Discover the best vintage jeans, stylist-favorite recycled denim, and upcycled options helping to bring new life to the twill trouser.
producing a couple of pounds of new cotton requires almost 8,000 gallons of water. That’s a hundred times as much water as it would take for the same weight in tomatoes. Next, the dying and distressing processes specific torequire even more water, more toxins, more energy, more waste. When said waste is so often created in an effort to make denim look like it’s vintage, going directly to the source starts to make sense.
Of course, the term “vintage” has become rather flexible. Technically, twenty years need to pass for an item to be considered true vintage, though nostalgia is building for pieces that are barely a decade old in our age of constant newness and abbreviated attention spans. To mix it up further, design houses are creatingnew pieces by reworking old jeans, like Marques'Almeida’s raw-edged patchwork pieces, while Kara’s bestselling crystal-strap Cobra Camera bag is handmade from preworn denim.
Below, the best vintage jeans, stylist-favorite recycled denim, and upcycled options helping to bring new life to the twill trouser.For vintage Levi’s jeans, there’s a spectrum to consider. Some of the best pieces to invest in are untouched 501s or ’90s boyfriend cuts that stand the test of time, and brands like Re/Done and Etsy sellers alike have figured out a sweet spot for customers who want that look, but updated.
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