Day 101 More Jeans Companies

Here's three more denim brands that I have never heard of before. The first is Silver Denim Co. (www.silverjeans.com) which seems to be a young outdoors lifestyle type brand. The second is Buffalo Jeans by David Bitton, which appears to be a lot more fashion orientated brand. And the third is Mek Denim, which appears to be a boy meets girl and they both like denim brand.

Of them all I prefer the Silver Jeans brand. I try not to be a fashion victim, which means buy things now because they're in fashion. I prefer buying something because it's made well, the craftsmanship is outstanding and it will last. Another catch for me with any brand is the narrative. What story do they have to tell?

Day 265 | Kicking Mule Workshop

I have a friend to thank for reminding me of the brand Kicking Mule Workshop. Traditional loose fitting jeans, that's very hard-wearing. Not very Swedish in styling, which always seems a bit more taylored, but real nice in its own special way.

Day 230 | Swedish jeans brands

I'm currently busy with a project for my Swedish class about Swedes and their love of denim. It's a love relationship that's been going strong since before the 70's and on to today, with a lot of brands garnering international aclaim. The history of denim is a very interesting one and I am learning a lot about just how many companies have their origins here in Sweden. With all of that, I decided to find some brands that are well know and not so well known today, but who still play a huge role in placing Sweden at the top along with Japan, as a country that knows a thing or two about denim.

The companies that are the best known for denim is surely Nudie and ACNE, followed by Cheap Monday, Denimbirds and Dr.Denim. The others then would be PACE, Denim Demon, GulBlå and Bay Icon. The rest, companies such as H&M, Tiger of Sweden, FilippaK and WESC are Swedish clothing companies that also do denim as part of their overall clothing ranges, but not a real focus on it as say Nudie or Dr.Denim would have.