How To Repair Your Jeans and Why You Should!
This article is the last in the series about buying jeans. Learn how you can extend the time you can enjoy your jeans, save money, and lower your environmental footprint. All by repairing your jeans!
How Jeans Are Made: Pre-Washing and Pre-Distressing
This last episode in the series about how jeans are made discusses pre-washing; how it started, how it’s done, and what it will look like in the future.
The Branded Defining Features That Differentiate Makers
In this second episode of the series about the defining features of jeans, I look at how small, yet iconic elements have made the jean what it is today.
How Jeans Are Made: Cut and Sew (the Construction)
This second episode in the series about how jeans are made teaches the cutting and sewing steps of making jeans, and discusses the 3 most debated aspects of sewing jeans.
The Durable and Practical Defining Features of Jeans
In this first episode of the series about the defining features of jeans, I look at four features that originally served practical purposes, and how those purposes have changed.
Men’s Jeans Fit Guide: Find Jeans for Your Body Type
This in-depth jeans fit guide for men teaches you the 4 features that make a great fit, how to use them to find a flattering fit for your body type, plus 5 things you must consider.
How Jeans Are Made: Design and Development
This article explores what it takes to design a pair of jeans, and the three stages denim designers go through to do so.
You’ll learn how the design influences all aspects of the garment; how it looks, how it feels on the body, how it wears and fades. The design also differentiates one maker’s from another’s.
The Future of Retail: Online vs In-Store Customer Experiences
Learn how stores like Rivet and Hide are using their online and physical shopfronts to create seamless, omni-channel customer experiences.
The Future of Retail: Mono- vs Multi-Brand Experiences
Learn how mono- and multi-brand stores approach brand experience and the shift from the traditional retail model to a focus on customer shopping experience.
Boost Your Bottom Line With the Denimhunters Academy
If you want to change the way you sell denim and jeans and turn your customers into raving fans, become a crowdfunder of the Denimhunters Academy.
How the Japanese Pioneered Heritage Fashion
In this 4th part of my series about the history of jeans, you’ll learn how the Japanese built a cult around Americana, which evolved into heritage fashion.
How to Find Jeans Suppliers
When you’re looking for new jeans suppliers, how do you know where to focus your attention, and what should you be looking for?
With the help of five business insiders, this article helps designers and developers navigate the list of exhibitors at shows like Munich Fabric Start’s Bluezone.
How Blackhorse Lane Ateliers is Reviving London’s Denim Industry
Learn why the ‘Made in London’ tag is so important to London-based Blackhorse Lane Ateliers and discover how it forms part of their brand values.
How Denim Is Made: Fabric Finishes
This final episode of my “how denim is made” series discusses how the two kinds of fabric finishes impact the way denim looks and behaves. The trick is to use this knowledge to your advance a make it part of the story you tell.
Introducing the Denimhunters Academy: Online Staff Training
Learn how becoming a published author was part of a bigger plan to introduce staff training on Denimhunters with the Denimhunters Academy.
How Denim Is Made: Weaving
In this fourth episode in the series about how denim is made, you’ll learn how denim is woven and why denimheads prefer shuttle-loomed denim.
History of Jeans
How Vintage Denim Became a Thing (… and How It Created Heritage Fashion)
In this history of jeans overview part 3, you’ll learn how vintage denim broke through the mainstream, plus how to tell the story when you’re selling.
Ruttloff-Garments’ Katagami Jeans Considered Art
Artisan Challenge contender, Johann Ruttloff of Ruttloff-Garments talks about what it meant for him to have his Katagami jeans on display in a museum.
How Denim Is Made: Indigo Dyeing
In this third episode in the series about how denim is made, you’ll learn about natural and synthetic indigo, and the differences between rope dyeing and slasher dyeing.
How Tellason Built a Brand You Can Trust
Few denim companies compare to Tellason when it comes to brand authenticity. Co-founders Tony and Pete tell how a strong story builds a loyal customer base.