One of the most fulfilling things for me is starting a pair of jeans and seeing it all
the way to the end. There's a sense of completion, a sense of satisfaction. I am
trained as a tailor, every little stitch counts. The inside is as beautiful as the
outside. The entire process is intricate. ~ Ryan Grant-Hays, Levi's Master Tailor
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Denim Pocket Rug
In researching ideas for the denim pocket layout, I continue to be amazed and very grateful for all the wonderful information people and organizations share on the internet.
In researching ideas for the denim pocket layout, I continue to be amazed and very grateful for all the wonderful information people and organizations share on the internet.
Today's Blog: An Armchair e-Tour
Jeans: Totally Plant-based!
From cotton fibers to indigo dye, denim jeans got their start as heavy duty work pants during California's Gold Rush, are now worn around the world, and have risen to haute couture status.
Several great blogs and videos provide excellent information from the making of indigo dye, to sanding jeans to achieve a worn look, to hearing from a Levi's master tailor speak of his pride in a job well done.
Urine, a Myth
I remember giggling with friends when, in 5th grade, we heard that urine is used in the indigo dying process.
Urine has not been used in this process since 1897! Chemists determined what it was in urine that helped the extraction process from the leaves of the Indigofera tinctoria plant.
From cotton fibers to indigo dye, denim jeans got their start as heavy duty work pants during California's Gold Rush, are now worn around the world, and have risen to haute couture status.
Several great blogs and videos provide excellent information from the making of indigo dye, to sanding jeans to achieve a worn look, to hearing from a Levi's master tailor speak of his pride in a job well done.
Urine, a Myth
I remember giggling with friends when, in 5th grade, we heard that urine is used in the indigo dying process.
Urine has not been used in this process since 1897! Chemists determined what it was in urine that helped the extraction process from the leaves of the Indigofera tinctoria plant.
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Chunks of Indigo dye, from the blog
Alchemy in Design
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Read One: Click this link to Alchemy in Design to read about:
How indigo dye is extracted from the plant
A $40 billion Global Market
Video One: In the USA alone, 450 million pairs of jeans are sold annually. This 10-minute video takes you through the harvesting of cotton to the sanding of distressed jeans, in a factory in Mexico:
How indigo dye is extracted from the plant
A $40 billion Global Market
Video One: In the USA alone, 450 million pairs of jeans are sold annually. This 10-minute video takes you through the harvesting of cotton to the sanding of distressed jeans, in a factory in Mexico:
Every little stitch counts...
Video Two: Satisfaction and Pride in a job well done. I love this video:Read Two: More about Tailoring...Masters of the Cloth, a brief article from Conde Nast Traveler:
A Fine Finish
A Rembrandt Masterpiece, Masters of Cloth
Even when I saw this at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, I didn't realize these men were fabric brokers...too bad they had hadn't discovered the comfort of denim...then maybe they wouldn't have dressed like pilgrims.
Oh my goodness...how would history be rewritten if the pilgrims wore Levi's!
Actually, don't you feel lucky to live in the age of washable fabrics? Can you imagine?...let's not go there.
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