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 I will start out by saying I am a Caribbean Indian  in America ,a buffalo solider of somesorts of denim, someone who wants to learn more about its orgin and give it to a culture that was born in the historical lifestyle everything vintage or collectible, made well garments,this in fact has been shun or shy away from , i would like to proclaime it to a level of understanding and give it a tradition beyond the price of the garment bring back the safety to our purchases.  We the people are bound to fast food mentality almost a slave to it ,  as mostly anything we over endulge in, we need to educate ourselves about a product and not just consume but everlasting comfourtblity make simple choices last a life time hand it down to another generation had to hand. Many would love to give to our children the meaning of live and for them to have this silver spoon mentality, but yes there is a but we must teach them to feel life see the length and struggler that can promote them to next just as quality in any form everything weather a trust fund a car a pair of blue jeans it all dispares it's original form  but its how long it can last is what matters like Bob Marley we should feel the vibes and understand the deliberate functionality of anything we love to me that is denime y arte 

Denim wars

In 1853, the California gold rush was in full swing, and everyday items were in short supply. Levi Strauss, a 24-year-old German immigrant, left New York for San Francisco with a small supply of dry goods with the intention of opening a branch of his brother's New York dry goods business. Shortly after his arrival, a prospector wanted to know what Mr. Levi Strauss was selling. When Strauss told him he had rough canvas to use for tents and wagon covers, the prospector said, "You should have brought pants!," saying he couldn’t find a pair of pants strong enough to last.

Levi Strauss had the canvas made into waist overalls. Miners liked the pants, but complained that they tended to chafe. Levi Strauss substituted a twilled cotton cloth from France called "serge de Nimes."The word ‘jeans’ comes from this French phrase ‘bleu de Genes’ meaning ‘the blue of Genoa’.  The denim fabric originated in the French town of Nimes and owes its name to the location, which was quickly known as ‘denim’ abroad.

Genoese Navy sailors first wore denim  in the 1500’s but it wasn’t until the 1870’s in the gold rush, This was when Levi Strauss – a name now synonymous with denim -  created a strong style of workers pants with rivets that was quickly adopted by Californian coal miners.  Originally made from this uncomfortable canvas trouser Strauss eventually discovered and started using the twilled cotton cloth that originated from the French town of Nimes and denim

Dry denim  has a dry rough texture raw denim is fabric that is un soiled  as organic as it seems Raw denim is denim that has be unwashed, untreated, untouched to the degree that it remains in its purist form .  The funny thing about this fabric at some point it had a wet process,  being dyed during its production. That wold be calculated as incorrect because of the production giving it the final product yes so I am wrong ,but valid in my efforts to say that denim has been trough a wet process before it becomes dry 

All this fuss and everyone is a denim guru studying the history YES we all should know this because to an American denim should be the apple pie of textile Americana ,but unfourtunately it is not.  Americans thought of it as outstandingly uncufed denim and a white tee is sonymous to American culture  right? Nope lack of words it appeared to look like you wore pajamas in public so to an American Denim has staying power now because it is an everyday staple piece of garment we wear but in the 30's and 40's it was lazy,poor,motor bike class of  young adults not your well to do white collar worker.  As I said American history is denim history it will be proven and shown to you in so many ways in the next few months of this blog I just hope it has positive outcome 

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Allow me to reintroduce myself

Well I have been absent for about almost one year life has changed so much and I have cultivated a new era in life. Today marks a new begging of some sorts,and I have friends that may say I am a bit eccentric, rather crazy about denim and arte itself my name iickomique le arte as an artist painter and as the denim head it's iicky for short. I am now living in Chicago the Windy City,and have grown to love where I live. It's rather small an seclusive to the confines of a small town u.s.a. Suburbia  home ,but I  I live it,it makes me feel completed as a painter.
         i have not been inspired to creat so this is the first day of my creativity
volume one  so be patient with me and if typos pop up follow its raw and rough edges as I leave them visible and incorrect enjoy and I hope to see more of you  


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that look is so homeless ii heart it

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It's an opinion of some that a well dress man looks better tailored and what not. But this guy makes me feel good about myself ,hero 

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