Week 386 was posted by Charanjit Chana on 2025-03-20.
Selvedge denim remains my to choice for jeans, I wrote about them three years ago and to this day still rely on my Uniqlo denim for daily wear.
That post featured an article from Business Insider that explained why the denim can be so expensive and they recently put out a video on the 800-year-old process of indigo dying:
It's always interesting to see these ways of creating materials, products and components all by hand and in a way that could easily be lost if someone didn't see the value in preserving how it's donw.
All of their Still Standing videos offer a deep look into traditional and hand made processes that are at risk of being lost due to modernisation.
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