Trend Alert from The Denim Eye: Black and White
Monochromatic jeans-wear exhibits drama with chic style. A counterpoint to “the Blues”. Black and white both together and independently as white on white and black on black are a strong statement. This is the tough yet soft denim twill we love catapulted into urban fashion. No need to be in a classic 5 pocket, any style both stretch and rigid works for us. Neither colour has the wash down charm of indigo denim but with new technology we can fake the degradation creating a non colour worn out attitude. Both black and white however, are best used clean as pure bleached white or dense clear black black.
A soupçon of stretch aids comfort and more elasticity creates super fit and form just as with the blues. They both demonstrate subtle character, drinking in the warp slubs to create a natural surface texture. Black denim and white denim have serious attitude – neither is basic. Think back to “On The Waterfront” and “Blade Runner” where we think black and the black and white movies that were visually so compelling.
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