Denimhunters is a digital denim destination. Since 2011, we’ve helped denim lovers make educated buying decisions in the pursuit of timeless and adaptable wardrobes stocked with well-made essentials.
With our Raw Denim guides, The Rebel Essentials, and our Well-Made Essentials, we will help you find the best of raw selvedge jeans, leather boots, denim jackets, heavy flannels, and much more. Start your hunt with the guides below.
RAW SELVEDGE JEANS
Looking for the bar-none best pair of selvedge jeans? You’ve got options. We’ve cut it down to a dozen makers of the best men’s selvedge jeans.
DENIM SHIRTS
A well-faded raw denim shirt is a grail for most denimheads. But it’s tougher to fade than your jeans. Here’re 20 shirts worth the work.
DENIM JACKETS
If you need a jacket that can stand the cold and look great for decades, this buying guide is the perfect place to start your hunt.
Slim Pickings: The Best of Slim-Fitting Selvedge Jeans
If you’re looking for the absolute best-fitting pair of jeans that can also fade beautifully, these pairs should be at the top of your list.
Small-Dollar Selvedge: These Jeans Are Worth Every Penny
Selvedge jeans don’t have to break the bank. We’ve rounded up the best budget raw denim—perfect for your first pair or your next daily driver.
Ditching Heavyweight Denim? Guide to Lightweight Selvedge
Discover comfort in true denim style with the best lightweight raw denim jeans. Ideal for all seasons and styles, and primed for great fades.
Getting Some Iron Heart Jeans? Read This Before You Buy
Iron Heart sets the standard for heavyweight selvedge denim. This guide walks you through the brand’s signature fabrics, fits, and details so you can choose the right pair.
Ready to Wear: One-Washed Unsanforized Jeans
Get the best of unsanforized selvedge without the sizing risks with these brands that specialize in one-washed unsanforized selvedge.
Pocket Rocket: Tellason Coverall Review
In a world of reproductions, Tellason go their own rugged way. Their iconic Coverall Jacket is a stylish and rugged true-blue original.
Iron in the Fire: 500 Days in Iron Heart’s IHSH-33 Denim Shirt
Is Iron Heart’s iconic IHSH-33 selvedge western shirt the best denim shirt in the game? In this review, we put it to the test to find out.
Batter’s Up: Full Count Shirts and Jackets for Redline
Looking for a made-to-fade denim shirt or jacket? Start your hunt with this hand-picked selection of Full Count shirts and jackets.
Slice and Dice: Samurai’s Best Made-to-Fade Shirts and Jackets
Experienced faders know that Samurai shirts and jackets fade like nothing else. Here are six made-to-fade and rally-ready Samurai shirts and jackets.
Exploring Nudie’s Jeans Fits and Japanese Selvedge Denims
Thomas takes a look at the best Nudie Jeans in essential fits and Japanese selvedge denim. This guide is for both newcomers and enthusiasts looking for quality jeans from the influential Swedish brand.
The Magnificent Seven: Iron Heart’s Best Made-to-Fade Shirts and Jackets
Iron Heart fans are spoiled for choice when it comes to made-to-fade shirts and jackets. These seven well-made pieces should be at the top of your list.
Flannel Roundup: The Best of Heavy and Well-Made Flannels
Up your cold-weather fashion game with one of the best flannels that money can buy. This list guides you to our favourite well-made flannels.
Unsinkable Style: Who Makes the Best N1, Peacoat, and Duffel?
Naval jackets like the peacoat, the N1, and duffel coat offer the best (and most stylish) protection you can find against the elements.
Anchors Aweigh! The Best Naval-Inspired Outerwear of 2024
The falling leaves bring with them a host of new serious cool-weather and cold-weather outerwear from some of our favourite rugged brands.
The Best Work Boots and Engineers Money Can Buy
Boots make or break the outfit. If you’re looking for the best heritage boots from the world’s best bootmakers, you’ll find them on this list.
Knit Picking: How Samurai Has Revived Japanese Cotton
Starting with a single pair of $10,000 jeans in 2013, the Samurai Cotton Project is taking Japanese workwear back to basics with a line of sweats, tees, and denims made with Japanese cotton.
Sailor’s Iron: A Salty Assortment of Seaworthy Sweaters
Fishermen know a thing or two about how to keep the wind and water at bay. Here are our all-time favourite versions of the classic fisherman’s sweater.
American-Made Selvedge Jeans for $99? I Was Sceptical Too
What I found when I finally handled Gustin’s selvedge jeans—plus Tellason’s new sneakers, a cashmere-soft tee, and some thoughts on pre-washed jeans.
These Sneakers Make More Sense Than You Might Think
Tellason’s new collaboration with Italian sneaker maker Valsport is easy to wear with raw denim without looking like a denim-themed shoe. And, given Tony and Pete’s history with sneakers, the collaboration makes perfect sense.
