Heddels BOROntine Handstitching Home Repair Contest
Sashiko and boro repairs are an age old art form that take countless hours for each meticulously placed hand stitch….
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FDMTL & Master-piece Come Together For a Trio Of Boro Sashiko Bags
Japanese patchwork masters FDMTL have collaborated again with Master-piece (Masters in their own right) on a collection of bags you…
Setto Indigo Label’s Arts Crafts Jacket Is A Dizzying Collage Of Japanese Indigo Beauty
Fans of boro, japanese fabrics/construction methods, discharge prints, indigo-dyed goods, 100% cotton garments, and keeping your torso warm—check out the…
A Primer on Wabi-Sabi – The Japanese Love of Decay
Here at Heddels, we throw the term ‘Wabi-Sabi’ around like cranberry sauce on Turkey Day. While we’ve not honed in…
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Japan Blue Launches an Offical Online Webstore
Big news denim dudes and dudettes. Okayama based indigo giants Japan Blue Jeans has launched its own webstore and denimheads…
Kapital Kountry Blends Boro and Pojagi For These One-Off Totes
Kapital’s Kountry sub-label takes inspiration is highly sought after thanks to the labels one-off M.O. from Korean mending techniques with…
Kiriko Continues to Fuse Vintage Japanese Fabrics and Militaria
Two things are true and also pertinent to these Kiriko Patched Military Jackets: 1) Upcycling is having a moment and…
Patched and Patchworked Pants: Five Plus One
If you are as big of a fan of textured fabrics as me, then you probably like patchwork as well….
Blue Blue Japan Patches Together Their Latest Pant With Boro and String
I don’t think we value drawstrings enough, as a society. Like, on a macro level it’s definitely not our biggest…
Kiriko Boro’s Up a Vintage Lee 101 Storm Rider
The world of vintage denim jackets can be cut-throat. Highly sought after, a classic denim jacket with those quintessential cool…