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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.
Phoenix rising
After years of decline and near-bankruptcy, the denim giant’s CEO Chip Bergh has steered the company back to profitability.
Earning its stripes
You know about Nashville’s music scene – but what about its fashion know-how?
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.
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.
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.
I bought the factory
Monocle meets the hands-on brand owners so in love with the art of creation they bought their own factories.
