Yesterday we were invited to visit the inspiring team over at Rapha - the UK's leading performance cycle-wear company. We already noticed the brand's fantastic rider-specific jeans launched at the beginning of this year, and what with new denim fabric developments, cycling ranges and crazy Japanese brands emerging, its a topic thats on everybody's lips right now.
The offices are based in Camden,
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US label Ralph Lauren celebrates the launch of their Denim & Supply stores with exclusive livestreams of intimate gigs for fans across the world.
In line with the debut launch of the Denim & Supply label this fall, Polo Ralph Lauren have introduced ‘The Warehouse Roadshow’ music platform - created to celebrate the worldwide rollout of the standalone stores, whilst promoting
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With Iron Heart we're never surprised at how far they take durability. As their tags say "My Favorite Rugged Wear", you won't find a more durable and well constructed pair of jeans.
Iron Heart, which was created about 9 years ago by some Japanese bikers in search for the right denim to wear when riding, has come up with a collection
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To celebrate the launch of Victoria Beckham's spring/summer 2012 Denim collection, AnOther will be launching a fashion film, directed by illustrator/animator Quentin Jones and styled by AnOther's fashion editor Agata Belcen on Wednesday November 30.
The film, entitled Steps for 2, is inspired by the youthful energy of the Denim collection and the French New Wave and incorporates Quentin Jones' striking
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Earlier this year news leaked of Örjan Andersson's plan to launch his own name label. Information regarding the new project has been kept very much under wraps with details emerging through the gradual evolution of the Örjan Andersson website.
As the brand prepares for its Spring/Summer 12 launch, the first set of lookbook images has emerged on the brand's holding page. Providing
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As you've probably noticed, we're big fans of the guys at Raleigh denim and their 'made in America' purist approach to denim production. Well they've teamed up with NY store Barneys to release a very special, hand dipped indigo chambray jean:
Using Cone Mills White Oak Chambray, the jeans were individually hand dipped in an Indigo bath by indigo obsessive Susan Oliver Fennell.
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Pop sensation Rihanna has teamed up with Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans to create her first capsule fashion line, comprising denim and lingerie. Everybody's 'It' girl, who also happens to be the face of Armani Jeans and underwear, has continued her partnership with the Italian fashion house to create this limited edition line.
The denim will be available in two
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In a fairly saturated industry where competitors abound, it’s always refreshing to come across an individual as dedicated and passionate as Steven Dang.
Railcar Fine Goods was founded in 2010, and the Arcadia, California-based denim label stands separate from all other companies for their meticulously built garments and unique story. Working for the Los Angeles Metro fixing and repairing passenger trains, Dang wanted
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Mega-denim brand Diesel take on New-Gen designer Heikki Salonen to jazz up their womenswear, asking themselves what kind of clothes girls really want.
S/S 12 welcomes a new era in the Diesel women’s collection history, not only with a new mainline collection design team in place headed up by London’s Fashion East and NewGen designer Heikki Salonen, but also with the
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For their new ‘oki-ni feature’ section on their site, cult London brand and general emporium oki-ni have released a series of in-depth features looking at the technical aspects of products, starting with denim looking at its history, anatomy, care, glossary and more.
The new information resource, devised by marketing manager James Nuttal, has been put in place as part of the brands
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After Dr. Romanelli's successful DRx STEEL collaboration with Anachronorm, newly opened e-commerce shop, Boylston Trading Company enlisted both brands to partner once again on a limited edition denim project.
Conceived and overseen by Frank “The Butcher” Rivera, Boylston Trading Co. is an online boutique specializing in a multidimensional menswear shopping experience. Beyond the boutique’s expected purchasing opportunities, its extensive product range is presented
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America has a strong denim history, with icons still comfortably surviving in today’s fickle market of designer logos. 70-year-old denim maker Wrangler recently used their standard Spencer model to explain some of the 7 key features (or Icons) that make up their formula for long-lasting jeans.
Wrangler has been in the denim industry for over half a century, and like every
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We're currently scouring the Paris, Milan, London and New York runways for a monster denim Classifications report to come out next week. But we've also had our denim eye on the latest Tokyo runways as they, too, are an inspiration for new denim silhouettes, treatments and finishes. In today's blog post we bring you a round-up of our favorites:
Mastermind
After canceling Tokyo
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Based out of Tokyo, Japan, Bedwin and The Heartbreakers has been making enormous waves within elite Tokyo fashion circles and is set to make its first breakthrough into international markets for the S/S 12 season. We visited London PR Agency A Number of Names to view their forthcoming collection.
Founded in the fall of 2004 out of his long-time stint at
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While shopping at ultimate Japanese denim brand, Kapital, we spotted this super-kawaii 'Denim Friend book'- a great way to learn Japanese denim speak while attempting those tricky conversations in a denim store!
With Phrases like: "Damn, those jeans are nice", "My little guy got caught in the zipper" and "These Levi XX came from my old man's dresser!", you can really
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