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

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: FESTIVAL

June 20, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Vintage

Real originals such as Fiorucci and Mr Freedom 70's pieces. Below original 1970's Fiorucci skirt. Note, pretty beading and liberty print edging and blanket stitching - all great ideas for your own customisation.

Note the skirt panels are all different denims which each have worn differently over time.

The jeans in the shoot below were from a 'decorate your denim' competition held by Levi in the 1970s and shot by Sam Haskins, but were never used commercially. Such decoration led to the start of Levi commercially offering customisation to their retail customers.

CLOSE UP: Purist - Levi Shirt

April 21, 2016 Jill Lawrence

1x1 plain weave raw rigid Levi orange tab denim shirt from well over three decades ago. The shape is neat and fitted; the collar is long and sharp with orange overstitching in line with the "tab".