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Mount Vernon Mills CEO Bill Rogers gives White Oak's Looms a New Life
For the past decade or so, there has been one white whale (or rather a pod of white whales) among raw denim fanatics, whose course has been followed with great interest since they ...
On the Lookout for Watch Caps
Welcome to Heddels Blowout. The show where we explore one thing, from watch caps to flip flops, and tell you all about:Why it’s importantWhere it came fromHow it’s madeWho’s making...
The Gory Details of GORE-TEX
That’s right, today we’re talking about arguably the most well known name in performance fabrics - GORE-TEX.Most of the time, consumers aren’t aware of the upstream material manufa...
Tariffied Denim and Boots
That’s right, today is a little bit different. I’m not here to talk about an item but a concept, tariffs!The big T-word that has been taking up so much airtime over the last year a...
Cardigans Again and Again
Most of us can’t even hear the word “cardigan” without picturing Mr. Rogers coming home to exchange his suit jacket and dress shoes for one of his zip-up cardigans and a pair of sn...
Why the USAF Brought Back the A-2 Bomber Jacket
When you imagine an Air Force pilot, the first image that probably comes to mind is the dashing World War II-era captain in impossibly high-waisted khakis and a brown leather bombe...
We Made the World's Strongest Denim Sneaker with Crown Northampton's Chris Woodford
It’s been a long time since our last collaborative product, but we’re back with a bang. We’ve joined forces with Crown Northampton to launch the Grand Union Wholecut Sneaker, a den...
Loafers - Lazing in Leather Since 1920
Today we’re talking about loafers. Those do-nothing idlers who just sit around all day and the leisurely leather shoe that’s come to be named after them.Yes, the penny, the tassel,...
Raw Denim - Back to the Indigo Well
That’s right, this is a denim episode! Longtime listeners will remember our 13-part, 7-hour audio epic about the history of denim where we covered 500 years of history of our favor...
Polarized Sunglasses - Women Love Them, Fish Fear Them
Today we’re talking polarization.I’m not talking about the bears, Santa Claus, or the state of global politics. Rather something a bit more anodyne, and seasonally appropriate, coo...
Graphic Tees - Fashion Gets Explicit
They say all clothing is a type of language. Even refusing to participate in the conversation is a way to say something.Whether you’re in a top hat and tails or Canadian tuxedo or ...
Madras - Bleeding Out a Colonial Fabric
Hi, I’m Heddels publisher David Shuck.You may remember me from previous Heddels podcasts like our History of Denim series, the Rise and Fall of Made in USA, and the one where Reed,...
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