Hello Sewing Friends!
Today I am happy to bring you some new additions to the DESIGNER DENIM collection on MARCYTILTON.com.
Denim is a fabled fabric with a real rags to riches story. Originally conceived in Italy, denim was later born in France as a fabric known as serge de Nimes. Nimes is the name of the city in France where it was first milled. Also known as jean or jeane, it went on to become the base fabric for blue jeans later popularized by Levi Strauss.
Long before denim became de rigeuer, it was little more than well-worn workwear for miners during America’s great gold rush. In fact, for the first half of the 20th century denim was considered a working class fabric not worn in high society.
Then when pretty-boy pop stars like Elvis Presley, James Dean and Marlon Brando donned denim, the once-and-future fabric made the leap from blue collar to blue blood. Hollywood was America’s aristocracy, and when it donned denim, Americans did too. Today denim endures in the firmament of fashion, forever found in the collections of top fashion houses the world over.
The denims you will find in our DESIGNER DENIM collection have been carefully selected for contemporary fashion. One of the things on my short list to make is a casual cashmere vest to wear with designer denim jeans for evening walks in the woods with Enso. Then, just brush off the dog hair and pack it for Paris.
I hope you enjoy working with and wearing the fabrics in our DESIGNER DENIM collection as much as we do! New notables include a trio of shimmering sculptural metallic stretch cotton denim deadstock from a Southern California designer.
Happy Sewing!
