If you thought you’d seen enough denim obsession here on our blog, think again. As a brand new interactive feature of our site, indiDenim is proud to announce the release of our DenimWiki!
The DenimWiki is a wiki-style jean guide for everything relating to denim: from how denim is made, to the history of skinny jeans, and of course how to style your denim. As a valuable resource for denim facts and style advice, we’re very excited to present it to you.
Through our many interactions with our customers and indiDenim enthusiasts, we’ve discovered that you are not just interested in customizing you jeans: you want to learn about jeans and what styles will best complement your body. Time and time again, we’ve heard you ask questions like:
“What fit would work best with my body type?”
“How do I measure myself properly to get a custom fit?”
“How is denim made and what are the different types?”
“If I’m not stick skinny can I really wear skinny jeans?”
These questions, and many more, are answered in our DenimWiki.
As a wiki (think Wikipedia), we also want YOU to contribute! While the DenimWiki provides a vast amount of information all about denim, it is also a space for our community to share their knowledge and elaborate on ours.
And the sharing doesn’t just stop here: you can share ANY page of our wiki on over 200 social networks by using our share buttons, allowing you to provide your friends with helpful articles or to simply invite them to contribute too.
Ready to go Denim crazy (as if you aren’t already)? Get started on our DenimWiki today!
posted by: Evan on March 28, 2010 at 10:24 am
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Free jeans? Yes please! In case you haven’t heard, indiDenim has a new monthly contest called Design, Share, Wear. Each month, we’re giving away a pair of jeans designed by someone from the indi community. Here’s how it works:
* Design a pair of jeans that defines your style using the indiDenim Jean Builder.
* Share your design using our “Share” button with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, or another social network of your choice.
* Wear your design for FREE if you are the lucky winner!
In addition, we’ll also have a special blog post about you and we’ll show your winning pair of jeans!
We already have entries from this month, so it’s time for you to get on it too. Go to our homepage to check out the contest rules and start designing your custom jeans to enter and win a free pair!
We hope our giveaway encourages our community to create even more innovative designs and share them with their friends. Remember, anyone can enter, so feel free to encourage your friends who have been thinking about trying indiDenim to enter! Then again, you may just want them for yourself…I know I would.
The skinny jean leg opening, available on the Soma slim fit jean, comes in our four stretch fabrics: Nimes, Dhunga, Genoa and Chieri. Our stretch fabrics give an ultra-contoured, extremely comfortable fit, giving you a super skinny appearance without the pinch.
We know how popular skinny jeans are nowadays, but we also know how hard it is to find the skinny jeans that you want. Just like all of our custom jeans, you can choose your skinny jeans for fabric, finish, back pocket details, leg opening, inseam length, the works!
So whether you’re looking for skinny jeans for the office or the weekend, you know indi’s got you covered. Start designing your skinny jeans now!
posted by: Evan on March 23, 2010 at 1:57 pm
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custom jeans
Top of the morning to you denim lovers! And happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
I enjoy a good Saint Patty’s day celebration- delicious pub grub, shamrock shakes, green beer, and yes, even Lucky Charms!, but the worst part about today is the pinching.
Ever since that fateful day in first grade when I forgot to wear green, I’ve always been sure to mark March 17th on my calendar and to make sure that I’m properly attired. Today, thankfully, here in the office (most) all of us are decked in green, and will remain pinch free.
At indiDenim, we are also safe from pinching today for another reason: because we all wear indi jeans. It’s true that for some people, pinching is a problem 365 days a year- because their jeans do not fit properly. Jeans can be too tight in the waist and loose in the seat, or pinching in the thighs and gaping at the waist. We’ve all fallen victim to denim fit disasters at one time or another. Not that it’s entirely our fault, because really, it can be nearly impossible to find the perfect fit in your typical store.
indiDenim is proud to be not so typical. Personally, ever since my first grade incident I have sworn off the playground pinching episodes, and ever since I’ve discovered indi I’ve sworn off pinching denim as well and I hope you will too.
Avoiding the dreaded denim pinch can be tricky, but it helps if you know what to look out for. If you like skinny jeans (we sure do- we are introducing one for our SoMa jean VERY soon) make sure you go with stretch denim to avoid the infamous muffin tops and achy legs. The idea is to hug your curves- not squeeze them!
For you more classic ladies, our Presidio Trouser jean is the perfect way to complement your shape without the pain of too tight pants. They are shapely at the top, with clean lines through the leg- a great look minus pinch or frump (which can be almost as bad!).
For me, the best part of today is the celebration of the color green (okay well, maybe EXCEPT for those shamrock shakes). Now, we don’t make green jeans at indi, but a novelty pair is interesting to imagine, and hey- they might be popular. Not only is green the new black (because as we all know being eco-conscious is both trendy and important), but it’s bright, spring-y, and fun.
