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After your jeans start to smell bad, wash it straight away or you can try to seawash it like denim aficionados tend to do to produce some crazy, lightning shaped fades. We even know a guy who used to wear his heavyweight 21oz jeans underneath his school uniform.
It might be a bit too extreme but hey, to gain extraordinary fades you also have to do extraordinary things too. Stay sharp for our another denim related articles because we know you will be waiting for it. Remember Me. Lost your password? Local Brands Local Brands See all. Event See all. Food See all. The initial leap into selvedge is fully justifiable for the fade fanatic.
After that first price jump, though, the fade enthusiast faces diminishing returns. We have, for example, a pair of Roy Loomstate jeans in the competition and a pair of Ruttloff custom double natural indigos—both handmade artisanal products with hefty price tags. Karl builds furniture in his workshop all day, and, rather than using his perfectly serviceable workbench, he does his work on the floor, causing his jeans to spend most of the day folding up like an accordion.
The result: eye-popping stacks. He also holds the distinction of the cheapest pair in the competition. He took up sewing last year, and after working some of the kinks out, he was ready to put a pair of his own jeans through the wringer.
His competition pair started with a few yards of 14 oz. Cone Mills selvedge. Bang for buck, his DIY denim is off the charts. If you want to read about more raw denim myths, check out the posts Thomas has written here.
The Indigo Invitational started as a small group of enthusiasts who wanted an excuse to buy a new pair of denim and to see how far they could push themselves and each other.
There are thousands of dollars worth of prizes, but this is just the gravy. The meat underneath is a tight-knit community of enthusiasts held together by a mutual love of fades. Want to make sure you never miss a post? Bryan Szabo, wordsmith, strummer, and founder of the Indigo Invitational Fade Competition, is a dyed in the warp and weft denim enthusiast. His mission: To educate newcomers to the world of raw denim on some of the finer points of buying, wearing, and fading denim.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign me up for the newsletter! Looking for quality jeans and other well-made essentials? Non-selvedge Wranglers Non-selvedge Kimes Ranch The non-selvedge jeans in this competition are remaining colourfast doing, essentially, what they were designed to do.
The unbeatable Leon silhouette The results speak for themselves. The big spenders are running with the pack. Want fades?
Love denim and fades? Join the competition! Author Bryan Szabo Bryan Szabo, wordsmith, strummer, and founder of the Indigo Invitational Fade Competition, is a dyed in the warp and weft denim enthusiast. May 26, Write A Comment Cancel Reply.
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