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Strike Gold Super Short Slub Weft Jeans & Brushed Flannel Shirts
While in Japan at the end of 2013 we saw a denim that excited us more than nearly any other new denim we'd seen in well over a year. It was at a meeting with Strike Gold at which they brought us a sample of the fabric to see; since that meeting we couldn't wait to get the jean into our stores. It's been a long six month wait since then and we've finally got a small run of these jeans available at our stores.
With the new 5105 (slim straight) and 5109 (slim tapered) models Strike Gold have produced a 15oz unsanforized denim made of pure indigo warp threads and a light gray weft thread. The denim is very interesting because they used a super short slub cotton for the weft threads. This is a cotton staple so short we believe it's shorter than the sugar cane fibers used in Sugar Cane's famed Okinawa and Hawaii jeans, except those use a slub fiber (sugar cane) in the warp and weft of the denim. Using a cotton staple this short is tricky when producing a fabric that should be rugged and somewhat heavy in weight because the yarns need to be spun at a far slower pace and therefore increasing the risk of the shuttle yarn (aka, the weft thread) snapping far more often than it already does. The slow spinning of the thread should not be confused with the tension or speed of a loom, spinning of yarns is a process which happens far before any loom is involved in making a fabric. All this work results in a denim that looks like no denim we've seen before. The process used gives the denim an extremely uneven texture, but not necessarily slubby looking. Our best description is that at a 45 degree angle it can be compared closely to a vintage hand-woven Persian rug, but not so much that most people wouldn't be able to tell much of a difference outside of the deeper color. The jean looks like an indigo colored denim but has a deeper blue hue from the weft threads peaking through the indigo warp threads. It's a jean like this which reminds us that we haven't seen it all, yet.
Along with these two new jeans we've received two new brushed flannels, available in red or yellow. If you're local to one of our four stores do yourself a favor and come by just to see this new denim in person.
Both jeans and flannels along with a restock of the 3105/3109 jeans and belts in both colors are available now at all Self Edge stores and in our online store.
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The 52XX is sooooo sick. Drapes like sweatpants off the rack and has a lot of elasticity, almost like a knitted fabric. Can't recommend them enough.
That's a great description, these are also my next jean.
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Are there plenty of sizes in SELA for the 5109…might stop by some time this week.
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As of right now we have nearly every size at all stores, but that is going to change very quickly after today's blog post. If you want a pair i would go in soon or order online.
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I went into SELA just fucking around with no jeans purchase planned. My fate was sealed when I touched the 5105
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Iron Heart Indigo Dyed Waffle Fabric Shirts & Heavy Weight Jersey Knit "For Comfort" Shirts
We've just received a few new Iron Heart shirts including new colors of one our most popular shirts from last year.
First up we have a new indigo-dyed shirt made of a wild "waffle" fabric made of 100% cotton. The fabric has taken on the indigo dye in an interesting way and shows quite a bit of character even in it's new unworn state. Once the color starts to drop off in the high-friction areas this thing is going to look wild (in a good way).
One of our most popular shirts last year was the black jersey knit "For Comfort" shirt and we're happy to announce that Iron Heart has now produced them in gray and navy. These are a solid year round shirt that can be used as an overshirt with a tee or another shirt underneath or just worn as a shirt alone.
All three of these shirts along with a full restock of the 301s (now with showing selvedge ID), 634s, 461, Beatle Busters, 9634s, and all jackets and vests have hit all Self Edge stores. Check the online store for full spec lists, measurements, and size charts.
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Ebbet's Field for Self Edge Baseball Caps
You probably didn't see this coming, and neither did we. Somehow a set of caps showed up repping our four stores across a custom wool six-paneled leather strap backed cap. Each cap is color coded to that city's baseball (or in Portland's case, soccer) team. The caps are made in Seattle by Ebbet's Field and each one is only available at the Self Edge store which it represents, or you can cheat by buying them all online in our webshop.
We had made a batch of these two months ago but they sold out so quickly in the stores that we had to wait until another run was done to get them into our webstore. We think these are the best fitting baseball caps on the market, they're comfortable and the crown is just right.
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Need that SELA. If any fellow €uro wants one… We gan go splitsies on the shipping cost...
If you order more than one only ONE of the caps has to have the shipping fee added, the others can be shipped for free by choosing the cheapest option.
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