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Manufacturing

On a roll

Denim production once defined US textile manufacturing but a focus on quantity over quality nearly snuffed it out. Now Vidalia Mills is bucking the fast-fashion trend.

  • Issue #136
  • 4 min read
Collection of vintage denim patches and fabric samples arranged on dark background
Business

Phoenix rising

After years of decline and near-bankruptcy, the denim giant’s CEO Chip Bergh has steered the company back to profitability.

  • Issue #128
  • 10 min read
Phoenix rising
Fashion

Looking fly

Jeans: an essential item that are as practical as they are fashionable. Smart, casual or somewhere in between – our picks for men and women will never fall out of favour.

  • Issue #127
  • 7 min read
Person in white shirt and dark jeans walking, wearing white sneakers against neutral background
Fashion

Material culture

Jacques Tati saw it coming. The closure of America's last selvedge denim mill signals the final unravelling of a fashion manufacturing legacy that once dressed the entire world.

  • Issue #112
  • 10 min read
Material culture
Business

Business

Denim done well in Norway, smart bites in China and staying sweet in New Zealand.

  • Issue #100
  • 4 min read
Business
Fashion

Galloping majors

Two men, disillusioned by the fashion industry’s perennial pursuit of cheap production, wanted to create a denim company with an emphasis on craftsmanship and community. Monocle visits the happy outcome: Blackhorse Lane Ateliers.

  • Issue #95
  • 8 min read
Galloping majors
Design

I bought the factory

Monocle meets the hands-on brand owners so in love with the art of creation they bought their own factories.

  • Issue #87
  • 8 min read
I bought the factory
Design

Fashion

Deceased vintage denim brand The Stronghold is resurrected in Los Angeles, new collections are launched by Gloverall, Yuketen and Pedro García, and we ask Lindberg's CEO about its new luxury sunglasses range.

  • Issue #31
  • 7 min read
Future vintage
Design

Fashion

Britain's Nörsea, Chicago's hat man, Brittany's Guy Cotten, Montréal's Naked and Famous Denim plus Jeremy Hackett heads to Japan.

  • Issue #23
  • 3 min read
Fashion

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