The Authentic Red-Selvedge Denim Jeans
What is Red-Selvedge Denim?
Red-selvedge denim is a thick and resistant cotton fabric, dyed using a special process that gives it unique shades of blue.
It is identifiable thanks to its finishing border present at both ends of the lengths of a denim fabric. The selvedge is also the English contraction of "sel finished edge", which means "finished edge".
These edges are reinforced for better strength and thus prevent the edges from fraying. It is made using manual weaving machines.
The denim is made from a cotton fabric in a twill weave (it is a criss-cross weave of an indigo blue warp thread and an off-white weft thread). It is mainly used in making jeans or jackets. The term “denim” is the contraction of “de Nîmes”, effectively designating the city at the Arènes in the south of France.
Originally, it was in the 16th century that denim fabrics were made there. At that time, they were also made of wool and silk. It will only be two centuries later that this fabric will only be made of cotton.
Thus, the combination of the term “selvedge denim” therefore designates the type of weaving and its finish.
From the hand of the Americans to the Japanese
Although it is called "Japanese canvas", historically it is American.
At the end of the 2nd World War, the demand for jeans was so strong that Americans abandoned traditional looms in favor of faster and less expensive machines, but to the detriment of the know-how and quality of red-selvedge denim. .
The Japanese, on the other hand, import these looms, tame them and shape them to sublimate this canvas thanks to manual work and precision.
Why Choose A Red-Selvedge Denim Piece ?
A garment in red-selvedge denim is the distinctive sign of authenticity and quality. It is the denim prized by enthusiasts and purists of jeans. It is a fabric that lives and evolves over time.
After many ports and washes, its color fades slightly, and its touch becomes less raw. It will adapt to your morphology and become like a second skin.
It is an extremely dense and solid fabric, in which we have created a real relief. Japanese selvedge denim is one of the best because just having a weaving machine is not enough.
Red-selvedge requires manual work and precision. Even if they are not the inventors of this fabric, they managed to tame it, to shape it to sublimate it.
Jeans whose denim fabric has been woven industrially are very regular and will therefore never have the same rendering and the same story as jeans made from a red-selvedge denim fabric on which each interlacing of threads bears witness to real know-how. It may have imperfections, but that's what makes it a fabric with character.
The two manufacturing types are incomparable, it would be like wanting to put on the same scale a fast fashion sweater and a sweater hand-knitted by our grandmother.
If you want a piece that will defy time, carry history, that will reflect a true taste in jeans and exceptional fabrics, then look no further, what you need is a red selvedge denim.
The Weight Of Jeans In Oz
This is a data mainly known by professionals and lovers of denim. The oz (ounce) is an Anglo-Saxon unit of weight (1 oz = 28.4 grams). It is used in the textile industry because it is used to define the weight of the fabric and in particular its thickness.
It is calculated per m2 of fabric. Thus, the heavier its weight, the thicker the fabric of the jeans will be, and therefore, stronger.
Our red-selvedge jeans (L'EGOÏSTE) weigh at least 14.oz.
The Care Of Red-Selvedge Denim
We advise you to delay the first wash so that the fabric can become aware of your morphology, soak it up to become your second skin.
Then, wash your jeans at 30°.
