The Wild One (1953) Audio Riffover – Bonus Blowout
Have you ever seen the iconic denim and leather biker flick The Wild One? Us neither! Listen along as we experience it for the first time.
Have you ever seen the iconic denim and leather biker flick The Wild One? Us neither! Listen along as we experience it for the first time.
Bikers, beatniks, and broken American repression, oh my! This episode of denim history delves into the fabric's transgressive roots in the postwar era.
Part pseudo-yearbook, part voyeuristic fan fiction, we talk about the story and legacy of the Japanese classic Take Ivy with author David Marx.
Our podcast series on the history of denim continues as we explore the role of jeans in the Great Depression and the New Deal programs to end it.
Denim goes national as we see the rise of Lee and Blue Bell to compete with the growing western behemoth of Levi's in this week's episode.
Denim history continues on Blowout, with this week's episode covering the period when Levi's was the only company allowed to put rivets on pants.
Our Blowout deep dive into denim continues with this week's episode detailing the history of Levi Strauss, Jacob Davis, and the deal that made blue jeans.
We could put a man on the moon 50 years ago but now we can't put fabric on faces. What's changed in the last half century of American manufacturing?
In the early twentieth century, it’s estimated that 70%-95% of all clothing worn in America was made in a…
Learn all you ever wanted to know and more about the most passionate icon in raw denim in our conversation with Ruedi Karrer aka Swiss Jeans Freak.