Although, now that I’m *really* looking at my Photoshop experiment, I think we better stick to classic jean colors for now, and leave most of the green to those envious of my perfectly tailored indi jeans.
One of the most powerful facets of our work at indiDenim is how we make our customers, especially our female customers, feel confident about the way they look. We know how frustrating it is to never find pants that fit, and it’s all too common for women to blame themselves. If nothing else, indiDenim enables these women, just like our latest customer success story Niki, to finally find jeans that fit and that make them look great.
In celebration of Women's month, indiDenim is helping women who truly need our support. A Safe Place, an Oakland-based non-profit organization, is dedicated to housing battered women and children, helping families heal and recover emotionally and financially, and combating domestic violence.
In recognition of such an important support system for women, indiDenim is donating to A Safe Place: for every indi jean bought until April 20th, indiDenim will donate one pair of jeans.
So whether you want to support local women or have been holding out for that new pair, there’s no better time to design your own jeans. After all, for every pair you get, we’ll give. Talk about a 2-for 1…
Whether you’re a Mac or a PC, you most likely have an iPhone or iPod Touch. Apple wins when it comes to hand-held devices, but can your jeans handle your gadget?
Courtesy of wtfJeans
An up-and-coming trend is specifically designed iPhone and iPod Touch pockets on the front of the jeans. The micro-fiber interior protects your iPhone or iPod touch and also cleans it when the device is removed from the pocket. Aesthetically I’m not sold because front pockets that look like back pockets just make me think you’re wearing your jeans backwards, but I will withhold an informed opinion until I see these jeans with iPhone/iPod Touch pockets up close and personal.
Would you wear jeans that had a special pocket for your iPhone or iPod? Is it really necessary or something that should have happened a long time ago? Vote in the poll below!
Hello there denim enthusiasts, I’m Maddie, indiDenim’s Customer Service Manager, and one of indi’s newest full-time employees.
Today, as many of you ladies out there probably already know, is International Women’s Day. That’s right fellas- we love you guys- but today is our day. And before we head out to celebrate ourselves tonight (drinks with the girls, perhaps?) I’d like to take some time to recognize some killer ladies.
Let’s start with last night at the Oscars, when Kathryn Bigelow made history by being the first woman to receive the honor of Best Director. At indi, we love Kathryn not only because of her incredible directing skills, or because she grew up and studied film near our home in the bay area (although let’s be honest, that helps too!) but because she is- like all of us here- a lover of denim. She has been spotted rocking some sweet bootcut blue jeans (similar to our SoMa) both on and off the set. As a friend of denim, Kathryn is also a friend of ours! So we are happy to be some out of (surely) millions of people to offer our congratulations to her today.
Kathryn, you rock!
Another amazing woman I would like to recognize today helped make what I do here at indiDenim possible. No, I am not talking about my mom, although she helped a lot too, but about Elizabeth Smith Miller who is credited with being the first to introduce pants for women. Miller’s bloomers are something that I would never suggest anyone attempt to sport outside of a movie set for a period piece because thankfully, we’ve come a long way from puffy clown pants.
At indiDenim, we consider both Kathryn and Elizabeth to be inspirations to us as we continue our work of revolutionizing clothing for women. We know and celebrate that women come in all shapes and sizes, and they all want jeans that fit! We love our customers, and today we encourage you to celebrate your own beautiful self! What better way to celebrate today, than to treat your body to a perfectly fitting pair of custom jeans?
I’m no Oscar winner, but for me, putting on a pair of perfectly fitting jeans makes me feel about good enough to stand up, and (at least) pretend to thank the academy.
posted by: maddie on March 8, 2010 at 2:27 pm
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Hello! I’m Margaux, the newest indiDenim intern. This is my first blog post and I’m going to get real on why I love stretch denim.
Okay let me first say that although I’m not exactly plus size, my weight does fluctuate 5-10 pounds in either direction depending on the weather/emotions/time of year/stress/and whatever else happens to come up. The first line of defense is my stretch fabric jeans. Plus Size Jeans through indiDenim use stretch denim, but you can also make any other style with stretch denim too. I made a custom fit jean on indiDenim based on my good day measurements and then the stretch denim allows me to still wear them on my bad days.
My second line of smoke and mirrors is wearing a dress over my jeans. I know, I know, this look has a bad reputation but my dress is never below my knees. The point is to look the opposite of dumpy here. I find that it fancies the jeans up a bit (as well as hiding my real or imaginary unsightly areas). From my experience form-fitting or short A-line dresses work best. Any dress resembling a moo moo will make you look like just that. The great thing about stretch jeans is that the stretch denim hugs your body and gives the appearance of slim legs under your dress.
What do you think? Vote in the poll below to let us know what you think about dresses over jeans. Also make your own stretch denim jeans below!
