I’m not much of a denim snob. I’m a label snob, which is much worse. Jeans I currently have in rotation include OTHER/Shop, orSlow and Blue Blue Japan. I have no knowledge of the technicalities of their looming or otherwise, I was seduced by the… Read More
No matter the level of toil that goes into making new jeans look old, they don’t. Not truly. I have yet to see an industrial level process that accurately captures the unmistakable result of prolonged wear. Whether sand blasted, enzyme washed or honeycombed with laser… Read More
Interesting to see eastern influences permeating the robustly London centric brand YMC. Looking like something you’d expect from Blue Blue Japan, Tigre Brocante or orSlow, these ‘Hand Me down’ trousers have got the Boro influence, if not stitched, then certainly printed, all over them. I… Read More
Recently we’ve watched track trousers having a menswear ‘moment’, we’ve seen the vertical sports stripe applied to more formal trousers, and now it’s the turn of jeans. Japanese denimists Bru Na Boinne are offering these, treated to heavy wash and ageing techniques all over, save… Read More
I briefly had a boss who, when describing something good, chose to use the phrase, “fucking laser“. A nice breakfast, “fucking laser“. A good piece of work, “fucking laser that is.” I briefly considered employing the slang myself. Then thought better of it. I notice… Read More
The hold skinny jeans still seem to have over a large percentage of the male population in this country is remarkable. From mid-90’s counter-culture statement of guitar-based rebellion, to H&M sale rail in a couple of years, and yet they’re still pegging it about the… Read More
