https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-denim Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:26:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-denim#post-1859862 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 05:06:12 +0000 rachylou 1859862@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think somebody better start thinking about economic security and what would happen if we couldn’t import everything. There’s, what, only one vehicle manufacturing plant in the Western US? Grid goes down, you know, denim is a cloth you’d want to have... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-denim#post-1859635 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 12:06:58 +0000 kkards 1859635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>been thinking about this and so spent some time this morning goggling....<br />yes....there is still denim fabric being made in US.<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.denimna.com/">https://www.denimna.com/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-denim#post-1859617 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:59:42 +0000 Staysfit 1859617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sad. I wonder what our denim will be like in the future. Something that has been considered so American, now without an American source? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-denim#post-1859603 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:04:58 +0000 approprio 1859603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Private equity, for crying out loud. There was probably no reason for that business to fail, only that those looms were worth more than the revenues. I bet they're on their way to Osaka right now.&nbsp;</p> <p>Enraged. :(&nbsp;:(&nbsp;:(&nbsp;:(&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-denim#post-1859553 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 02:24:28 +0000 minimalist 1859553@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:-(</p> <p>Hope kk is right. And that a new method has a more sustainable water footprint. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-denim#post-1859468 Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:08:27 +0000 kkards 1859468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>yes, I had heard that.....on the other hand, it feels to me like a&nbsp;opportunity for someone to start a new facility with state of the art technology to produce denim </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/speaking-of-denim#post-1859434 Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:56:59 +0000 LaPed 1859434@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>... Cone Mills is shutting down their US facility. :(<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.heddels.com/2017/10/cone-mills-close-white-oak-plant-last-american-selvedge-denim-mill/">https://www.heddels.com/2017/1.....enim-mill/</a></p> <p>Even though I'm not an advocate of shopping USA-only, and know that there's plenty of great denim made in Turkey, Japan, etc, it still makes me sad to see a heritage denim mill, with the last selvage looms in the country, closing up shop.&nbsp;</p>