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by Beau H.

The Sunday Sale: These Gustin Selvedge Jeans Are Every Bit as Good as Advertised, at a Fraction of the Price

There are certain menswear staples that, if you ask me, are assuredly worth the investment, and a pair of the best blue jeans for men certainly qualifies. There are also levels to that investment, as with any grea style must-have.

While some jeans are more affordable and made with a blend of traditional cotton denim and modern stretch fabric, others are made from what you might call “the good stuff,” a truly out-of-this-world fabrication known as selvedge denim.

And my friends, the good folks at Gustin make some of the best selvedge denim on the market, and they do so at a fraction of the price compared to other high-end men’s blue jean companies.

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Of course, if you read this Brooklyn style blog regularly, you’ll have come across thick, hearty, sturdy pairs of raw (unwashed or untreated) men’s selvedge denim over the years, and there’s a true difference in the way this fabric wears, ages and molds to your body over time.

It’s exciting stuff as you consider your rotation of menswear essentials, and the Gustin 75 Okayama Standard Jeans are a best-seller from the San Francisco-based direct-to-consumer menswear brand, which specializes with great care in stylish men’s blue jeans and more.

It can be a big leap to buy a pair of selvedge jeans for the first time (pay special attention to the sizing specs for these men’s selvedge jeans on the brand’s Web site), but you can rest assured that this pair of sanforized raw selvedge denim measures up in every possible.

The Gustin 75 Okayama Standard Jeans boast a dependable 14.5oz. fabric weight for multi-season wear, while they fade to a medium blue with more wear over time (after starting as a deep blue indigo, of course).

And here come the savings, too: Gustin notes these jeans are “typically priced at $278-$417 in retail,” yet you can find several sizes of the Gustin 75 Okayama Standard Jeans available now for just $199. In my experience, that’s stellar value for some of the best men’s blue jeans. Between the savings, the style points and the stellar quality, you might have just found your new favorite pair of men’s jeans in the Gustin 75 Okayama Standard Jeans.

by Beau H.

The Friday Find: 3sixteen’s Classic Straight Selvedge Jeans Are some of the Finest On the Market

Selvedge denim can seem like a bit much if you haven’t explored the world of unwashed denim made from thick cotton fabric. There’s an entire community out there that goes wild for selvedge denim, often fashioned from rich denim fabric hailing from Japan. And since this is the Friday Find, where we dive into one standout item that might have flown under your radar, let’s take a look at 3sixteen, shall we?

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For those not familiar, 3sixteen’s New York City roots are rather uncanny: The brand produces some of the best jeans for men with an intensity and quality that’s hard to find in the big city at times (you might more often find it out West, as in Los Angeles, a city known for its denim and durable production methods).

But that means each wearing experience featuring 3sixteen selvedge denim is remarkable and rather special, at least in my experience.

Its carefully curated lineup of some of the finest selvedge denim on the market is hard to beat, including the 3sixteen CS-101X, a classic pair of straight-leg selvedge that will mold to your body, develop beautiful fades and wear as reliably with a thermal henley as with an Oxford shirt and a lightweight navy cotton blazer. How’s that for jeans you can really count on?

The adage that they don’t make ’em like they used to doesn’t quite apply to durable denim like the 3sixteen CS-101X, which uses a custom and multi-season raw 12oz selvedge denim from Japan’s Kuroki Mills. The end result is a beautifully rich shade of blue with all the classic selvedge detailing you might want, including a vintage-inspired fit that features a slight taper and a higher rise. Utterly classic is a phrase that comes to mind with the hard-wearing, stylish and positively versatile 3sixteen CS-101X.

And because selvedge denim can feel intimidating at first, with its stiff wash and deep blue, unfaded finish, a pair with a classic straight-leg cut like the 3sixteen CS-101X can make them feel more approachable, more wearable, more dependable.

Those qualities make them more like your favorite pair of garment-washed, lovingly faded jeans — which are also an important part of a man’s everyday casual wardrobe, at least in my experience.

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In fact, these 3sixteen men’s jeans are even given a light rinse to ease up on the stiffness that can sometimes follow with the best selvedge jeans for men — not bad at all, right? Finished with a tan roughout leather back hip patch and branded gunmetal YKK rivets, each and every detail has been properly accounted for with this exceptional pair.

Suffice to say, if you’ve been searching for a way to get into selvedge denim ahead of fall, then I’d wager the 3sixteen CS-101X are as fine an introduction to the category as any.