Recent Articles
Interview 8: Tom Burke of United Overalls
The story of how I've come to know Tom Burke, founder, and owner of United Overalls, a 100% milled and made selvedge denim brand based in North London, actually begins 16 years earlier. Thanksgiving weekend 2005 marked a significant shift in my life and worldview. I...
Review 15: Ruttloff’s Stunning s1-21 Denim Shirt
It's no great secret that, when it comes to denim, I have a type. I want what most don't have, and I want it to be uniquely mine. Take my Indigo Invitational competition jeans, for example, 19oz Japanese milled double indigo herringbone denim, made-to-order by the...
Review 14: AW Selvedge George Raw
Make way for AW Selvedge, the incoming freshman Selvedge brand made with comfort, style, and athletes in mind. In March, I posted an interview with Andre Williams, owners of AW Selvedge, and learned a hell of a lot about the brand. If you didn't get the chance to read...
FEMALES OF FADE: Harue Jules Takagish, AN INDIGO INVITATIONAL CONTENDER SERIES
Our third installment of Females of Fade takes us out of the US to Japan. Japan is one of the world's oldest and largest raw denim hubs, producing some of the most beautiful fabrics and artisans. If you are participating in the Indigo Invitational, I would be...
The best method for removing oil and grease stains from clothing
I bet the last thing you ever expected to get from a blog about denim and workwear would be an article on how to remove oil stains from your clothing. But if you recall, the whole point of this blog is about building a longer-lasting, more sustainable wardrobe. This...
About Arcuate
Oh no! Another denim/workwear/leather/buy it for life blog.
Make way in a crowded space. There are literally dozens (maybe more) of blogs potentially more qualified than this one.
Perhaps that isn’t fair.
My Co-Author is certainly well experienced and well read on these subjects. So, maybe more accurately, this is is a fair and balanced, honest as fuck denim/workwear/leather/buy it for life blog.