9 Southeast Asian Raw Denim Brands You Should Know AboutÂ
Japanese denim may dominate the conversation, but brands across Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam are building a thriving selvedge scene of their own.
Nick English
Nick English is the founder and editor of Stridewise, where he has spent nearly a decade covering boots, jeans, and casual menswear.
He began his media career producing articles and videos about humanitarian projects in India and Kenya before winding up in New York City, where he spent a decade covering public health, nutrition, and fitness for outlets like Men's Health and Popular Science.
This laid the groundwork for Stridewise, which began as a side hustle to explore his passion for boots and eventually grew into a resource that has brought him to boot workshops, clothing factories, and leather tanneries in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Spain, England, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, France, and Australia.
He also manages two other businesses: Bad Leather Goods, which makes leather products from the hides of invasive feral hogs, and Wise Goods, which sells apparel from underrepresented heritage menswear brands from Southeast Asia.