![]() ![]() Both items are offered in worn indigo and feature embroidered Western motifs down the arms, across the back yoke, and on the outside of each leg. Reformation's New York City Ballet Collab is En Pointeĭenim pieces include a pair of Western Stitch 501 jeans, which celebrates its 501’s 150th anniversary, and a matching Western Stitch Denim Shirt. The collection includes a Leather Cotton Wreath Type III Jacket crafted with premium Italian leather and finished with an all-over print of the cotton wreath motif, a suede embossed co-branded patch, and cinches that nod to traditional motorcycle patterns and matching leather pants. “I know that those who have the attitude, the character, and the front to wear these pieces will do so forever.” “We cooked all of these elements up with the legacy of flash show and Afro opulence to honor the powerful mind state of the Black biker,” Emory said. The collection combines these motifs with mythical characters, pan-African flags and Denim Tears’ signature cotton wreath motif, which has been used in two previous collaborations with Levi’s. ![]() “What seems like simple and functional attire at first glance is aesthetically informed by Native American, cowboy, rodeo evidence, workwear, military surplus, outlaw, and drifter influences,” he said. Launched Thursday, the 10-piece collection pays homage to the community’s commitment to freedom and captures the “authenticity, realness, freedom, and defiance of conformity that forms the bikers’ code,” Levi’s stated.ĭenim Tears founder Tremaine Emory, who recently departed from Supreme due to what he termed “systemic racial issues” at the VF-owned brand, said he has been fascinated with Black bike culture and its many layers. “I take the pieces that no one else wants-brands you haven’t heard of, strange fits, pairs that are often damaged,” she says.Levi’s and Denim Tears explore Black biker culture in their third collaboration. Denim, sources jeans from vintage warehouses in London, takes them apart, matches them up by color and size, and has them re-tailored by hand, often in her signature two-tone colorways. ![]() ![]() Some of the most exciting denim brands right now are reworking vintage denim and using deadstock materials, meaning they aren’t feeding the demand for new cotton. This writer will admit to owning more than a dozen pairs-but how do you rationalize being a serious denimhead and a serious environmentalist? There’s vintage, for starters my old Levi’s probably have a negative carbon footprint at this point. The problem with denim feels particularly huge because it’s so democratic: Everyone wears jeans, and many of us love our jeans. That’s a lot of bad news-and not necessarily the kind of research the average shopper wants to conduct before her next purchase. The global demand for cotton (which is used in nearly half of all textiles, according to the World Wildlife Fund) has also led to over-farmed, barren land and soil erosion, which affects the health of the entire planet. A single pair of non-organic cotton jeans might use upwards of 1,800 gallons. Denim is known as one of the more resource-heavy, environmentally damaging items we buy, and the reason is simple: Denim is made from cotton-lots of it-and most cotton is grown with harmful fertilizers and pesticides and requires huge amounts of water to produce. Is sustainable denim an oxymoron? It’s a question we’ve heard time and time again. ![]()
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