Keeping Cool: A Guide to Summer Fabrics
Roy Ayers hit the nail on the head in 1976 with his famous song “Everybody loves the sunshine”. The smooth…
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Are Recycling Breakthroughs in Fashion a Waste?: The Weekly Rundown
RCA students and Kaihara Denim dream up denim of the future — Sportswear International Fashion’s landfills are land-full, but can recycling…
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The Types of Cottons You Should Know
For all the time we spend off-handedly mentioning cotton, there’s not much we’ve actually said about the various strains of…
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Cotton Turtleneck Sweaters – Five Plus One
I love a thick, chunky wool sweater as much as the next person, but they’re just too warm to wear…
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What is Organic Cotton and Is It Worth It?
From the fresh produce in your supermarket to the jeans on your legs, organic products have managed to reach almost…
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Heavyweight Cardigans – Five Plus One
Selvedge denim isn’t just desired for its durability, or because it produces clean outseams that don’t fray. It came from…
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Workers’ From Cotton to Jeans Part II: Spinning and Carding
We’ve translated and reformatted Japanese brand Workers’ six part feature on the denim production process From Cotton to Jeans. In Part II, they…
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Workers’s From Cotton to Jeans Part I: Cotton
Japanese denim brands are well-known for their obsessive attention to seemingly inconsequential detail. But the exact process by which this…
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Fade of the Day – Kicking Mule Workshop 1980 (3 Years, 2 Soaks)
Today’s fade comes to us from Heddels reader Bret Fontecchio. I’ve never tried it myself, but it seems like taking a bath…
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Know Your Thread Types: Cotton, Polyester, and Polycotton
Thread is not only essential to holding your jeans together, it can also be accented for contrast, an additional detail…
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