PINSTRIPING By MOLASAKI

ITALIAN LAMSKIN LEATHER

RED LISTING SELVEGE JEANS

ART OF FREEHAND By NIW'SLVS Inked By MOLASAKI

NIW'SLVS JEANS with SELVEGE BELT LOOP

TRASHED OUT

This is a pair of BOSSINI jeans I had since i was like 14 or so ...had good years of skateboarding with and on the rigs as well..nicely faded what more can i say ..It was raw when i bought it. and it costs like 20sgd or so. Have fun!!
Molasaki

KOLOR BRAID by NIW'SLVS

Leathercraft By Joop and NIW'SLVS

By MOLASAKI

LIGHT

HAVING LIGHT GETS YOU OUT OF THE DARK BUT IF YOU HAVE LIGHT IN YOUR HEART IT GETS YOU FURTHER...

SELVEGES

By MOLASAKI

NIW'SLVS IMPERFECTIONS JEANS

NIW'SLVS PRESENTS IMPERFECTION JEANS. IT FEATURES RAW AMERICAN MADE RED LINE SELVEGE
DENIM. SELVEGE AT COIN POCKETS,BUTTON FLY AND REGULAR FITTING. YELLOW ITALIAN LAMB SKIN LEATHER IS HEAT STAMPED BY MOLASAKI INDIVIDUALLY AND SEWN ON TO REFLECT IMPERFECTIONS IN OUR LIFES, SO DOES THE FADING OF THE JEANS AS THEY AGE.IT FEATURES NO RIVETS AND ARE BUTTON FLY.THEY ARE PROUDLY HANDCRAFTED IN SINGAPORE. HAVE FUN!!

NIW'SLVS MADE SELVEGE FABRIC

40 year old fabric scissors

NIW'SLVS SELFVEGE SHORTS

These are raw selfvege denim shorts for the ladies. It features buttonfly,flannel cotton pockets,selvege coin pocket and cinch on the back just in case you gals loose weght. Buttons are prefered to zipper as raw delvege denim shrinks.It is fully hancrafted even the leather patch is cut and designed by local artisan JOOP and sewn on by hand by MOLASAKI. For care please refer to raw denim guide on the pages.

IPHONE POUCHES

These are individually handcrafted by NIW'slvs. Made of 14oz 100% natural cotton and lined with American cotton flannel plaid. Fully washable and nice to the touch.

IF IT IS DENIM IT'S EDWIN

RAW TO RAGS

Here's an image what really happen to the jeans from original state to what it is now..
These are a pair of Type 1 STRONGEST THREAD JEANS by LEVI'S..and I own. I wore them hard like how jeans should be worn and voila!! Those whiskering patterns were truly mine..had those for like 5 or 6 years..They'll be hung to rest now. Have fun!

CARHARRT BIBS

NIW'slvs

SELF EDGE

Listings,red lines,selfedge or selvedges what ever we call them but it all refers to the self edging fabric that has won popularity among the history of jeans today. Such fabrics made for denim is highly priced as the old looms that made these fabric might have dated for as long as the 1800's of course the wooden ones...To remake these self edge denim fabrics many have gone to old factories to restore the shuttle looms of the 50's and also the 20's. As these are old machines and they can only produce 30"
of fabric, it was costly and time consuming. They can only produce so much fabric at a time. Nowadays looms can be of 60" in width and is also producing much faster results compared to the prior. Jeans are a very essential part of our lives, there has to a time when we will only wear one favourite pair of jeans for a very long time even though we have a few others. It's more than just clothing it's part of us.
We will all still be finding the perfect fit and some of us will be lucky and some not. Raw denim has always been a significant part of my life, when i was younger my mum would always say that jeans will shrink and always buy bigger...but in the 90's it was hard to find raw unwashed denim here and stonewashes started to get in the market so the raw denim moved to make way for the millions of washed denim brands. Not to say self edges. I don't really remember having selfedges when i was younger but there has always been a certain mystery with the selfedges denim. It's interesting, intriguing. It takes a lot of appreciation and patience for the making of these fabrics. As most old generations will say old jeans will last longer and it's true because older vintage jeans are made of heavy cotton for example jeans nowadays is made from 8oz of cotton while jeans in the older days are made from 14 to 16oz of cotton per yard, naturally it will take longer for it to rip as it waill be almost two times thicker. reason for the are as jeans, dungerees and duck cotton were actually uniforms for sailors, riggers ,coal miners and most hard labour jobs.During that times of rough work jeans were really suitable to keep you safe, as I am a rigger myself...jeans for me are work gears. I will not give any kind of mercy for any pair that I own. I go to work,ride and basicly everywhere with it. But i do have a bad habit of not washing my jeans eh..but that is really how raw jeans should be treated.Weird huh! What makes these selfedges jeans special and fetch a high price for it today is because it is made exacly like how the olden day jeans were made,using the old revived shuttle looms of the 20's thru the 60's. The fabric are limited due to slow production but it a very very good quality fabric denim as the fabric will be much tighter and it won't expand as fast as the jeans of today. In the Levi's LVC all the jeans with the year on it is actually reproduce to match exactly how it was made in the year stated,using the original cone mills redline selvege denim!!The leather tags,rivets and also the fabric itself. It's not easy produce jeans that was made like 100 years ago and Levi's did it!! Nice huh, with the BIG 'E' all that stuffs. They even reproduce 501 jeans that was made in 1890 super vintage...Above all for me personally I'd rather pay a high price for these selfedges jeans rather than buying TAG BRANDED jeans as I know where the money is going to. The OLD SHUTTLE LOOMS and the way they make the jeans!! I mean look it's made from 12 thru 16oz of cotton and it's gonna last me for a very long time!! Even better it's gonna be a true vintage in the next 10 years and forver will be. New shuttle looms can't equal to the quality if older shuttle looms..as they say older is wiser, and it doesn't hurt as the raging colour of the redlines can always be an eye turner!!
Have fun!

