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Inside the Yukon

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:05:07 +0000

Made in USA Shield on Rising Sun Yukon jeans

The Rising Sun Yukon jean offers clean finished interior seams by evoking master tailoring methods of yore. Often this involves tricky pattern shapes and folds that today’s mass production factories consider too time consuming to utilize. In producing Rising Sun jeans we found no room for compromise.

Clean finished details and lined waistband and fly

Clean finished inside with selvage detail

Preview of New Slim Boot Cut

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:07:28 +0000

Preview of the new Ride'Em slim bootcut

By popular demand we are working on a slim boot fit for men. The Ride’em is the selvage jean for the man who appreciates some of the best needlework available in a slimmer, modern fit. They will not be available until next season but here is an early preview.

View of the silhouette

Back of Ride'em jean

Back pocket. Hidden rivets? Check.

Small batch of Ride'em jeans

A Stitch in Time

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:01:06 +0000

Each stitch on a pair of Rising Sun Blacksmith jeans is at once meticulously researched and totally unpredictable before sewing. Everything from the stitches per inch to the sewing sequence are crucial to creating garments that invoke nostalgia and vintage workwear designs. Despite this careful thought process the stitches on each pair are unique due to the inconsistent characters antique sewing machines create. The old single needle sewing machine we use on the Blacksmith jeans create the beautiful, irregular stitches we love.

The resulting effect is a type of American folk art aesthetic that when viewed through the lenses of say, “wabi sabi,” of finding beauty in imperfection, can be profoundly beautiful. This coupled with the special way our selvage denim and threads fade makes the Blacksmith a one of a kind homage to the living and ever-changing article of clothing that is a pair of jeans.