You think you can change, you don't want to feel so dirty about it all, it started out so innocent...... just a change from "trouser's", then before i knew it i couldn't stop my lustful craving's, every pair i clapped my beady eye's on i just had to touch, had to get my finger's in there and do my best to abuse the situation, i did'nt want a habit..... who would, i just wanted to get into them... all the attractive type's... all the different nationality's... japanese - american - home grown british - french - swedish....I wanted them all, selfish i know and before i knew it i was sneaking around at midnight in a dim lit bathroom giving another pair a good soak and getting my hand's dirty in there exploring all the crease's in all their glory softening them up and getting rid of that raw dry feeling..........
Denim of course... i had to share the passion i have for denim with you because to be quite fair your the only one who will listen, hopping back & forth from various label's i just can't help satisfying my need's of trying new thing's, i don't like to stick to one type, you should have a different pair (at least) for different dayer's or nighter's.... casual or smarter - stomping or raving.
I would love to put up photo's of the various bit's of denim i have had the pleasure of but there just is'nt enough blogroll......... studio d artisan / acne / edwin / kato / lvc / our legacy / samurai / garbstore / albam / ps red ear / maharishi the list goes on & on i just like to try different label's and model's and see how they wear in, 90% of the time buying it in it's raw state so it's a blank canvas for me to work with, dry unwashed denim is a thing of beauty, and at first glance they may look the same but when you inspect them each label has it's own look, be it the colour of its died unwashed state, or the colour of the selvage.... orange / purple / red line / blue / rainbow etc, the term selvage come's from the denim which has a clean natural edge and typically in an unwashed raw state, the self-edge is the natural edge of a roll of fabric, it's the way the fabric has been weaved and as it loop's back onto itself it leave's the selvage line, so the edge's don't fray and churn's you out a very nice pair of denim, they then sew in the colour line along the edge - red line being the most common.
Being in a raw state in general the denim will be larger around the waist, thigh's and in length because the first wash they will shrink, so you tend to find that the turn up's commonly found on selvage denim is for a couple of reason's, for me a couple of tight turn up's solve any length problem's and show the selvage line's in all their glories so happy day's, i used to cold soak them when i bought them but i find you lose that raw "sheen" that i so love so i just wear them & wear them now until i get any sagging or they are old enough for the 1st warm wash to reveal the natural fantastic first set of wear line's and crease's, going on here i feel so im going to leave you on the denim i have on rotation at the moment in picture's, first up Albam's japanese denim chino's, very smart, perfect, a more refined look, the 2nd pair are Kato's one wash namba denim.... very soft and a pleasure to wear with orange selvage.
3rd up are my Edwin 505 loose fit cinch back red line selvage, not worn very much as the cinch back put's me in a corner in what i can wear them with, a bit more street and i have swerved away from that the last few year's liking a much smarter clean lined look.
4th up are the stunning garbstore revi's l type denim, again red selvage and these were washed once before wear but are wearing in very nicely, the vivid orange stitching and denim label patch just had me at hello.
Lastly are my edwin ed35's rainbow selvage as saw in the top photo, i cut the cinch back from these which is why there's 2 copper rivet's on the back waist, all add's to the character and im building these up into my new "tramping" denim, denim that you've worn in and just throw on for whatever, they had the first wash after 11 month's last night, they are coming along nicely and i need to wear them a bit more often to get the knee area going, ill save my other denim for a rainy day some time, but that little outburst has calmed me a touch...... like therapy.
Shaun Dangerfield
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