LEATHER WALLET

MADE OF 100% COW LEATHER, NICE COLOUR I'VE ALWAYS LOVED NATURAL COLOURS. THIS WALLET FEATURES 4 CARD SLOTS, TWO MONEY SLOTS FITS $50 DOLLAR BILLS NICELY. THIS WALLET IS HAND MADE AND TAKES PATIENCE , SKILLS AND EVRYTHING ELSE..NOT MUCH WORDS TO SAY EXCEPT VERY NICE...U CAN LEAVE ME A MAIL IF YOU GUYS OR GALS WANT TO BUY IT..GOING FOR 100.00SGD

MY ED 47 RAINBOW SELVEGE

Honeycombs

REFLECT YOUR LIFE.........

LEFT HAND TWILL DENIM

THESE PICS ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF LEFT HAND TWILL DENIM. THIS PAIR WAS ACTUALLY A DAMN BAGGY FIT JEANS BUT I CUT IT INTO BERMUDAS. HAD THIS PAIR FOR 16 YEARS NOW AND THE DARK COLOUR STILL REMAIN NOT BECAUSE I RARELY WEAR THEM BUT RATHER NOT BEEN TO THE WASHER ENOUGH!! BUT LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF THE FABRIC, IT STARTS FROM THE LEFT HAND SIDE DOWN TO THE RIGHT DIAGONALLY RATHER THEN THE USUAL RIGHTY. THE JEANS WAS DESIGN BUY GEORGES MARCIANO AND THE LABEL WAS 'YES' AND TRULY IT'S MADE IN THE U.S.A. WE DON'T GET MUCH JEANS MADE FROM THERE ANYMORE EH!

MY EDWIN SEN VINTAGE BLUE

My EDWIN SEN SELVEGE WASH BLUE. Nice whiskering on the fronts and pockets. What is really interesting is the colour. Its looks more like rusted, dirty than faded blue,
one really unique wash again from the masters and inventors of washes...EDWIN CO.
Cheers!!

RAW DENIM

Denim Care Guide

A bit of advice on how to care for your dry denim, how to wash, dry and store and how to deal with the complications of shrinkage ...

Dry Denim

Dry denim is at its very best in a raw state – left unwashed the cotton becomes an organic map of its wearer’s body and a record in fabric of their story.

Particular abrasion patterns, locations of wear and whiskering will appear over time as the fabric shifts and settles; the longer the denim is kept dry the more developed and indelible these coveted features become.

Knees, ankles and crotch will develop wear and fading, which can be accelerated with grease or oil treatments. With this in mind, raw denim’s first wash should be put off for as long as possible (if it has to happen at all). 6 months is considered the optimum time to let natural creases consolidate in the fabric but many true denim aficionados opt out of washing their raw denim altogether. Stuffing pockets with tumble dryer sheets or hanging jeans outside over night are ways to combat smell without compromising the true nature of raw denim.

Washing (if you must)

Use as little soap as possible and if you can find a neutral or non-biological washing powder use this. Biological washing powder contains enzymes best avoided to preserve your denim. Don’t tumble dry. Even if you want shrinkage tumble drying doesn’t guarantee an even reduction. Re-shaping when wet is better. To maintain consistent colour dry indigo jeans flat. The dye can ‘marble’ when it’s wet if the denim’s resting unevenly.

