Cone Mills White Oak Jeans

The 1968 was somewhat of a premium denim company darling.

Cone mills white oak jeans.

Here the denim is made on american draper shuttle looms the last remaining in operation anywhere and as far as cone is aware of a variety that never made it to. A few weeks ago i woke from a nightmare having dreamt cone denim our main supplier of denim fabric closed its doors and people were buying up everything down to bare. Innovation we are focused on finding new concepts new materials and new technologies to provide our. After 112 years in operation cone mills white oak closed its doors in 2017 bringing an end to a long standing partnership between levi s and the north carolina mill.

The white oak shop is our exclusive online storefront. Made denim this is no fabrication. Gustin jeans made from sanforized raw selvedge denim from cone mills white oak plant in greensboro north carolina. If you ve recently found yourself on the hunt for a pair of jeans utilizing cone mills white oak denim before there are none left to be had you may be in luck by way of none other than levi s themselves.

Cone mills was one of the last producers of american selvedge denim and had been supplying levi s with its xx 501 selvedge denim since back when woodrow wilson was in office 1913 give or a take a few years. It was used by many and there s a reason for it. Visit white oak shop heritage founded in 1891 in greensboro nc out of the entrepreneurial spirit of brothers moses and ceasar cone and grounded in american heritage and tradition. These made in usa series 501s are made with some of the last white oak red line selvedge denim in existence honoring a true american legacy with one of the most iconic pairs of jeans.

Cone s famed selvedge denim has been made in the white oak plant since it was purchased in 1905 and so called because the plant once stood in the shadow of a giant oak tree. The end of american made jeans is on the horizon after cone denim mills announces plans to close its white oak plant which produces u s.