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.
Best Lightweight Selvedge Jeans: A Denim Expert’s Guide
Everything you need to know about lightweight selvedge denim—from true lightweights under 12 oz. to borderline fabrics that wear easier than the spec suggests.
Battleready Blues: Denim Shirts That Are Made to Fade
A well-faded raw denim shirt is a grail for most denimheads. But it’s tougher to fade than your jeans. These shirts are worth the work.
Not Getting Any Fades? Try These Fast-Fading Selvedge Jeans
Want raw denim fades without months of heavy wear? These jeans fade faster thanks to smart dyeing, lighter fabric, and forgiving weaves.
The Best and Toughest Heavyweight Selvedge Jeans
Heavyweight denim isn’t just fabric—it’s a test of patience, comfort, and commitment. This guide breaks down what makes it special, why it’s worth the struggle, and which brands are doing it best.
Omoto Jeans, Thinking About Getting Some? Read This First
Seeing Omoto jeans everywhere? Here’s what actually matters—fits, denims, sizing, and buying notes—before you jump on the Omoto bandwagon.
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.
A Little Bit Extra: Big John XXXX-Extra Review
Big John have done it again! The Big John XXXX-Extra jeans prove that the Japanese pioneers do middleweight selvedge denim better than most.
Cuts Like a Katana: Samurai Jeans Fit Guide
A favourite brand for those seeking fast-fading heavyweights, Samurai Jeans boast some of the hardest and heaviest raws around.
Gustin Time: The Selvedge Brand Worth Waiting For
Since 2013, Gustin’s low-cost crowdsourced model has drawn crowds of denimheads. Patience is expected, but we think these jeans are worth waiting for.
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.
Bay Area Beauties: Five Iconic Pieces from Tellason
In this Tellason buying guides we look at five of the brand’s definitive pieces: Their jeans, fatigue pants, Coverall jacket, chambray shirt, and their Type III jacket.
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 Loopwheeled T-Shirts Money Can Buy
The best loopwheeled T-shirts: With expert advice from Thomas, this guide helps you find the perfect high-quality basic for your wardrobe.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How Do You Know If a T-Shirt Is Really Loopwheeled?
Tubular construction doesn’t prove a T-shirt is loopwheeled. Here’s what does, three tees I’d buy with confidence, and a look at how far Weirloom has moved since its first trade show.
Why Loopwheeled T-Shirts Are Only the Starting Point
Loopwheeled used to feel like the deep end. In this issue, I’m looking at what comes after it—and what happens when once-niche denim knowledge moves further into the mainstream.
This New Waffle Sweater Shows What Comes After Loopwheeled
Iron Heart’s new IHSW-86 waffle sweater leads us beyond the familiar loopwheel tee, through heavyweight thermals, 11 oz. knits and 14 oz. sweats.
Why Your White T-Shirt Shouldn’t Look Best on Day One
James O’Neill joins Denimhunters with a fresh take on the white T-shirt, plus sashiko repairs, super heavyweight denim and five things worth your attention.
Sashiko for Selvedge: A Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide
No sewing experience needed. This covers everything you need to start doing sashiko repairs on your jeans—even your heavy selvedge ones.
The Search for the Perfect White T-Shirt
Eight white T-shirts worth keeping—from lightweight Sunspel to double-heavyweight Wonder Looper. Built to last and chosen by someone who looked hard.
The One Thing Only Super Heavyweight Denim Can Do
There’s something only super heavyweight selvedge can do to your fades. Here’s what it is, why it happens, and where to start your own journey.
Why Raw Denim Becomes a Hobby, Passion, and Obsession
Raw denim gets personal when the fades are yours. This week: Indigo Invitational finals, Japanese selvedge, heavyweight jeans, sales and more.
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.
4 Raw Denim Care Myths That Aren’t All Busted
With raw denim’s spread from niches to masses, several myths about raw denim care have taken hold in the public conscious. As a result, you might be getting really bad advice about how to best take care of your jeans.
This member resource discusses why these 4 raw denim care myths aren’t totally busted: soaking in vinegar, tumble drying, dry cleaning, and the bathtub soak.
3 Popular Raw Denim Care Myths That’re Totally Busted
When it comes to raw denim care, there’s no shortage of false assumptions and myths. In this member resource, I bust three of the most common ones; freezing your jeans, washing them in the ocean, and waiting six months before you wash.
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.
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.
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.
How Designer Jeans Broke Through the Mainstream
In this part 2 of my history of jeans overview, you’ll learn how ‘designer jeans’ broke through the mainstream, plus how to tell the story when you’re selling.
The Branded Defining Features That Differentiate Makers
In this second episode of the series about the defining features of jeans, I look at how small, yet iconic elements have made the jean what it is today.
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.
The Reason Why Jeans Have Rivets [Video Guide]
Rivets are a key defining feature of blue jeans. They were introduced in the early 1870s as a simple and durable solution to an urgent need for durability. In this video guide, I explain the origins of rivets.
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.
