Hsaing Chin Moe of Kapital World Movie – Exclusive Interview
Even with the colossal impact and hyper growth of social media, blogs, and other technology, look books have always held their place in the fashion world. Part art, part science; they serve as a...
View ArticleFade Friday – Lee 101S (1 year, 1 rinse, 0 washes)
A little over a year ago, we covered the Lee Dry Denim Survival Weekend, where a handful Euro denimheads put the jeans to the test during two days in the wilderness. One of those select survivalists...
View ArticleCult of Individuality Future Vintage Fading Contest
LA-based denim label Cult of Individuality is going all out on a fading contest starting this October. Cult wants to see how their raw denim breaks in, fades, and ages with the different personalities...
View ArticleThursday Boot Co. Diplomat – Boot Review
High-end boot manufacturers like Alden, Viberg, and Dayton are well renowned for their history and construction, as well as their slim and classic stylings that straddle the line between serious work...
View ArticleMatias Sandoval of MATiAS Denim – Exclusive Interview
Many brands these day play up their “heritage” as much as possible, how they revitalized some long forgotten production process or fabric to put the apparel industry back on the right track. Not so...
View ArticleRawr Denim Halloween – Choose Your Own Adventure
BEWARE and WARNING! This Rawr Denim article is different from all other Rawr Denim articles, for YOU and YOU ALONE are in charge of what happens. There are dangers, choices, adventures, and...
View ArticleWorking Titles: The Shining
As the days get shorter, the nights get colder, and venturing outside becomes more painful than pleasant, one movie always reminds me I could have it so much worse. Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of...
View ArticleRawr Denim Podcast #1: Eli Cox of Berkeley Supply
When we do interviews there’s always so much that gets left on the table, so much deeper that we could go, but that won’t fit on the page–so we decided to make a podcast! Starting today, we’ll be...
View ArticleFade Friday – Lee 101Z 23oz. (21 months, 0 washes, 0 soaks)
It’s not often we revisit a pair of jeans for a second update. Achieving Fade Friday status usually means taking denim to a point well past retirement. But there are a select few that keep going well...
View ArticleWorking Titles: No Country For Old Men
The angel of death wears a trucker jacket and the worst Beatle mop you’ve ever seen. That’s Anton Chigurh, cinema’s most systematic cold-hearted killer since The Terminator. Anton is the antagonist in...
View ArticleKnow Your Soles: The 8 Most Common Options
If you haven’t heard the hacky salesman pitch about buying quality on what separates you from the earth, you’re about to hear it now, “Spend money on what goes between you and the ground: mattresses,...
View ArticleRawr Denim’s Thanksgiving Buckle Outfit
Today is the day we come together and celebrate the joining of Pilgrims and the Indians for Thanksgiving, at least it is in the United States. The Pilgrims had buckles–on their hats, shoes, belts, and...
View ArticleFade Friday – Nudie Gunnar Shirt Organic Dry (5.5 months, 1 wash, 1 soak)
If the photos from this week’s Fade Friday look a little familiar, relax, you haven’t gone denim crazy. They’re coming from Rawr Denim Forum user Zin, whose IH-666s were featured last month. But at the...
View ArticleWorking Titles – Dallas Buyers Club
We’re in the middle of what’s been called the “McConaissance”, the glorious period where Matthew McConaughey’s acting talents and onscreen charisma have finally reached mainstream acceptance. After...
View ArticleFade Friday – Gustin Heavy American (7 months, 3 washes, 0 soaks)
Some of us are denim masochists, torturing ourselves with the tightest, stiffest, most uncomfortable pants imaginable. Then there are denim sadists, who prefer it the other way around–inflicting pain...
View ArticleRawr Denim Podcast #2: Andrew Chen of 3sixteen and Self Edge
It’s time for our next iteration of the Rawr Denim Podcast, the online radio show where we sit down with some of the biggest names in the heritage and denim space. Today’s episode features our friend...
View ArticleFade Friday – Big John M1 Gunjo (3 years, 3 soaks, 0 washes)
Fade Friday is upon us again, and this week’s iteration has been three years in the making. In late 2011, Mayari Mailoa picked up this pair of Big John’s and they became his second skin. He wore them...
View ArticleThe Worst of Raw Denim – Volume 1
Here at Rawr Denim, we work very hard to bring you the best of what the worlds of raw denim and heritage clothing have to offer. But in order to do that, we have to wade through a lot of crap. Most of...
View ArticleRawr Denim’s Last Minute Gift Guide
So it’s December 16th and you’ve waited til “nine ladies dancing” to even think about getting gifts. Don’t worry, we did too. That’s why we’re here with our down to the wire suggestions. All of the...
View ArticleThe Humble History of the Sneaker
You’ve probably owned at least a dozen pairs over the course of your life, but it’s hardly been a hundred years since they’ve been around. Sneakers, trainers, tennis shoes, plimsolls – whatever you...
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