Dry thoroughly, it can take denim up to 2 days to air dry. Hanging outside is best for your jeans but not always possible. To dry indoors you need a well ventilated room or airing cupboard. Never place directly onto a heat source such as a radiator, this will damage fabric and its finish.

If your jeans are heavily pigmented dry or raw denim, washing cold with salt for the first cycle should help to set any loose dye in the fabric. Do be aware that fresh indigo dye will transfer, getting it on your hands or legs is fine – it’ll wash off but avoid light upholstery, white leather shoes etc for the first wear or two.

Storage

As creases and contours mature, dry denim will fall into them naturally when you take them off. The best, easiest storage is to unbuckle your jeans and leave them where they fall.

Shrinkage

Traditionally before denim is woven, the threads it’s made of are treated with wax or resin to stiffen them and make them easier to weave (although with most repro denim starch is used instead.) When dry/raw/unwashed denim is washed for the first time the fibres constrict and the denim shrinks. Raw denim can be sanforized (treated with a sanforizing process that lessens shrinkage) but all raw denim will shrink to some degree upon immersion in water, up until it’s first wash.

Un-Sanforized Denim

Raw, unsanforized denim (untreated with the sanforizing process that minimizes shrinkage) will reduce in size by up to 10%, even when washed cold (the best way to keep shrinkage to a minimum). This is only an approximation however; shrinkage varies from brand to brand and even from style to style. If your waist measures between 27”-36”, buy your unsanforized raw denim an inch larger in anticipation of shrinking. If your waist is between 38” – 48” go 2 inches bigger. Go for a longer leg too – 3” should do it, you can always cuff or tailor your jeans if they’re still too long after the first wash. Raw denim can come with an inside leg as long as 36” in anticipation of shrinkage.

Sanforized Denim

If raw denim has been pre-treated (sanforized), shrinkage is greatly reduced – from the 10% of unsanforized raw denim to an approximate 3-5%.

My 2 months old EDWIN ED47 RAINBOW

Worn from raw is my two months old RAINBOW SELVEGE EDWIN ED 47. Not been to the wash
machine yet. Whiskering has just started to form
on the mddle seat joint.
Lovely piece of art.

LEVI'S 505 1967

LEVI'S 1967 505

SIZE 30 X 32
THESE ARE GREAT REPRODUCTION OF RED
SELVEGE 1966 505. SLIM RAW UNWASHED
DENIM . FOR SERIOUS RAW DENIM LOVER'S
GET THE JEANS TO FIT YOUR LIFESTYLE
THEN THE OTHER WAY ROUND. GET YOUR OWN
BOND WITH THE JEANS.

WARNING: ADVICE IS DO NOT WASH FOR AT LEAST
6 MONTHS BEFORE 1ST WASH AND WASH IN
COLD WATER AS RAW DENIM WILL SHRINK AFTER WASHING. THAT'S HOW WE DO IT WITH
RAW DENIM. WILL POST ON THE CARE FOR
RAW DENIM.

THE BEST CARE FOR RAW DENIM IS TO NOT TO CARE AT ALL. THIS PAIR IS GOING FOR $350.00 SGD WITH POSTAGE.
100% AUTHENTIC MADE IN THE COUNTRY THAT ORIGINALLY MADE IT.
THE U.S.A.

SALE OF PRIVATE COLLECTION

WELCOME ALL,
TO THE WORLD OF SELVEGE DENIM LOVERS . I WILL PUT UP
OF MY PRIVATE COLLECTION FOR SALE SOON, SO DO WATCH OUT
FOR IT

DENIM TERMINOLOGY

Selvage (or Selvedge): Is the white woven edge on both edges of the fabric width which prevents unraveling. This traditionally would mean that a old 29 inch shuttle loom was used. These days this can also be replicated by modern looms but the quality is not close to the original style.

Listing: Is the coloured thread running through the Selvage band that was used to identify the denim to each company.

Edwin has it’s own Rainbow listing which comprises of three colours (orange, yellow, turquoise.)

Left Hand Twill: Notably the twill line starting at the top left of the fabric falling to the bottom Right. Also has a softer hand feel than right hand after wash.

Right Hand Twill: Traditionally used denim woven with a diagonal twill line which rises from left to right. (Starting at the top Right of the fabric and falls to the bottom Left of the fabric.

Leg Twist: Is the natural adjustment of the fabric which will follow the direction

Indigo: Is the colour used to dye denim, it is taken traditionally from the indigofera tinctoria plant. Since 1911 a synthesized version has also been available. Dying Process: The cotton is dyed via a “living” fermentation Process, Which reduces the Indigo from Blue to Yellow.

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