Journal

A washhouse machine

Ozone: finishing denim without water

Our new ozone machine fades denim without a wash cycle. Here's what it does, and what it changes.

Ozone: finishing denim without water

Our new ozone machine fades denim without a wash cycle. Here's what it does, and what it changes.

Bethenny and Sonja at the washhouse

BPD on television

Bethenny Frankel and Sonja Morgan came to the washhouse, and a camera came with them. The film, plus the rest of our press.

BPD on television

Bethenny Frankel and Sonja Morgan came to the washhouse, and a camera came with them. The film, plus the rest of our press.

A class on the floor

What you do in Denim 101

One day on a working washhouse floor: the morning is how denim is made, the afternoon is your own hands on the machines.

What you do in Denim 101

One day on a working washhouse floor: the morning is how denim is made, the afternoon is your own hands on the machines.

The research wall

How a wash gets developed

From a reference photograph to a formula a factory can repeat: how a wash actually gets made, step by step.

How a wash gets developed

From a reference photograph to a formula a factory can repeat: how a wash actually gets made, step by step.

A washed BPD jean

Stone, enzyme or laser: three ways to fade a jean

Three ways to take the indigo off a jean, and what each one costs you in water, time and character.

Stone, enzyme or laser: three ways to fade a jean

Three ways to take the indigo off a jean, and what each one costs you in water, time and character.

The washroom floor

What happens inside a denim washhouse

A raw jean goes in stiff and dark. It comes out soft, faded and worn-in. Here is every step in between, wet and dry.

What happens inside a denim washhouse

A raw jean goes in stiff and dark. It comes out soft, faded and worn-in. Here is every step in between, wet and dry.