Trend Direction: NANTUCKET

August 22, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Vintage: Nantucket

Levi red vintage jacket in ring spun denim with a green casted shade. The green cast is due to the natural brown cotton weft affecting the indigo warp shade.

The shape is asymmetrical with tidy details of arrowhead pocket finishing and overstitched seams for greater emphasis of the unusual styling. The back is shorter than the front giving a gamine look.

1940's vintage US navy striped denim jacket with practical short sleeves.

©LightningArchives "Vintage Denim" 10/09/2014

Behind The Scenes : Sewing + Laundry

August 18, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Close ups of the stitching activity in the make of a jean. This is a short sewing line of a mere few but lines can be some 40 machines long. In Asia Pacific and The Far East both men and women operate the lines. In the more sophisticated factories every process is computerised to avoid any operator errors. Thereby guaranteeing every jean is exactly the same.

On the left we illustrate an industrial front loading washing machine and on the right two barrel washers. The jeans are loaded with different sizes of pumice stones depending on the level and type of stone wash effect and softness desired.

A completed load of dried jeans.

Below the unused pumice stones are scooped up for future use.

On the right a finishing operative is fitting a jean onto a blow up mannequin in preperation for the scraping and spraying process.

Trollies of some 100 Jeans are waiting to be "finished" - where the threads are cut; the accessories and sundries attached; and the jeans are pressed ready to be bagged.

Trend Direction: NANTUCKET

August 15, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Close Up - Stripes with weather board influence

Big scale printed and faded stripes for baggy summer styles. Go crazy mixing the direction of stripes. Wear and fade for extreme aged appearance.

Classic butchers stripes from Kuroki denim Japan.

Quirky shaped Comme de Garcon tunic in mixed direction stripes.

Bits and pieces of MiH striped Breton tops compliment the graduated tones of bleached indigos.

Breton striped knits and weather boarding work in tandem to create extra stripey inspirations.

Images L-R ©TheDenimEye2016 ©Coté Ouest Issue 94 2011

Trend Direction : NANTUCKET

August 11, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Wear It: Nantucket

MiH mixed tone denim parka from their archive collection. The denim is used creatively to enhance the practical features of the jacket. A favourite piece of the author.

Below from left to right Topshop striped hooded denim jacket; Asos navy rain slicker parka; and MiH indigo denim hooded laced parka provide the perfect outwear for this nautical trend.

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Cos stripes plus silk posh T for easy summer wear - pair it with this J Brand frayed and pleat bleached skimpy mini. The mini is super stretch with degraded edges and slight worn grinding details.

Zara £29.99

Jack Wills £44.50

MiH Jeans top £225

Continuing the free spirit of summer denims with this Jack Wills gingham rucksack, Zara crops for guys and the MiH nautical Cowl top.

Zara are showing us again that they are one of the leaders when it comes to summer infused denim while this bleached out waistcoat from Saint Laurent styled with nautical stripes lends itself well to a Nantucket aesthetic.

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Trend Direction: NANTUCKET

August 8, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Close Up - Soft Pattern

Precise dotty dobby denim shirt bleaches down wonderfully.

Dobby stripes from Kuroki Mill Japan

Knit soft unstructured jacket. Note the laser pattern achieved in the laundry and the authentic old style horn and bone buttons.

Trend Direction: NANTUCKET

August 4, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Close up - Lovin' America on holiday

©American Family Style, Viking Studio Books 1988

Stars and stripes combine with Breton stripes and ripped whites from Mother jeans.

Matelot stripes and weathered wooden fishing boats go hand in hand in Martha's Vineyard.

Fine dobby stripes from Kuroki Denim Japan.

Patches and pieces of contrast denim and stripes in this oversized shirt from Egome denim, Jakarta.

And I love the colour. Wish you were here!

Trend Direction: NANTUCKET

August 1, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Trend - Nantucket

It's natural; It's bluer than blue; It's sunny sand; It's the freedom of sail.

Sunbleached driftwood and sand shades combine with Breton and deck chair stripes and faded weatherboarding accented by the occasional faded sailors red and bleached aqua. Heavy and natural textures for coarse cotton knit cover ups and rough linen cut offs.

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Trend Direction: SHARP PERFORMERS

July 28, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Close Up - Active Denim

Coated "knit denims" for a free spirit combined with water repellence. Fresh and easy styling brings denim and jeans wear into the sports arena.

Bogner printed coated "denim jeans" for skiwear. The fabric is woven nylon for performance abilities the jeans and denim detailing are printed. They are "pretend" jeans for performance ski.

Below performance jeggings combine with coated denim parka. Denim lined waxed cagoule skirt that doubles as a groundsheet! Quirky styling details make denim into sportswear fun as well as practical.

Coated feather light plain weave performance jacket with removable hood.

Ruched waist joggers in light coated indigo denim. Denims are coated for water repellence.