Cone Mills

We all love it, but only a few of us know that much about it. Those few should post in this thread.

A lot of cool old faded pics from Pablo T would cause me to rate my own thread five stars.

Is this the stuff that gives denim it's streaky look? I get an instant hard-on from those.

This thread doesn't even have a question to answer....

Originally Posted by TyCooN

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Is this the stuff that gives denim it's streaky look? I get an instant hard-on from those.
No, it's a mill in North Carolina that is one of the few (if not the last) remaining producers of selvage in the US, and supplied Levi's with denim for decades.

Originally Posted by KitAkira

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This thread doesn't even have a question to answer....
1) Could someone with a general understanding of the history of Cone Mills please educate the rest of us? 2) And could others then add to that as they see fit? 3) Are navy perf or butterscotch boat shoes better?

Originally Posted by Bona Drag

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No, it's a mill in North Carolina that is one of the few (if not the last) remaining producers of selvage in the US, and supplied Levi's with denim for decades.
Rag & Bone bought em out?

Don't think so. I realize there's a Wikipedia entry and some other histories available, but they're all kind of dry.

Rag and Bone bought Taylor Togs equipment, not Cone Mills. Taylor Togs was a manufacturer of clothing, not a mill itself.

http://www.cone.com/ This covers the barest basics. Levi's XX/501 was made from Amoskeag denim originally, and I believe switched to COne around WW1 (?)

Cone is very much alive.

A lot of amazing designer buy from cone.
I am going to their denim college which is suppose to be really fun.
I will post pics and from my trip!
Best,
mauro

Originally Posted by TyCooN

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Rag & Bone bought em out?

Rag & Bone bought a different factory that constructed jeans but it wasn't the actual denim mill. And that factory is closed again, too.

Originally Posted by whodini

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Rag & Bone bought a different factory that constructed jeans but it wasn't the actual denim mill. And that factory is closed again, too.
Is this why you guys don't feel the quality of their denimz like you did a few years ago?

RAG AND BONE BOUGHT ALL THE MACHINE AT TAYLOR TOGS. they don't own any factories. Owing a descent factory is grwoing harder and harder because of health care and fair wages.
It's sad because we really want to support made in the U.S.A. goods.

Originally Posted by TyCooN

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Is this why you guys don't feel the quality of their denimz like you did a few years ago?

No, it has nothing to do with the machines. Like Mauro said, they bought the machines but didn't decide to keep on with keeping the factory in business. There's a cool article a Google search a way talking detailing that story. Why they went a new route with the denim was probably a style choice more than anything but I could understand if they simply ran out of that fabric. R&B selvage was known for this spectacular matt greycast denim compared to their streaky, blueberryish non-selvage (not to be confused with the streaky selvage they use now.) The difference was actually what made me get the selvage rb15 over the standard rb15 a couple of years ago. I'm not saying I don't like the denim they use now, it's just different. I'd still recommend the jeans as one of the classier and more comfortable brands available. About the only bucklebacks I'd even remotely consider buying are the rb15s simply because of the great cut as other bucklebacks use more traditional models for my taste.

here you go...from Mr. T

http://www.trynka.net/Site/Cone.html

Originally Posted by whodini

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About the only bucklebacks I'd even remotely consider buying are the rb15s simply because of the great cut as other bucklebacks use more traditional models for my taste.

Those bucklebacks were/are nasty. I mean that in a good way.