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LVG18NBRG41.DTL On the increasing popularity of Japanese-style “raw” jeans. Buying (and using) “selvedge” jeans is not straightforward!: I bought a pair at A.P.C. in New York last month and they’ve worked out fine, but at point of purchase you’re buying something which: (1) doesn’t fit right (you’re supposed to buy a size or two too small); (2) doesn’t feel right (the fabric is still very stiff); and (3) doesn’t look right (the denim will fade over time). This all adds up to an unsettling retail experience! 19:25
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Entry Posted January 13, 2007
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Denim Dude (denimdude243.vox.com):
… kind of ultradesirable limited editions that recall Richard Serra lithographs or Red Shoulder chardonnay. There is even a kind of daffy ineffable poetry in the labels’ names: Skull or Skinny or Oni or Dubble Works or Samurai or Sugar Cane.' More /Some like it raw …
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