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Originally Posted by mizanation
at work, i can't wear my jeans, so i have to make do with chinos.
uniqlo actually makes an awesome chino. the fabric they use is nice and heavy. it's cut like a pair of jeans...
I think the Edwin reference is related to stonewashing rather than ringspinning. Both Edwin and Girbaud claim to have invented it's use.
Ringspinning was developed in the first half of the 1800s, so it's been around a long while....
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Originally Posted by Augusto86
I was poking around on ebay and found this pretty cool pair of jeans from a company called Maharishi - had outlined stiching of the island of Honshu on the back. Unfortunately, the...
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Originally Posted by tangerine
As a professional nit-picker, I feel compelled to state that the Sugarcane Hawaii SC40400N are natural indigo, and at the current exchange rate they are available for $281 US at...
Ring-ring and open end refer to the yarns - ie. the spinning method. Not the looms (weaving method).
Many (most? - certainly the best known mills) mills weave ring-ring denim on modern wide width looms.
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Originally Posted by Brian SD
It is the edge of the denim bolt. Wide loom selvage looks more like a canvas weave than a twill weave, and has the frayed edges.
I agree with the statements above that the jeans...
"What I was referring to in usage of vintage machinery, etc. is that as time goes by, a lot of the old traditions that are there to hold up the jeans and keep them the hard wearing, colorfast workwear that they are, were set aside...
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Originally Posted by Brian SD
Heh. Standards for creating denim have gotten worse over time. The old machinery and standards are much higher than the newer stuff. It's not like making wool, where technology just...
"tradition aside, chainstitched seams don't hold a candle to lockstitched ones, for chainstitches unravel whereas lockstitches do not. Appearance you might claim ... but the exterior appearance of a lockstitch is the same as that of...
