{"id":158265,"date":"2020-07-16T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/?p=158265"},"modified":"2020-07-15T12:45:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:45:23","slug":"blowout-3-ruedi-karrer-aka-swiss-jeans-freak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2020\/07\/blowout-3-ruedi-karrer-aka-swiss-jeans-freak\/","title":{"rendered":"Blowout 3 &#8211; Ruedi Karrer aka Swiss Jeans Freak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/0DI1yQPGjt8vssev11iLmm\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The man, the myth, the legend. We&#8217;ve got an hour with the most passionate man in denim, a Swiss geographer named\u00a0<a href=\"\/tag\/ruedi-karrer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">Ruedi Karrer<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swissjeansfreak\/\">Swiss Jeans Freak<\/a> on Instagram) who also has one of the largest private collections of denim in the world. Since the early 1970s, Ruedi has grabbed up nearly every scrap of raw indigo he could get his hands on, amassing a total of 16,000 denim garments in his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/jeansmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">Jeansmuseum of Heaviest Fadings<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p><div class=\"related_posts evergreen_funnels\"><h3>Like this? Read these:<\/h3><div class=\"flex space-x-4\"><div class=\"related_post w-1\/2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2022\/04\/fully-vested-urban-warfare\/\"><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fully-vested-urban-warfare-87-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fully-vested-urban-warfare-87-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><h4>Fully Vested Urban Warfare<\/h4><\/a><\/div><div class=\"related_post w-1\/2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/2021\/02\/denim-civil-rights-denim-history-pt-11\/\"><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/denim-history-11-featured-main-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img width=\"360\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heddels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/denim-history-11-featured-main-360x225.jpg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript><h4>The Denim of Civil Rights &#8211; Denim History pt. 11<\/h4><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Learn all about Ruedi&#8217;s life in denim (doing everything from climbing Kilimanjaro to attending weddings and funerals), his days of environmental activism, and his future plans for the Jeansmuseum and his exclusive birthday jeans in this week&#8217;s episode.<\/p>\n<p>Also, this week we&#8217;re promoting our new arrivals of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.www.heddels.com\/search?q=shell+cordovan&amp;type=product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">Ashland shell cordovan wallets<\/a>\u00a0in the Heddels Shop. Made in Chicago from Chicago-tanned Horween shell cordovan, these wallets are made to outlast whatever they&#8217;re holding and whatever pocket they&#8217;re put in. Get 10% off them at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.www.heddels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">Heddels Shop<\/a>\u00a0with code BLOWOUT.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you&#8217;re interested in donating your jeans to the Jeansmuseum, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jeansmuseum.org\/donate-jeans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">museum website<\/a>\u00a0and email all your questions\/comments to blowout@heddels.com.<\/p>\n<p>Listen embedded above or on the following platforms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/heddels-blowout\/id939981255\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2DN5WwDnnHl4g8bvfH9zbq?si=SeDQNltNQUW444qaOoLF9Q\">Spotify<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breaker.audio\/heddels-podcast\">Breaker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/castbox.fm\/channel\/Heddels-Blowout-id2934081?country=us\">Castbox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjEyMTgzNTI3OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz\">Google Podcasts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes939981255\/heddels-blowout\">Overcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcastaddict.com\/podcast\/1761081\">Podcast Addict<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/heddels-blowout-6NlJVJ\">RadioPublic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man, the myth, the legend. 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