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Fade Friday – Nudie Thin Finn Dry Twill (5 years, 3 washes)
This week’s Fade Friday features an insane pair of Nudie Thin Finns from Mitchell Fong. Nudie is famous for holding fast to the idea that denim should be worn until its absolute death. They have even...
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Five Pairs of Raw Denim with 38-Plus inch Waists
With the raw denim market continually on the rise, quality jeans become increasingly available. That’s good news for everyone, including those of us who are on the larger end of the spectrum. Even so,...
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Scout Seattle Raw Denim Sleeping Bag – Recently Released
Spending time in the great outdoors often means compromising style for practicality. George Mallory may have looked dashing when he set out to conquer Everest in his Harris Tweed suit, but he also died...
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NYC Market Week SS15 Recap Pt. 1 – The Textiles
Like the changing of the leaves and the rotation of the earth, the seasonal apparel cycle continues on. Last week saw an assemblage of representatives from the best brands, boutiques, and manufacturers...
View ArticleThe Weekly Rundown: Soviet Textile Patterns
There’s a lot happening in the world of raw denim and heritage menswear, here are some of our favorite stories from last week: A collection of Soviet textile samples produced in the 1920s and 30s...
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NYC Market Week SS15 Recap Pt. 2 – The Brands
Welcome to Part II of our continuing coverage of Market Week SS15. Yesterday in Part I, we had a look at the new textiles coming out of the Kingpins Show. Today we’ll dive into the labels that showed...
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NYC Market Week SS15 Recap Pt. 3 – Brand Harder
Our march through Spring Summer 15′s Market Week continues with today’s stop at the Capsule Show. See our earlier updates from Kingpins and Liberty Fairs to get up to speed. Capsule has long been a...
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NYC Market Week SS15 Recap Pt. 4 – Brand With a Vengeance
It’s been a long four days with over 5,000 words and 300 photos, but we’ve arrived at the fourth and final installment of our coverage on the SS15 collections on display at New York City’s Market Week....
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The Rawr Denim Events Calendar: July 31 – August 7
If you’re hosting an event and would like it featured on an upcoming post, please let us know at events@rawrdenim.com NORTH AMERICA Denim Bruin 2014 Fri, Aug 1, 6pm-9pm J Rusten Furniture Studio 2815...
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Fade Friday – Vintage Levi’s 501 (60+ years, washes unknown)
Quite a few of the jeans on Fade Friday are based off of vintage clothing, but rarely are they the genuine article. Reader Spencer Arbabi wrote in about a pair of Levi’s 501s he inherited from his...
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The Rawr Denim Sales Compendium: August 1
Denim sales come and go, which is exactly why we’ve compiled all that we could find into one, big post — a compendium, if you will. We plan to offer this near exhaustive list every first and third...
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Benzak Denim Developers Launches New Crowdfunder
We introduced you to Benzak Denim Developers (BDD) a couple of years ago. Based in Amsterdam, Holland, the one-man brand is operated by Lennaert Nijgh, who finishes every pair of his six-pocket denim...
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STORY mfg. – Denim by a Different Set of Rules
“Slow Made”–it’s one of the many rules of British brand STORY mfg., and for a good reason. Their focus is on making sure everything is perfect in their eyes before it reaches the customer. That...
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Rawr Denim’s Guide to Tokyo Vintage Shops: Koenji
Japan is great for many things, but vintage shopping certainly comes in the top. Like Mr. Hanzawa explained to us before, the Japanese bought tons of vintage garments in the ’80s, and created one of...
View ArticleThe Weekly Rundown: The Problem With Minimalism
There’s a lot happening in the world of raw denim and heritage menswear, here are some of our favorite stories from last week: Brett and Kate McKay explore the downsides of living simply |Art of...
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The Story Behind Ebbets Field Flannels
Like denim, baseball’s long history has been culturally significant for over a century with its iconic players, nickname as “America’s Pastime”, and the introduction of the baseball cap which is common...
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Denim Bruin 2014 San Francisco
Denim heads came together this past weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area for Denim Bruin 2014, the third annual event presented by online forum, Denim Bro. Many enthusiasts made the pilgrimage to the...
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Bahzad Trinos of Naked & Famous: Denim Innovation Pt. 3
We brought you Mohsin Sajid’s insights regarding innovation in the raw denim market. The next installment in our Innovation series comes from Bahzad Trinos of Canada’s Naked & Famous. The brand was...
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The Rawr Denim Events Calendar: August 7 – 15
If you’re hosting an event and would like it featured on an upcoming post, please let us know at events@rawrdenim.com Asia Kapital World Movie Screening Bangkok Friday, Aug 8, 5pm-10pm Heavy Selection...
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Fade Friday – A.P.C. Petit New Standard (1.5 years, 6 washes, 0 soaks)
Getting into raw denim used to mean learning your A.P.C.’s. The French fashion label’s five pocket had minimalistic designs, quick fades, and an attainable price that made it the perfect starter jean....
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