Rawr Denim article: White Oak Economy

I think the appropriate phrase I would use is that it's easily accessible, so by virtue of that there are many denim startups that use Cone Mills for their line because it's there. I don't know how difficult it is to acquire Japanese or Italian denim but I surmise that it's expensive and that the per yard cost is more than what most can afford. I'm just speculating of course. What i'm getting at is this, there are several well known denim companies like Tellason, Imogene+Willie, Bravestar Selvage, Railcar Goods, etc., that use the same Cone Mills fabric and they all (with the exception of Bravestar) charge a premium. I get it. Their jeans are handmade in the US, but compare that to a Japanese or Italian fabric, which I find more interesting, and all of a sudden you're wondering what the fuss is all about. I'm sure Cone makes a wonderful denim and i'm certain that most companies use them for economical reasons, but often the price tag attached to Cone Mills jeans is more than i'm willing to spend.

but back on topic. I assumed that Millennials were the ones that didn't have money. I work with a girl who's a Millennial and she likes to point that out for some reason. Yet, she's at the bottom of the pay scale and makes nothing. She also has horrible taste in clothing.This is why the Rawr denim article confused me.

That was the conclusion I came to as well. I don't know. Maybe there are Millennials out there that make really good money, but the ones I know spend what little money they make on cheap garbage. I just thought the article needed to do a better job at citing actual data to back up her claims that Millenials are driving the economy. Based on what I've seen here it's the Gen-Xers and older that are spending the big bucks

Dumb bunnies. Old folks like me like some Cone stuff, especially their heavier stuff.

Yet in the interest of full disclosure, the one pair of Cones that I own are 12.5oz. Gen X is contrarian and shit.

Left Field has an ixi, i'm always tempted until I see Italian.

Doesn't Ciano Farmer use Italian denim? I don't own anything that uses Italian denim so can't give any personal insight as to quality. I just think the Italian fabrics I've seen are interesting. Which begs the question, why doesn't Cone offer more unique warp/weft denim?

I still don't get the grouping of 32 year olds with 15 year olds. I don't get it at all.

He was probably yelling that at MY parents. Haha.

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Gotta love Richard Hell.

Yeah I thought it was weird how this article seems to have been ignorant about that article. However, I think it was slightly misguided since the affiliation to Cone is really outside of the scope of the article being written. Reading it, the point seems to be a shifting in culture from people not giving a shit about where their goods/clothes come from to one of accepting responsibility for our choices. The article is more about this culture shift, and the most recent generation to become adults would be the obvious force of that change. It has the roots of an article about the recovery of the Cone White Oak facility, but then drops that story to talk about millenials and how they're adults now. Like every article on the goddam internet about every industry. I like both articles, but I'd rather see them as two separate and cohesive articles.

I think the title of the article should be "Why kids today don't need to be forced off your lawn while you brandish a shotgun", but White Oak Economy flows off the tongue a bit better. 

I only have Cone Pima Fires. That article really did nothing for me. Nothing of substance.

Don't be daft. My 29er rigid single speed is just a grown up version of my Redline BMX.