand re-opening. Throwing
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Livid Jeans, the latest addition to Scandinavia's denim family, is the product of one man, Jens Olav - A.K.A "The Norwegian Roy".
Scandinavia is steadily growing on the denim scene with an increasing number of artisanal denim brands emerging throughout the continent. While some these jeans makers are the combined effort of many hands, Jens Olav of Livid Jeans prefers to
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Last week Current/Elliott unveiled their latest collaborative effort with runway designer Mary Katrantzou as part of a private press viewing at Paris Fashion Week. The capsule collection, due to launch in February, comes after a run of successful collaborations with notable fashion houses including Altuzarra, Diane Von Furstenberg and Marni. New partner Current/Elliott's core fits with Katrantzou's high-end design.
Over the past few seasons there
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Kings of Indigo may be one of Amsterdam's newest denim family members but they are already making their mark on the denim market with their consciously developed denims and sustainable credentials. Now in their second year since inception, the brand launches its first pop-up store in Amsterdam's denim district to showcase its RRR concept and second evolution of blue dyed denim.
Over the course
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Channeling their rich California roots and handcrafted work ethic, Pasadena-based Rising Sun & Co. Jeans release this short film in collaboration with folk noir band, RT n' the 44s.
The latest Rising Sun collection sees founder, Mike Hodis bring his collection to life working with videographer, Natalie Young, folk noir band RT n' the 44s and production by The Readmond Company. Like their first lookbook, Hodis
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J Brand launch their F/W 12 Essentials with their newest and most innovative design to date, The Scuba Jean.
Athletic influences were everywhere this season for the apparel market, and no sport is being mined with as much intensity as scuba diving. Designers like Rag & Bone, Derek Lam and Michael Kors showed how this trend can work out of the water, looking to classic
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Last night we attended a very exciting event for London's vintage denim scene. Jeaneology is a collection of high-grade, collectable denim amassed by Beyond Retro over the years, and it now has a special space within the Brick Lane branch of the store.
The event was attended by many die-hard indigo fans and collectors of authentic vintage denim, and was accompanied by a bluegrass band
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At this season's SEEK trade show, British denim enthusiasts BIG E presented a well-edited collection of handcrafted workwear silhouettes inspired by the golden days of the Levi's Big E era.
Following the dedication to the tradition of Levi's legendary Big E garments (1936 to 1971), designer and founder, Mark Westmoreland (former Levi's and Evisu designer) draws on the rich history of these
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We continue our S/S 13 trade show coverage from last week with a look at two of Berlin's most contemporary fashion trade shows - Premium and SEEK.
Premium kicked off another successful season in sunny Berlin with choice collections, international newcomers and exclusive trend-driven products. The S/S 13 season brought with it a wave of inspiring high-color denims, punchy laundries and innovative
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What a week for denim in Berlin: we spent last week visiting the many trade shows, runways and surrounding events in the German capital and have been soaking up the gossip, trends and denim highlights from the city.
The biggest news from Bread and Butter was the introduction of the Temple of Denim in the denim base area. This section was
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