The Complete Arcuate Collection

Jun 10, 2014 | Lists | by Gunnar Saxon
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Arcuates–sometimes shortened to arcs–are the decorative stitching found on jeans’ back pockets. The classic Levi’s arcs have spawned countless brands creating their own pocket modification to make their brand stand apart.

Problem is, there are so many arcs now it’s hard to tell them from each other. We’ve laid out some of the biggest brands in raw denim along with their arcuates as a reference below. We hope it’s exhaustive, but if it’s not, please let us know anything we missed in the comments below!

Tags: ande whall, Arcuates, big john, Denim, Dior, edwin, evisu, fullcount, guides, GUSTIN, imperial denim, lee, levi's, Livid, mister freedom, momotaro, nudie jeans, oni denim, real japan blues, Rogue Territory, strike gold, Studio D'Artisan, Tellason, the flat head, the stronghold, warehouse, wh ranch dungarees, wrangler

Matt

Iron Heart?
Oh and Ande Whall has changed the arcs since those.
- Altoclefchris
  
  Oni has multiple styles of arcs as well
  - Roberto Balzani
    
    Sugarcane also use a number of different arcs across their range
    - Altoclefchris
      
      Oh yeah, I hadn’t even thought about Sugar Cane
    - Nachos
      
      As does Samurai
      - Roberto Balzani
        
        I dont care mate
- andewhall
  
  Yeah I think that design was 6-7 years ago, and was very short lived.
  - Matt
    
    Ordered my first Whall’s last week. 21oz cobras. Looking forward to getting them on my legs.
Chief

Perfect. Now Levi and VF have a fresh list of people to try and frivolously sue.
- Brian
  
  I’m sure Levi’s needed this list to identify who to sue….
  - Chief
    
    You’re right of course. They have clearly spent more time in court and updating this list than making their product better
    - watchmaker
      
      Levis 501 STF are damn good jeans for the price. Especially the street price. You actually get more than you pay for. Some of their cheap, thin, made in Jordan fashion styles, etc. do make them an easy target.
- Altoclefchris
  
  A lot of these aren’t really available in the US, which as I understand it is the only place that Levi’s can really make them stop.
mister56

Twisty and curling arcs are to feminine for my taste. I if had had my own denim company I would design a square Arc. A sloppy square would be cool to me.
- Altoclefchris
  
  Well, arc does imply a curve of some kind. That said, there is way too much similarity between arcs, they all seem to follow the same formula
BillygoatsGruff312

Great article pic. The list will not be complete, however, without IH and TW.
Conehead

Nice (and smart) edit on the WH dungarees. Wrangler’s toes must hurt from being stepped on.
Adam

Big fan of Gustin’s and Stronghold’s minimalist lines, but Momo’s battle stripes > all.
Eric Munson

always hated nudies arcs
Anon

How about Pure Blue! You can’t get any manlier than having a feather embroidered on your ass.
- yada
  
  It’s a leaf…
vacations_on

Love Rogue Territory and PBJ
doyougetpayedforsuchcrap

Sugar cane (both the star and the broken arc)? atelier la durance X? Indigo skin paisley? studio d’artisan has at least another shape more reconizable than that. The flathead also has at least two more shapes, Indogofera also missing (though it’s is like big John), ironheart has a left-half arcuate…
- the same guy
  
  and RRL also missing!!!!!!
swissjeansfreak

Great post about the arcs. Hope to see more updates on other raw denim brands as well
hiro

I thought you miss Yoshiyuki Hayashi creation…but rawr always great article!
showbe

How is G-star not in this and dior is?
- http://worn75.blogspot.com/ John King
  
  Neither Dior or G-Star should be in here IMO.
  
  Dior too feminine and G-Star to runway, fashion trendy.
- http://worn75.blogspot.com/ John King
  
  Neither Dior or G-Star should be in here IMO.
  
  Dior too feminine and G-Star to runway, fashion trendy.
http://worn75.blogspot.com/ John King

My favs: Fullcount, Mister Freedom, Momotaro, Samurai, Studio D’Artisan & Warehouse!
http://worn75.blogspot.com/ John King

My favs: Fullcount, Mister Freedom, Momotaro, Samurai, Studio D’Artisan & Warehouse!

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