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Fade Friday – Imperial Prospector (1.5 years, 0 soaks, 0 washes)
These Prospector jeans from Australia’s Imperial started off with very high prospects: a slim tapered jean made from 14oz. of raw Japanese denim. Luckily, reader Kenneth Dang was able to strike it rich...
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The Raw Denim Sales Compendium: April 24
Sales come and go, which is why we’ve dug deep to compile a list of all the current special offers. This near-exhaustive list is posted every Friday, so if you nothing catches your eye this week check...
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Digging into Moleskin – Textile Tales
When talking workwear, the usual images that come to mind are denim, canvas, and heavy leather boots. An accurate picture in the United States, but across the ocean in Europe, specifically France,...
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Fade of the Day – Unbranded UB101 (14 months, unknown washes)
Today’s Fade of the Day is the workhorse of the entry level jean market and our pick for the best buy for newcomers. Even at under $100, the Unbranded 101 shows that it can still achieve some very...
View ArticleCalik Denim Lookbook and Video by Eric Kvatek and Hsiang Chin Moe
Known as the exclusive photographer for Kapital‘s many lookbooks, Eric Kvatek has recently taken on a campaign for Calik Denim. With the help of videographer Hsiang Chin Moe who produced the KAPITAL...
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Fade of the Day – United Stock Dry Goods Narrow (15 months, 2 washes, 1 soak)
It has been nearly three years since United Stock Dry Goods first introduced their Narrow fit onto the raw denim market (read our full review here). And reader Ryan Cascarano (find him on Instagram and...
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Lady White Co. – LA’s Tube Knit T-Shirt
The white t-shirt was conceived as a piece of underwear by the US Navy during the Spanish American War, but it has since become the most universal menswear staple and one of the best things you can...
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Fade of the Day – Naked & Famous Dirty Fade (1 year, 1 wash)
New York’s Christopher Cafaro likes it dirty. Dirty faded, to be exact. He’s worn his pair of Naked & Famous Dirty Fade jeans for a year with just one wash and has the stacks and repairs to prove...
View ArticleOkayama Denim x Momotaro Wabash Western Shirt
In collaboration with Okayama Denim, peach-loving denim masters, Momotaro have just released a very limited set of western shirts in an indigo-dyed wabash stripe fabric. It’s the blue collar business...
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Fade of the Day – The Flat Head 7002W Shirt (6 months, 0 washes)
Thai denim warrior nong33 is at it again with some amazing fades on a western shirt from The Flat Head. He’s worn this top for six months and no washes thus far. Details Name: The Flat Head 7002W Shirt...
View ArticleOld Blue x Chain Stitches Rough Selvedge Jean
As you may have seen on many of our fade features, Southeast Asia produces some of the most ardent raw denim fans. It’s only natural that they also produce some of the most interesting raw denim jeans...
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Fade of the Day – Nudie Grim Tim Dry Organic (2 years, 2 washes)
Some people say we post a lot of Nudie jeans, I say there are a lot of people fading Nudie jeans out there (a lot, a lot, nearly half of our submissions are Nudies) so it’s only natural that they have...
View ArticleLeft Field NYC Tube Knit Tees
New York’s Left Field has long been much more than just jeans. They’ve made jackets, shirting, underwear, and for the past several months, tubular knit t-shirts. The majority of today’s mass-produced...
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Fade of the Day – Unbranded 321 (5 months, 1 wash)
Unbranded’s 21oz. jeans tip the heavyweight scale while still being very affordable. Only problem is everything in your life turns blue due to how fast they shed indigo. Have a look at Bhaskar Pathak‘s...
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Fade Friday – Old Blue Co. 21/23oz. Beast (1 year, 3 washes, 1 soak)
Some jeans are worn for comfort, some are worn for work, and some are worn for glory. This pair falls squarely into that last camp. Adli Rafdi wore this pair of Old Blue Co. Beast 21oz. pre-wash/23oz....
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The Raw Denim Sales Compendium: May 1
Sales come and go, which is why we’ve dug deep to compile a list of all the current special offers. This near-exhaustive list is posted every Friday, so if you nothing catches your eye this week check...
View ArticleSamurai Jeans S710BKB Black x Black Jean
A 2015 limited edition pair of jeans from Samurai goes more ninja with an all black version of their popular S710 fit. Made of a 17 oz. slubby selvedge denim, both the warp and weft are sulphur-dyed...
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Fade of the Day – Momotaro x Japan Blue 0700SP (2.5 years, unknown washes, 3...
Theo Sefitrinov has worn his pair of Momotaro x Japan Blue 0700SP jeans every single day since 2013 and it shows. There’s hardly any indigo left on these pants! You can follow him on Instagram or on...
View ArticleIron Heart Heavyweight Striped Tee Sweaters
How does Iron Heart do a t-shirt? The answer is: very heavily, of course. Their new super heavyweight striped tees are beefier than beefy tees past and look like something out of The Wild One,...
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Fade of the Day – Evisu Lot 2000 (3.5 years, 5 washes, 1 soak)
One of the original Osaka 5, Evisu doesn’t get the same love they used to, but they still produce a bang-up pair of jeans. Just ask Walter Chan who wore this pair of Lot 2000s for three and a half...
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