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Denim is a complex fabric that lives and changes with you. And there are almost endless ways the cotton, spinning, dyeing, weaving and finishing processes can be combined to create unique denims.

These blog posts dive deep into each of the five stages of making denim to help you understand this unique fabric, where it comes from, how it's made, why it fades, and much more.

How Denim Is Made: Fabric Finishes

January 13, 2017 by Thomas Stege Bojer

How Denim Is Made: Fabric Finishes

This final episode of my “how denim is made” series discusses how the two kinds of fabric finishes impact the way denim looks and behaves. The trick is to use this knowledge to your advance a make it part of the story you tell.

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How Denim Is Made: Weaving

December 30, 2016 by Thomas Stege Bojer

How Denim Is Made: Weaving

In this fourth episode in the series about how denim is made, you’ll learn how denim is woven and why denimheads prefer shuttle-loomed denim.

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How Denim Is Made: Indigo Dyeing

December 16, 2016 by Thomas Stege Bojer

How Denim Is Made: Indigo Dyeing

In this third episode in the series about how denim is made, you’ll learn about natural and synthetic indigo, and the differences between rope dyeing and slasher dyeing.

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How Denim Is Made: The Spinning Process (… and Why I Prefer Ring-Spun Yarn)

December 2, 2016 by Thomas Stege Bojer

How Denim Is Made: The Spinning Process (… and Why I Prefer Ring-Spun Yarn)

In this second episode in the series about how denim is made, you’ll learn how yarn is made in the spinning process of denim production. I also discuss the pros and cons of ring spinning vs. open-end spinning and why denimheads prefer ring-spun denim.

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How Denim Is Made: Cotton and Its Benefits

November 18, 2016 by Thomas Stege Bojer

How Denim Is Made: Cotton and Its Benefits

This is the first of five episodes in the series about of how denim is made. You’ll discover what cotton is and how you can use this knowledge to tell better stories when you’re selling jeans.

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