These $99 Selvedge Jeans Are Way Better Than Expected
Gustin’s crowdfunding model promises American-made selvedge at unusually low prices. I review the brand’s core fabrics, fits, construction, and pricing model to see whether the value proposition really holds up.
Is Google’s New Search My Biggest Challenge in 15 Years?
Google is changing how people find information online—and that could have serious consequences for independent sites like Denimhunters.
Why KATO Thinks Raw Denim Doesn’t Have to Hurt
From stretch selvedge to heavyweight fabrics, KATO’s approach questions some of raw denim’s most accepted trade-offs.
The Jeans That Made Heavyweight Denim Wearable
Iron Heart’s legendary 634S is finally back in stock, I’ve reopened pre-orders for the WL#2 Slim Fit, Gustin runs a big Memorial Weekend sale, and I revisit a detail that’s defined blue jeans.
This Denim Scene Still Doesn’t Get Enough Attention
This week’s DH Weekly looks at Southeast Asian denim with Nick from Stridewise, plus rugby shirts, Oni Secret Black denim, and Piger Works.
Try, Try Again: A Pair of Pitch-Perfect Rugby Shirts
Looking for the best rugby shirts? In this guide, we look at two hard-wearing options that pair perfectly with heavy selvedge and timeless menswear style.
How to Wash Raw Denim and Why You Should (S01E15)
In this episode, Jake and I talk about denim care and how to wash jeans. We discuss the pros and cons of never or at least very infrequent washing, as well as the different washing methods we recommend.
How to Wash Raw Denim (and Every Other Kind of Jeans)
How we wash our jeans sometimes feels like a complicated form of art. If selling jeans is part of your job but don’t provide the right washing guidance, you can get in serious trouble.
The two step-by-step washing guides and the ‘‘3-question tool for better jeans washing guidance’ in this article will help you determine what kind of washing advice your customers need.
How To Make Raw Denim Last Longer [Video Guide]
When you wear raw denim for months without washing it, you often wear out the denim much quicker than what you might expect.
After a lot of trial and error, I discovered that I could make my raw denim last longer AND get great fades with this super simple denim care trick.
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.
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.
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.
How Denim Went From Workwear to Fashion Statement
Storytelling is a great way to get your customer excited about what you’re selling and to demonstrate your competency. The hard part is not telling the story, it’s how you tie it together with the specific features and benefits of what you’re selling. That’s what this article helps you do.
How the Japanese Pioneered Heritage Fashion
In this 4th part of my series about the history of jeans, you’ll learn how the Japanese built a cult around Americana, which evolved into heritage fashion.
An Overview of the Four Eras Jeans History
When you’re selling jeans, you’re selling history! That’s why it’s crucial to know at least the key facts of the history of jeans when you work with denim and jeans. And that’s what this blog post teaches.
The Durable and Practical Defining Features of Jeans
In this first episode of the series about the defining features of jeans, I look at four features that originally served practical purposes, and how those purposes have changed.
The Defining Features That Help Us Keep Our Jeans Up
In this free guide, I will look at all of the features that jeans makers use—and have used—to make our jeans fit right, and more importantly, not fall down while you’re wearing them.
Purchasing Power: Labels That Highlight The Pedigree of Your Jeans
When we look for new jeans, there’s much more than the colour and fit to take into consideration. In this article, I’ll be looking specifically at the labels that appear on premium denim, and the semiotic and semantic power that such labels carry.
The Denim Encyclopedia by Denimhunters is a knowledge base with answers to frequently asked questions about denim and jeans, as well as explanations of how denim and jeans are made.
The Encyclopedia is divided into sections, each with its own homepage where its entries are listed with brief descriptions and links to read more. The Encyclopedia is continuously updated with new entries.
DENIM EXPLAINED
This section of the Encyclopedia is home to everything that relates specifically to the denim fabric. You’ll find answers to all your questions about denim and how it’s made.
JEANS ANATOMY
Many of the features that define blue jeans started as pragmatic solutions to the problems. Here you’ll find answers to questions about the details of jeans and how they’re made.
VOCABULARY
Every business has its own vocabulary. This section lists and explains the most common and frequently used terms from the world and jeans and denim.
A-Z
Here you’ll find all entries of the Denim Encyclopedia in alphabetical order. Each entry is explained briefly – you can read more by clicking the link.
Cuffing is not only a practical way of making your jeans shorter without having to cut and sew, it also looks great.
This guide explains the eight most common ways to cuff your jeans.
If you need to wash your jeans, but you don’t want to change the way they look, wash them by hand.
It’s the most gentle way you can wash your jeans because there is less agitation, which less risk of unwanted creases.
In this section of the Denim Encyclopedia, we investigate and debunk the myths about how to wash raw denim, including not washing for 6 months, ocean washing, dry cleaning and more.
