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...
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...
About 5 years ago, my wife purchased two super beefy heavyweight shirts for me from J. Crew. One was a J. Crew branded tee the other was a Wallace Barnes tee. Ever since I have been going back and forth to J. Crew looking for these tees. Unfortunately, they don't make...
Ask just about any boot enthusiast what their preferred sock brand is, and you get as many answers as you have people to poll. That said, three brands emerge in trend more than the others: CHUP, Smartwool, and Darn Tough. A few months back, Grant, the Editor at The...
With over 50 wears logged and some seriously chaffed thighs, I feel it's high time I review my Indigo Invitational Y2 competition jeans, the Blue States denim Co. Thunder Roosters. Blue States Denim Co. was the gate-way brand that took us out of the Japanese and...
Kyatlami Jeans are a fucking trainwreck. I don't say this lightly. You could almost forgive them. You could, for instance, write off their many faults, putting them down to language barriers and inexperience, but here’s the rub: as bad as their product is (and it’s...
The Invitational is Underway "Wear a pair of jeans for a whole year," they said. "It will be fun," they said. For right now, let's not focus on who "they" are, but accept that, so far, "they" have been right. The Indigo Invitational is a little more than a month...
If you have been reading this blog for some time or following us on Instagram, you have undoubtedly seen our interview with Vishesh Sachdev, the owner of Nama denim. It's also possible you have seen my editor, Grant Schildhouse, had a custom pair Nama jeans made for...
Choochai is many things: Son to an actual monk, brother, husband, and father. Choochai left an established career, asked his wife to be the primary support for his family to allow him to pursue a dream of indigo. Choochai's passion for denim and all things indigo is...
Welcome to "The Arcuate Worth It: Belts." Have you ever seen the web-series, "Worth it?" The premise was straightforward but fun to watch. Two hosts traveled the country to sample one food item at three vastly different price points. What was the purpose? To see which...