Cone Mills
A name that sounds familiar to denimheads all over the world. And that’s not surprising; to this day Cone Mills is one of the biggest...
Category : Glossary
Colour Fast
The level of attachment of dye to the garment. Indigo is commonly used to dye denim because of its low colour fastness – it is...
Coin Pocket
Often confused as the fifth pocket of the quintessential jean, the coin pocket, also known as the watch pocket, was actually part of the original...
Combed Yarn
As the name implies, combed yarn has undergone the combing process making all the fibres straight and parallel. A combed sliver is made by finer fibres than carded...
Chain Stitch
The traditional stitch used to hem jeans. It uses one continuous thread that loops back on itself and ends up looking like the links of...
Carrot Fit
A descriptive term for a loose fitted style of jeans. They have a shape similar to that of a carrot: wide at the top, narrow...
Capri Pants
A style of pants that ends around mid- calf or just below the calf. Source: Nouvelle de Nîmes Nº 5: The Denim Dictionary...