It takes a lot to hold attention for longer than a few minutes anywhere online. Recognizable Squarespace templates, the same popular independent designers popping up again and again, endless scrolling and more have made online shopping pretty boring. New online lifestyle boutique Kindred Black, however, is toiling hard to bring the excitement of discovery back to the browser window. Co-founders Alice Wells and Jennifer Francis …
Closed was originally founded by Marithé and François Girbaud (denim pioneers who have their own Urban Dictionary entry) in the ’70s. The French designer duo innovated techniques like stone-washing as well as the much more sustainable WATTWASH (treating and wearing denim with lasers instead of water), but more importantly, their cuts were born out of a desire to create an alternative to the ubiquitous five-pocket …
The biggest problem with shopping for vintage jeans is that tailoring is usually a requirement, further extending the initial commitment of both time and money. Uniting storied denim with a contemporary silhouette is LA’s new womenswear brand RE/DUN, which launched in July 2014. As its name suggests, the company finds much-loved, worn jeans and essentially rips them apart at the seams, then sews them back …
