ESTEightyThree

doin a project on denim for a textiles class. wonderin if anybody has any good books or websites to check out. mainly looking for historical information, production/manufacturing process, levi's info, cone info, original utility purposes of denim. any contributions appreciated. thanks.

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i know evisu is made in japan, italy and china, but do they differ in quality? i think it would be smart for evisu to keep a premium, higher end line of selvedge denim for all the fanatics and then do what they are doing with expanding their market share by mass marketing, bringing down the quality level and placing there product in an increasing number of stores. Keeping a premium line and a more affordable line would be similar to what levi's has done doing. A lot of people wear levi's, construction workers, math teachers and fashionistas. Knowone seems to be too mad at levi's, so why is it so criminal for evisu to get that money. This would be a test to trend setters and fashion appreciaters alike. If everybody was wearing evisu's but you could still get your high quality selvedge jeans, would you wear them? Is quality the issue? or is that evisu seems to have abandoned their niche market? Whats so great about fashion and what allows anyone involved in fashion to have a job, is that it changes. The mass market all follow trends, be happy that you help start them. Half the fun is looking and finding that new line that has all the components that knowbody has really caught onto yet.

p.s its called a passion or a hobby. You are right all those people that you mentioned ( i dont remember your name...john something) have something in common. its called "something they love doing". Were you really high when you wrote that shit??

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Those look real to me. made in china. Pocket stitching is the right shape. The leather patch is accurate and the button fly and stitching looked proper too. I dunno what's up with that lumpy shit on the seagull though

Outside Looking In

i saw evisu's recently that were raw denim, had the legit selvedge edge, but on the inside the tag said made in china. I thought it was made in japan. I think it was real though. Is that the brands attempt to capitalize? lemme know.

Outside Looking In

What's the difference between selvedge denim and what is classified as luxury denim? Are lines such as true religion, rock n republic and nudie the same quality as say a lvc, edwin or an evisu jean? What about designer lines such as d&g? Obviously they can have higher price points because of their namesake, but at the end of the day, can those prices be justified next to other selvedge denim lines? Or are they selvedge denim too?

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