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Stress
Pre-distressed jeans have been around for a while, but we’ll be the first to admit we’ve never given much thought to how those wear patterns get there. Luckily, someone was more curious than we were....
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Factory Records
The industrial fad is old news by now, but usually it means Curtis-ish models truding down runways in all black. But what about all that actual industry? The internet’s catching on, as high-res...
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The Tin Man
For all our gushing about ACL’s American List, we’re more interested in how things are made than where. Of course, it’s easier to keep an eye on things if they’re domestic, but really we just want to...
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In the Factory
We have a sentimental weakness for factory tours here at Kempt. And when combined with our sentimental weakness for trail moccasins, it’s just about irresistible. All Plaidout (via Hypebeast) just...
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The Ghost of Overcoats Past
The Lebow Clothing Factory has been abandoned for upwards of 20 years, but apparently nobody thought to remove the stock. It’s a shame. From what we can tell, they’re not bad…but we’re guessing...
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The Cutting Room Floor
The term “heritage brand” gets thrown around quite a bit these days, but it always helps when someone’s got a photo to prove it. This snap comes from the Red Wing cutting room, circa 1909. It may be...
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The Rise of Indian Denim
Industry of All Nations is mostly known for their fair-trade espadrilles, but they’ve spent 2010 cooking up something a good deal more exciting. Next week, they’ll be bringing a batch of Indian...
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Fabricated
You’re about to learn everything you ever wanted to know about French linen. This 15-minute film from Benoit Millot follows a single crop of flax from the fields of Normandy, through harvest,...
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Eyes Forward
One hears the word “artisan” a lot these days, but it’s remarkably rare to see an intricately crafted product like, say, eyeglasses, being put together by a single person in a single space. So we were...
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Denim Economics
We’re not generally fans of $20 pairs of jeans—with denim especially, a little extra will get you a lot better stuff—but it looks like the days of cheap jeans may be numbered. The culprit: cotton...
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The Circular Loom
Fair warning: this is one for the fabric nerds. Tenue de Nimes dug up a century-old German cotton company called Merz B. Schwanen, and it’s lured us back into the world of intensely intricate fabric...
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Cobbled Together
Nowness managed to talk their way inside John Lobb’s Northampton factory for a brace of behind-the-scenes photos. This one’s our favorite, showing the cellophane-wrapped brogues in almost-finished...
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Befriending Frank Sinatra and Making the Case Against Scarves
Pressing Matter: Richard Press of legendary men’s shop J. Press tells the story of his fleeting friendship with Frank Sinatra over on Ivy Style. Sole Man: Hypebeast goes inside the Red Wing factory...
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The Anatomy of a Trench Coat, Game of Thrones Returns and Visiting...
Entrenched: Well Spent goes hands-on with American Trench to get an itemized look at the return on investment. Game Time: With the return of Game of Thrones on Sunday, Wired endeavors to get you up to...
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Filson’s New Digs, Gustin Denim Talks Crowdsourced Jeans and Grantland...
Bag It: Freshness gets a look at Filson’s new headquarters in Seattle, replete with on-site factory. Cheese Wheel: Wired has a handy infographic on the 66 different cheeses you should know about. It’s...
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Touring A Shirt Factory, A Guide To Japanese Menswear Mags and the Campaign...
A Shirt Thing: Unabashedly Prep gives New England Shirt Company the factory tour treatment. Free and Too Easy: An irreverent guide to Japanese men’s magazines, courtesy of the Times. GTH Hosiery: Ivy...
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Touring the Danner Boot Factory, Summer Essentials for a Song and the Rules...
Boots and Rally: Selectism heads to Portland to give Danner the factory-tour treatment. Handsome footwear ensues. Hot to Trot: The 44 summer essentials you can pick up for under 50 bucks, courtesy of...
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