Chapter One · The denim
A loom in Okayama, a bench in Nashville.
Two places, one cloth. Cotton woven slowly in Japan, cut and finished here. The whole story of the jean fits inside that sentence; the rest is detail.
You can feel the weight of the cloth.
A loom mark, kept on purpose
0oz
14ozselvageindigoshuttle loomOkayamadouble kneerawsanforized14ozselvageindigoshuttle loomOkayamadouble kneerawsanforized14ozselvageindigoshuttle loomOkayamadouble kneerawsanforized
The mill, Okayama
A jean is a stack of small decisions.
- Cloth13 or 14oz, woven on shuttle looms
- IndigoRope-dyed in long lengths, dyed deep
- SelvageThe red line is the loom signing its work
- StitchChainstitch hems where it shows
- HardwareSolid brass, ages with the cloth
A note on the hardware
Brass, copper, and time.
Everything that touches the cloth is metal that wants to age. It pulls its color from how you live in the jean.
