Category Archives: Denim

XX Denim

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Gina

XX denim is the term for extra-heavy denim. Levi Strauss and Company started using the term to refer to the high-quality denim that they bought from the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. In the 1910s, the Cone Mills Corporation began supplying XX denim to Levi’s and in 1922 it became the company’s exclusive supplier… Continue reading →

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Ways to Wear a Denim Shirt

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Gina

All our denim shirts are Lee, Levi’s, Wrangler or other Western brands and most are 350 kr. Denim shirts are available at our store in Stockholm or in our web shop, where we Continue reading →

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Denim Jackets

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Gina

A denim or jeans jacket is true piece of American iconic fashion. The waist-length jacket has button-banded cuffs, an adjustable banded waist and is distinguished by large metal buttons, front buttoned breast pockets sewn on the outside and side slit pockets. Introduced around 1905 by Levi Strauss, the denim jacket was created… Continue reading →

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Blue Bell

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Gina

In 1897, native Tennessean C.C. Hudson left his home in Williamson County to work in the emerging textile mills of North Carolina… Continue reading →

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DENIM REVIVAL March 1st at AMERICANA Classic Vintage

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Gina

At this Denim Revival, we will have the film premier of High Cotton, which is a short documentary made by Gina Holdar and Linnea Andersson-Roden, about Mount Vernon Mills denim factory in Trion, Georgia. The factory is not only one of America’s oldest cotton mills, but also one the country’s largest producers of denim… Continue reading →

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Pointer Brand Factory Video

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Gina

Click here to see the video… Continue reading →

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Pointer Brand Is Back at AMERICANA: Work Wear at Working Man’s Prices

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Gina

We just got in a new shipment of Pointer Brand chore jackets and jeans at AMERICANA! Come get a piece of REAL heritage clothing by Pointer Brand at straight-up working man prices: Jeans 900:- & Jackets 1200:-…… Continue reading →

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Denim Revival Film

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Gina

Click here to see a short film by Linnea Andersson Roden of the first Denim Revival held at our store in Stockholm. Continue reading →

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Made Right Here: Pointer Brand from Bristol, Tennessee Since 1913

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Gina

…the clip also includes Nashville denim artisians from Imogene+Willie and belt maker Billy Moore from Gatlinburg. Continue reading →

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Denim Revival Vol. 1

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Gina

Last Thursday evening was the first Denim Revival event in Stockholm, held at AMERICANA Classic Vintage. Denim designers and industry folk gathered to learn more about the world’s most beloved fabric from Mats Andersson and Johan Söderlund of Indigofera… Continue reading →

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