Denim Therapy seamlessly repairs jeans to like-new condition.
Read more...November 16, 2009
October 22, 2009
New Label Aims to Extend the Levi’s Lifecycle
Levi Strauss & Co is taking a small step to help decrease the amount of textiles that are thrown away every year by adding a “donate to goodwill” icon to their clothing’s care tags.
Read more...September 17, 2009
Raleigh Denim: 98% Local
North Carolina based Raleigh Denim sources 98% of their materials from North Carolina, including the vintage machines they use.
Read more...August 13, 2009
Vintage Quality Levi’s Returning To Stores
I don’t think it’s a stretch of the imagination to say that vintage Levi’s are the stuff fashion dreams are made of. The iconic brand ( which is so internationally popular that during the heyday of communism, a pair could trade for about anything you could want in Eastern Europe) has been on the behinds of everyone from movie stars like Marilyn Monroe and James Dean to former and current US Presidents.
However, up until recently it was next to impossible to find good condition vintage (pre-1980’s) Levi’s without going overseas to clothing depots in Japan and Europe. This is all [...]
Read more...March 12, 2009
Custom Furniture Made from Your Recycled Jeans
While recycled denim creations may not be a particularly new concept, CScout Japan points us to a nice example of recycling jeans into a hand-made piece of furniture. You send in three pairs of jeans (or other pant material) to the furniture manufacturer, NOyes, and they turn them into a custom stool. The NOyes website has a video and step-by-step guide on how the stool is made by hand.
A custom denim stool takes three weeks to make and costs ¥36,720 ($400).
[via CScout Japan]
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