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Founded by Sandeep Agarwal – who has been associated with denim since 1993- the website brings out the best in denim world – trends, analysis, reports on almost a daily basis for the service of the denim industry worldwide. The reports provided by Denimsandjeans.com over the last few years have been found quite useful by the industry players – designers, sourcing guys, mills, buyers etc.
Category: Denim Brands – Int’l
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Today I am featuring an inteview with Jason Trotzuk – the designer of a premium brand from Canada – FIDELITY JEANS..This is an upcoming denim brand and making inroads in the US market.. Me: How does Fidelity create a niche for itself when already there are a large number of Premium Denim brands around? Jason:Fidelity…
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Organic is in.. Organic clothes is getting more and more popular as environmental conciousness is increasing and the ‘return to nature’ sentiment gets stronger.I think its a very healthy direction for the fashion to take.. Organic denim is not to be left behind – in fact with denim consuming almost 17% of world cotton, it…
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Would’nt it be interesting to know what kind of Jeans the owners of famous Japanese denim brands like Sugarcane,Flat head, Iron Heart etc wear ? Well just came across this video on youtube which shows the jeans worn by the owners of these brands and the length for which they wore it..Though the video does…
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AG – Andriano Goldschmied has launched a new jean label called ‘AG-ed’ Denim’.. They claim to produce a TRUE VINTAGE 3- dimensional washed look on these jeans.Currently ‘AG-ed’ is offered in 3 years,6 years,16 years and 25 years ‘AG-ed’. Slowly they will be offering in 1 to 30 years ‘AG-ed’. The prices range from USD…
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Time Magazine has brought out a photo essay on Denim- “From the sweatshops of Asia to the runways of New York, denim is bigger than ever”. Check it out for some great photographs on denim production around the world.
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Samurai is a famous Japanese brand and known for its innovative jeans. One of their great jeans which came out last year was the 21oz denim… 21 oz??????? Yes, whole of 21 oz ! The S510XX21 model of Samurai ,with 21oz denim fabric made on Japanese wooden looms, has bettered their own previous record of…
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Evisu has launched a new Denim Project called Dirty Dozen + 1 (DD+1) in association with Superfuture and the Blue in Green store in NY . 13 people are wearing a pair each of special customized jeans from Evisu – hand painted by a famous Japanese artist. The jeans shall be worn for a period…
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There have been some forecasts that a new trend for Spring/Summer 2008 may be the GRUNGY DENIM..…. These Jeans basically have a patchy high contrast bleached look – the 80s punk look. Though this washing style has not been noticed in many brands, there are some points that merit attention: a)The current trends in denim…
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As I mentioned before, the world’s most expensive artist (so he is called) – Daniel Hirst – is designing a new collection for Levi’s Warhol Factory X. Here is a visual of the same.. Seems to have lot of Crystal Work on it inspired by the ‘Jewelled Skull’ ?
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We all know about the importance of fit in the buying decision of a premium denim. It is estimated in various polls that fit contributed almost 85% to a buying decision related to Premium Denim. I think then its in place to know which brand – out of so many out there – provides the…
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In continuation of the figures that I provided on the imports of Mens/Boys Denim trousers in US, I think the next step was to clarify the status of imports of Women/Girls Denim Trousers(commonly known as Jeans!) into US. The figures are again quite interesting. The total imports in this category is LESS THAN THE IMPORTS…
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What is Selvedge/Selvage Denim ? Selvage Denim is the denim made on Old Style Shuttle Looms rather than the modern shuttleless looms. Simply stated it is ‘Self – Edge’ denim which is created since the Weft goes back and forth as a single thread rather than individual threads for each weft weave..As the weft loops…