Selvedge is not a quality guarantee; it is a signature of slow looms and narrow cloth. The quality comes from what the weaver chooses to do with that slowness.
Okayama and Tokyo remain the deep end of the pool.
From the Atlas
- Comme des Garçons Parfums Beauty, Fragrance & Wellness, Naples / Online
Rei Kawakubo's anti-perfumes — incense series and industrial abstractions. open in the atlas → - Levi's Piazza Della Signoria, Florence / Online
The original blue jean — 501s since 1873, copper rivets from Reno to San Francisco, and the Vintage Clothing line recreating every era. open in the atlas → - 1083 Romans-sur-Isère, Drôme, France
Jeans within 1,083 kilometers — the distance across France, and the radius in which every thread is spun, woven, sewn and washed. open in the atlas → - 3sixteen New York
NYC’s Japanese-fabric benchmark — Andrew Chen and Johan Lam’s shadow selvedge standard. open in the atlas → - A.P.C. France
Jean Touitou's Parisian label since 1987 — minimalist denim, raw jeans, and the 'Interaction' design philosophy. The uniform of Parisian creatives. open in the atlas →