Article on Banana Republic using selvage

[john11f]

http://millionairesocialite.com/?p=109

has anyone seen this? oh no, mass marketers' invade selvage denim...it's not as if this is the first time but i think its worthy to note...

[captain5640]

It doesn't really surprise me. The cinch back is kind of surprising. I don't really like the wash at all though.

[will_i_am]

lol @ dior x eternal comment.

[SLEEZY]

they made some selvedge jeans last year that were way better than those.

i have them but theres a hole in the crotch that i havent repaired yet. i'll get photos and post them later

[pacioli]

Did they look like these? Banana Republic selvedge made in the Phillipines.

Phil at Millionaire Socialite is a cool blogger doing cool things for the blogging community. He previously wrote a bit about the economics of denim.

For anyone interested here's the flow of thoughts between our blogs, spurred from PDC dropping prx point:

PDC Wants Less of Your Paper for Their Denim

http://denimnews.blogspot.com/2006/01/pdc-wants-less-of-your-paper-for-their.html

They’ll Pry My Status Denim From My Cold, Dead Hands

http://millionairesocialite.com/?p=184

More Thoughts on "Cheap" PDC Jeans

http://denimnews.blogspot.com/2006/01/more-thoughts-on-cheap-pdc-jeans-phil.html

[poly800rock]

thats an amazing graph/chart

[nairb49]

I've seen them, and was quite surprised.

Not very nice denim though, as can be expected, and hideous washes, pocket styling unfortuntaely.

If they were a nice cut, for girls, that'd be killer.

[sarno]

Banana Republic using raw denim excites me about as much as International Male using raw denim. Seriously, their menswear now is so f'n bad--so poorly designed, so poorly executed, so lacking in vision. There was a time several years ago when they used a lot of decent textiles--merino wools, cashmeres. You ould flip a tag and see: Made in Italy. They totally went down the shitter.

[marduk]

selvedge =/= raw

[typicalfashion]

It doesn't really surprise me. The cinch back is kind of surprising. I don't really like the wash at all though.

i hate cinch back

[6MT]

i hate cinch back

whats wrong with cinch back?