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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…