Acid washing (also known as Marble Wash/Moon Wash/Snow Wash) Practice in which pumice stones soaked in chlorine are tumbled with jeans in the dryer to etch white highlights into denim.

An antique effect means that denim finish is achieved by sanding, washing and by hand making new jeans look aged. Due to ring spun yarn personality the surface is never without irregularities, sometimes these small details make the denim look almost vintage. read more..

Buddy Lee was introduced in 1920 by denim brand Lee and is a ceramic doll wearing Lee’s overalls. The promotion grew in popularity, and later more garments, uniforms, etc. added. However, Lee stopped producing the doll in 1962. Read more..

A 3×1 twill weave piece dyed fabric, made from coarse yarns. Weights can vary from 9 ozs/sq yard up to the standard 14 ozs/sq yard. Read more..

Child labour defined by the UNICEF: work that exceeds a minimum number of hours, depending on the age of a child and on the type of work. Such work is considered harmful to the child and should therefore be eliminated. It’s also defined in the ILO Convention; It is work that children should not be doing because they are too young to work, or – if they are old enough to work – because it is dangerous or otherwise unsuitable for them. Read more..

Fabric made with a blue cotton warp and white cotton filling. Denim was originally called serge de Nimes because it was produced in Nimes, France. Hard-wearing material. Originally it was used as working clothes like overalls and jeans. Read more..

With millions of blue jeans being used and thrown away every year, most going into landfills, it is important to incorporate recycling or reusing of denim materials into the overall development process. Read more..

Dry jeans are another name for ridged or raw denim, unwashed with a deep indigo coloured. Jeans made of dry denim are made to be worn in order to fit perfectly adding the personal touch to the jeans. When wearing it a long time the uniqueness of indigo denim develops faded areas was the Jean’s folding creases. Read more..

Enzyme Washing is the use of cellulose enzymes to soften the jeans and lighten a colour. The cellulosic are used because they loosen up the indigo dye in the denim. The main purpose of the enzyme wash is to make the denim appear worn, rugged, broken in and used. Read more..

Fair to Middling Fair to Middling is the name for the grade of cotton (cotton grading) usually used for the spinning of yarn used for production of denim fabric.  

This is when a yellow-green sulphuric is used in the indigo dye.

Hemming of legs of jeans can often be a complicated process, with embroidered and beads creating patterns inlaid in the hemming. However, it can be simple by using different colored threads to do the hemming. This creates a striking look even for casual jeans with the connection of colors on both sides of the denim cloth.

Indigo – the primary use for indigo is as a dye for cotton yarn, which is mainly for the production of denim cloth for blue jeans. On average, a pair of blue jean trousers requires 3 – 12 g of indigo. Small amounts are used for dyeing wool and silk. Read more..

Synthetic indigo is a substance created from benzene derivatives from petroleum, a fossil fuel that most of us realize is not in limitless supply. The benzene has to be treated chemicals, including hydrogen cyanide, to make it into indigo dye. Read more..

Laser treatment is a textile finishing is a method used to fade denim fabric by producing patters such as dots, lines, text and symbols. With the use of the large system of lenses and mirrors beams the laser and expands its projections when it passes through a hole with desired shapes. Read more..

A fabric weaves where the twill line runs from the top left hand corner of the fabric towards the bottom right. Usually in piece dyed fabrics, left hand twill fabrics are woven from single plied yarns in the warp. Read more..

he denims most people are familiar with is Open End Denim. The term Open End Denim describes the yarn used to weave the denim. About 17 years ago, a process that was more economical and produced a more consistent yarn thickness. Read more..

Overall is a one-piece garment style usually made from denim or canvas fabric; a pant with a bib top and suspenders over shoulders and back. Originally, a work wear product.

Pre-shrunk means the denim has been penetrated to make sure that the garment will shrink less than 3% in washing. And that’s just a technical way of saying that washing your jeans should not affect the fit of the garment