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How to wash jeans - honeycombs

The Only ‘How to Wash Jeans’ Guide You’ll Ever Need

This 3698-word long member resource surely lives up to its title.

It gives you step-by-step instructional tips for how to both hand- and machine-washing your jeans.

Read it here.

… Or take a look at the other guides that’re useful when you’re buying jeans here.

If you sell jeans, you’ll surely find the ‘3-question tool for better jeans washing guidance’ helpful when you’re determining what kind of washing advice your customers need.

Indigo dyeing

How Denim Is Made: Indigo Dyeing

Making denim is quite complicated.

The production process has five overall phases; the third phase is dyeing the yarn. And if the denim is blue, the dyestuff used is indigo.

Learn about indigo dyeing here.

You can also have a look at the other four blog posts in the series about how denim is made here.

This in-depth member resource explains in great detail how denim gets its blue colour from indigo dyeing. It also discusses the differences between natural and synthetic indigo as well as the differences between rope dyeing and slasher dyeing.

Denim glossary - bartack

The Durable and Practical Defining Features of Jeans

Blue jeans are not like other trousers. A set of defining features differentiate them.

This member resource looks into four defining features that make jeans durable and practical.

Read it here!

There are two other posts in this series, which you’ll find here.

Paul Kruize making patterns

How Jeans Are Made: Design and Development

Making jeans is a 3-step process. First, they’re designed and developed. Then, they’re cut and sewn. And, lastly, if the jeans aren’t ‘raw’ (also known as ‘unwashed’), they’re washed and treated at an industrial laundry.

This popular member resource explains the design and development stage of making jeans.

Learn how jeans are designed here.

You can also learn about the two other production stages here.

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How the Japanese Pioneered Heritage Fashion

The history of jeans stretches back hundreds of years, and there are certain key events that you must know if you work with denim and jeans.

Arguably the most important events within the past couple of decades were how the Japanese pioneered and created heritage fashion.

Learn all about it here.

To get the complete overview of the history of jeans, you’ll find all the blog posts and member resources on the topic here.

Other blog posts and member resources you might find interesting:

  • How Jeans Are Made: Cut and Sew
  • How To Repair Your Jeans and Why You Should!
  • How to Find Jeans Suppliers
  • How Denim Is Made: Weaving
  • How the Osaka Five Pioneered Japanese and Heritage Denim

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