Assignment 2 - Jeans

In our second assignment we focus on Men's Jeans. We should choose a specific model and to investigate the appearance, the comfort and the technical construction of the denim fabric.

The Style

We have chosen a pair of jeans under the label Vask. The company displays an updated yet distinctive touch, aiming for wear-ability without compromising on quality or imagination. The VASK denim is all about quality and is hand-made in Europe.

The Style of the selected jeans is plain straight. We have chosen size 32, with a width of 42 / 44.5. The cotton stretched denim has a soft handle feeling and should feel very natural and pleasant to the skin.

Composition

Material: 98% cotton, 2% elastan 

Almost all jeans are made out of 100% cotton. Polyester blend is however sometimes seen. The elastane in the denim makes the fabric stretch better. If you are using your body a lot, it is easier to stretch the jeans without ribbing. A good thing to remember when buying jeans with elastane in them, is to buy a size smaller than the usual size because the jeans will stretch half a size when worn. If you do not do that, your once great fitting jeans might start to look loose. 

Dye & Finish

Our jeans are standard blue jeans with 2% Elastane in the fabric. 

The most common dye used is synthetic indigo. This is also the dye method use to create our jeans. 

A lot of closes are being dyed after it has been woven, but denim is dyed before. 

There are so many different ways to make the finishing details on jeans today. We have methods like Acid washing, bleaching, crushing, dirty washing, frayed, overdyed, tearing and ripping and washing. 

Our jeans are left in a raw finish, which means the user is going to experience a slow transformation as it is worn. The raw finish is not the same when we add an elastane, as when we talk about raw 100% cotton jeans. 

Weight: 10.2 oz 

Composition

Woven 3x1 Right Hand Twill 

In this case, each warp yarn is going “over” three picks and then “under” one pick. At the next end, moving to the right, the same sequence is repeated but advanced up one pick. 

Most denims have been traditionally 3x1 weaves, though lighter weight denims (under 10.5 ounces/sqare yard) often use the 2x1 configuration. 

In denim, the warp yarn is colored, traditionally blue, while the weft yarn is white. 

Care instructions

The care label shows that these jeans need to be washed like most jeans at 40 degrees, not to be bleached, to be ironed with medium heat and no tumble dry.

Extra label states:

“Look out

Your new denim product is going to rub off.

Look out for rubbing against light furniture

Wash before use the minimize the risk of rubbing off”

It clearly shows on the label of the jeans that the user should be aware of the fact that the jeans are going to rub of and color is going to fade by time and after washing. The reason that jeans like these are gradually loosing color, is because of the way they are dyed. When the denim of the jeans was dyed it was dipped in the dye vat several times so that the dye forms in many layers. This means that the jeans are loosing color, layer by layer.