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Not rare. Just not cost effective as the old looms is mechanical and smaller plus the selvedge restricts the usable surface of the cloth.Not sure where to ask this, think it may fit here.
Does anyone have any experience with Selvedge Denim or thoughts?
I ordered a Selvedge Denim shirt from Lee that's in their 101 range. Description has it as being 7 oz created in the Kuroki mill in Japan using dry stiff Denim, with detailed 1950's styling.
Now the shirt is lovely, sawtooth breast pockets that look slightly oversized (compared to my other shirts) and the denim looks nice (if that makes sense). I've never knowingly purchased Selvedge denim, was it more common in the '50s? I was reading that it is becoming very rare due to lack of equipment and those that know how to work it.
Not rare. Just not cost effective as the old looms is mechanical and smaller plus the selvedge restricts the usable surface of the cloth.
The Japanese mills dominate the market for selvedge denim as they still use the old style Toyoda loom while the rest of the world replaced their old style Draper looms with newer more productive looms. Japanese have a huge market for selvedge denim so even Uniqlo sells selvedge denim. Just bought a pair hours ago for 38 bucks Kaihara mills.
Levi's 501 have been using selvedge cloth from 1880s until 1984 while the rest of their collection turned non-selvedged gradually after the 60s.
It has become "popular" since 50s because denim had been worn only as work wear, uniform before the 50s.
Now that is serious vintage
Reminds me of this great line:
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Vintage western style bowling shirt.
I love a good bowling shirt as much as I do a good pearl snap shirt, and this one's the best of both worlds. Somebody order up a pitcher.
“Beer 25c”. What is this world coming to?
Shouldn't be more than a nickel.“Beer 25c”. What is this world coming to?