If you work in denim fashion industry, you must heard of selvedge denim. So what is selvedge denim? Do you know the history of selvedge denim?
Selvedge denim is essentially of denim fabric that woven on narrow shuttle looms. The roots of selvedge denim can back to the late 19th to early 20th century in the United States. At that time, denim wash mostly produced on the narrow shuttle looms, with 30inch wide. These machines create a tight, non-fraying edge on both side of the fabric, know as selvedge. That is practical purpose to prevent the fabric from unraveling.
Early time the selvedge were mostly in plain white, slowly some mill added different colored yarns to the edge to distinguish order from different customers or different batch.
In 1927, Levi’s collaborated with Cone Denim to use red yarn in the the selvedge for its 501jeans as iconic, along the 501jeans success and popular, people recognize it is red selvedge was a mark of quality. And other brand followed and also began adding their own unique colored selvedge to their product, creating own signature. During this period, almost all jeans featured in colored woven edges.
With industrial development, after World War II, wide-width shuttle looms rapidly gained popularity due to their high efficiency and low cost, replacing the old narrow shuttle looms. And the denim fabric became “unfinished selvage” with self-locked edge, which only need to cut and sewing in production to prevent the fraying. By the mid 20th century, the selvedge is disappared and only a few old mill have narrow shuttle looms.
However from the late 1980s, a vintage boom swept though the Japanese fashion industry. Many of Japanese brand began to replicate American vintage jeans, which included the weaving the fabric in old narrow shuttle looms with the red selvedge. And the godfather of Japanese street fashion brought the style of rolling up to show the selvedge to mainstream. This vintage craft and natural dyeing make the selvedge denim a symbol of premium quality symbol, vintage appeal and collectible value.
-High durability
Selvedge is woven on old looms with tighter and more compact hand feel. And fabric weight usual over 14oz which doesn’t sage easily
-Has own unique color
High-quality selvedge is offer in raw(unwashed), it creates unique whisker and spray as the indigo gradually faded that tell story of the wearer
-Small detail and High Quality Craftsmanship
The red line a small sign of the premium which only know by specified person. It is symbol of traditional craftsmanship.
Selvedge denim fabric derived from traditional weaving technique, has its own position in the fashion market. It is not only for denim lover collectible but also more recognized as quality symbol.
-Heavyweight and High-Density
The main trend is denims’ structure “Stiff”, stands up on its own, create sharper silhouettes
-From Raw to Vintage Washing
Different from the vintage effects or keep the raw, today’s gentle ,well-worn patina that gets better color with age, in soft blue tones and natural fading, embodying a sense of time rather than artificial distressing.
-Fit returns to Practicality
Not only the straight or skinny, but more focus more wear ability such as slight wide-leg, loose, curve fit which is highly inclusive to different leg shape.
Finally thought, selvedge is old-fashioned, more attention to details ,favor of durable and long-lasting products. Whether you have selvedge product of not, learn it to help you know more about denim.
Reego Denim focus in jean move than over 20 years. Start from a small workshop, now deeply working with many fashion brand with creative design and high quality production, annul capacity reach 2million pieces. Reego has three subsidiary factories, all of them have BSCI/QIMA certification, not only producing denim jeans, casual pant, denim jacket but also expanded the products to sportswear recently.
Moreover, Reego has strong design team and will launches new series every season to keep up the fashion trends. And the R&D department and collaborate with denim fabric supplier like Advance denim, AI denim, Hotline Textile etc to develop new cost-effective denim fabric.
In Reego practice, it is not only sewing. We need to select the most suitable fabric and test the shrinkage, try the washing color to ensure the sample meet the requirement. We also do final inspection of sample details before sending, to sure the sample you get is perfect.
Moreover,we always strive to lower the waste through the whole production process , as part of of our commitment to sustainable production. To support the new brand, we offer flexible trial order solution to meet their small batch needs.
In Reego practice, communication is essential. Before staring, our design and pattern master will review all the technical details and discuss any difficult point, that will help minus the potential errors and ensure the fit, color, styling is wanted and this jean is manufacturable.
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