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Oneculture Denim – Not Just Another Jean Brand from San Francisco
If you’ve read this site more than twice, you’d know there’s no shortage of premium denim brands today. And that goes double for anything coming out of Japan and California. With so many names in the...
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Fade Friday – 3sixteen ST-100 (5 years, 6 washes, 1 soak)
Most of the denim we see float through Fade Friday hardly makes it beyond two years. They get beaten up, blown out, and retired at the expense of fast fades. But every once and while though we get a...
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The Raw Denim Sales Compendium: January 23
Denim sales come and go, which is why we’ve dug deep to compile a list of all the current raw denim special offers. This near-exhaustive list is posted every Friday, so if you nothing catches your eye...
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The Brannock Device – A Better Way to Measure Feet
Even if you don’t know what it’s called, chances are you’ve known the icy, calculated touch of the machine known as the Brannock Device. The two pound block of milled steel has been the gold standard...
View ArticlePure Blue Japan Indigo Dyed Beanies
Let it never be said that we don’t appreciate indigo at Rawr Denim. Besides the obvious blue jeans, we’ve covered indigo socks, caps, scarves, shoes, sweats, henleys, and wallets. Now we’re moving into...
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Mister Freedom Pulls Patch on S/S 15 “Saigon Cowboy” Collection
Mister Freedom revealed images from their upcoming SS 15 collection known as “Saigon Cowboy” last week. As the name would imply, the line is heavily inspired by US military clothing and culture during...
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Understanding Camo: The 13 Patterns to Know
The word camouflage is said to have originated from the Parisian slang term camoufler (meaning “to disguise”) after the French army began employing artists to paint their artillery and observation...
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Oni 527 Tapered Secret Denim Review
When I set out with the goal of reviewing the Oni 527 jean, I hoped to find out as much information on the model as possible in order to provide an accurate review. Therefore I contacted Blue in Green,...
View ArticleAlden for Epaulet Innsbruck Alt Wien Bluchers
Many brands do Alden collaborations, but not many do them as well as Epaulet. I’ve lost count of what number this is for them, but this pair of Alt Wien cap-toe bluchers is the third in their series...
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Fade Friday – Jean Shop Denim Jacket (7 years, 1 soak, 0 washes)
Last week’s fade had reached a ripe bold age at 5 years, but week’s one is downright ancient at 7 years. We’ve had some very old pairs in the past. For reference, when the owner started wearing this...
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The Raw Denim Sales Compendium: January 30
Denim sales come and go, which is why we’ve dug deep to compile a list of all the current raw denim special offers. This near-exhaustive list is posted every Friday, so if you nothing catches your eye...
View ArticleClarks 65th Anniversary Desert Boot
Brothers Cyrus and James Clark made their first shoe in 1825 but it wasn’t until over a century later in 1950 that the Clarks shoemakers would introduce the now iconic Desert Boot. In celebration of...
View Article“Beachniks” Levi’s Red Tab Spring Summer 15 Lookbook
Levi’s Red Tab returns for the Spring/Summer 2015 season with their lookbook entitled, “Beachniks.” The collection is a tribute to the beatnik style of the 1960’s clearly mixed with California beach...
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Stitches per Inch: What it is and Why it Matters
One of the main reasons why raw denim continues to be so interesting is the amount of details a designer can build into a pair of jeans. Many jeans seem pretty similar to each other on the surface, but...
View ArticleNoble Denim Small Batch Black Selvedge Jeans
Adding to the small pond of black selvedge jeans, Noble Denim recently released a small batch of jeans made of 15 oz. black selvedge denim from Kaihara Mills. The fabric itself is a mid-weight with...
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A Brief History of Dress Shoes: Part I
Upon walking into a shoe store, one can’t help but succumb to the disheartening feeling that there is a seemingly endless array of shoe styles. In spite of the illusion of an overabundance of choices,...
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A Brief History of Dress Shoes: Part II
Picking up where we left off yesterday, we’re looking at the history behind some of the most classic footwear styles. Read on for more footwear origin stories! Chukka Boot Alden Unlined Chukka Boot....
View ArticleRancourt & Co. Veg Tanned Essex Collection
So you like patina, eh? Then Rancourt’s latest collection might be for you. This line is made using Horween‘s veg-tanned Essex leather which begins super light in an almost honey color. With some good...
View ArticleInspiration LA – Vintage and Repro Paradise Starts Tomorrow
Author Rin Tanaka has spent many years cataloguing the best of vintage workwear, military, and motorcycle apparel with books like the My Freedamn series and the Harley Davidson Book of Fashions, so...
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Fade Friday – The Strike Gold 1105 (16 months, 8 washes)
There are generally two schools of thought when constructing high end raw denim. The first is to make the absolutely most over-engineered product that will outlast everything else on the market (Iron...
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