00:00Pockets and stone washes, belt loops and jeans.
00:05Denim is one of our favorite things.
00:09Before jeans became the first thing most of us grabbed to put on in the morning, it was
00:14considered taboo for women to even wear trousers.
00:18Fast forward to modern times, and women's denim brings in over $8 billion dollars globally
00:24per year.
00:27At Distilled in Los Angeles, a master pattern maker is the one responsible for getting the
00:32perfect cut of denim.
00:34He creates the patterns that are used to cut out each individual part of the jeans.
00:40Once the patterns have been completed, it's time to make the cut.
00:47Careful, that cutter is so sharp that it can cut through 150 to 200 layers of denim at once.
00:57The individual pieces are bundled together in a neat package and transported to the sewing
01:02room.
01:07Chain stitch, overlock, top stitch, whip stitch, flat felled seam.
01:11It's the thread that holds it all together, and sewing these seams is no simple task.
01:17Some of these machines take three to four years to learn properly.
01:22That's like denim college.
01:27This felled seam machine joins the two sides of your jeans with a caballo stitch.
01:34Belt loops are attached with a single needle edge seam.
01:38A thicker seam is called a safety stitch.
01:41It allows areas to stretch without ripping easily, like your hips.
01:45The final piece holds it all up, the waistband.
01:54Up until the early 1970s, all jeans were made of raw cotton, which is stiff, coarse, and doesn't
02:01allow for much movement.
02:03These days, there's a wash, stretch, and shape for every style you can imagine.
02:08Washing the denim tightens the yarn, softens it, and makes sure the indigo doesn't bleed onto
02:13your skin or shoes.
02:15But before any washing is actually done, nowadays, the jeans go through a process called hand
02:20sanding.
02:21Here, the indigo yarns are sanded away by hand to reveal the non-dyed ones.
02:26What's left behind are called whiskers, those cool line designs that end up on your knees
02:31and thighs.
02:44After the whiskering, the jeans go through at least two washes to bring down the color.
02:55One of these washes is a stone wash.
02:58Thousands of stones are layered on top of the jeans.
03:08Only two to three gallons of water per pound of jeans is utilized.
03:14What started as inexpensive workwear has become, well, fancy.
03:20These days, premium denim is often deconstructed, thread by thread, shot with shotgun pellets,
03:28sanded with a warp brush, distressed with a Dremel tool.
03:37They're then sprayed with potassium acid, which expedites the removal of the indigo dye.
03:42The denim turns pink when it comes into contact with the chemical.
03:47After the potassium spray, there's one final neutralizing wash, one last dry, and now they
03:53just need the finishing touch.
03:59You've got your favorite jeans ready to go.
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