The Jeans Of Taciturnli - 101
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"Jeans" doesn't just refer to the typical denim work pants. It generally refers to a special type of trousers with two slanted pockets on the front, one of which contains a small patch pocket, and two patch pockets on the back, reinforced with rivets at the pocket openings.
In 1871, an American tailor named Jacob W. Davis used copper rivets to reinforce the pockets of denim work pants. This design became what we now call jeans.
Due to the characteristics of denim, areas of jeans that experience frequent friction will lighten with wear, revealing the natural color of the cotton. The aging of jeans also varies from person to person, influenced by the wearer's environment, type of work, and usage habits.
TACITURNLI uses denim of varying weights and dyes, and designs jeans in a variety of widths, lengths, and cuts. We hope everyone can find the right jeans for their needs, both in their lives and in their journeys.
Denim, commonly known as denim, is a sturdy, thick, twill cotton fabric commonly used to make jeans.
Denim, a precursor to coarse blue cloth, has been used in India for centuries. The word "denim" comes from the French city of Nîmes, "serge de Nimes," from which it evolved. Traditional denim is typically dark blue, but it fades with wear and friction, creating a unique effect that fades from dark to light. This is because the yarn used to make denim is dyed with indigo.
Indigo is an ancient dye used in textile dyeing. The process involves extracting a natural dye from certain plant leaves and treating it to change its water-insoluble properties. After the dye is immersed in fabric and exposed to air, it adheres to the surface of the fibers. Friction between the fibers causes the indigo to fall off. Color fading refers to the characteristic aging and discoloration of denim.
Traditional denim has a red selvage on the edge of the fabric, which is commonly known as "selvage". The selvage is there to prevent the fabric from fraying, pulling or curling. Only old-fashioned shuttle looms can weave denim with traditional red selvage.
In addition, ounces (oz) are the unit of measurement for the weight of denim. Denim weighing 12oz and below is considered light and thin, denim weighing 12-16oz is considered medium thickness, and denim weighing over 16oz is considered heavy and thick.
The 101, TACITURNLI's first jeans, was first launched in 2014. Since then, it has been released in numerous versions and refined over the years, appearing in nearly every year's collection. The 101 logo is red, a symbol we hope represents classicism. The jeans are also numbered in a unique way: the thickness of the font reflects the loose or slim fit, while the color of the number reflects the style's aesthetic.
What we usually call "one wash" for jeans refers to the process of washing the entire jeans with clean water after they are sewn. This can remove the starch, and at the same time the product will have a natural wrinkle feel, and feel softer and more friendly. Another function is to prevent secondary shrinkage.
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The "HVTG.WASH" of jeans means that they have been washed many times and at the same time, they have been manually polished and aged to give them a natural and rustic aged effect, just like a pair of jeans that have been used for many years and naturally bear the traces of time.
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Interestingly, the practice of selling washed jeans as a new product wasn't pioneered by the Americans, the inventors of jeans. Instead, when American jeans entered the Japanese market in the 1950s and 1960s, sales of traditional jeans slumped because Japanese consumers found the hard texture of the material difficult to accept. Later, a jeans manufacturer in Okayama, Japan, inadvertently washed freshly made jeans in water. The washed jeans became less hard, sparking the development of the water-washing process.
