Darn Denim
I had my jeans repaired twice at Self-Edge in San Francisco. All three of their locations have darning machines which are special machines that repair holes in garments. The main advantage to having your jeans repaired by darning rather than merely patching the holes is durability. Darning a hole in a pair of jeans means that new threads are being sewed into the jean thereby filling in the hole as opposed to a patch that basically masks the hole with another piece of fabric sewed onto the jean.
The guys over at Self-Edge do a great job at jean repair. They make sure to darn your denim according to the way the garment naturally sits and falls so as to maintain the shape of the garment, ensuring that your fades and whiskers stay in the same place. They also make sure to use threads that match the color of the threads of the areas that need to be repaired, which makes the repairs to your jeans look less obvious. Check out the repairs made to the back-right pocket! The color is spot-on.
If you need to get your jeans repaired and/or hemmed, I recommend that you stop by Self-Edge if you can get to one of their locations. They have stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York.
Oh yeah, they have some of the best denim available, so if you want a new pair of rawdenz, they got you covered.
(Source: omgerald)
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