Selvedge Fabrics:
The Soul of So France Is Co’s Exceptional Denim
In a world dominated by mass production, the So France Is Co workshop makes a radical choice for artisanal excellence and textile quality. At the heart of this approach are selvedge fabrics. Sourced from the most prestigious Italian and Japanese weavers, these rare textiles embody the soul of traditional, durable, and refined denim. A closer look at this iconic fabric, which gives each creation from the workshop its unique character.
Selvedge Fabrics:
The Soul of So France Is Co’s Exceptional Denim
In a world dominated by mass production, the So France Is Co workshop makes a radical choice for artisanal excellence and textile quality. At the heart of this approach are selvedge fabrics. Sourced from the most prestigious Italian and Japanese weavers, these rare textiles embody the soul of traditional, durable, and refined denim. A closer look at this iconic fabric, which gives each creation from the workshop its unique character.
Japanese or Italian Selvedge:
The Raw Material of Authentic Jeans
Discover the origin of selvedge fabrics, their unique characteristics, their provenance, the challenges of working with them, and their undeniable advantages.
The Origin of Selvedge Fabrics:
An Ancient Craft
The term ‘selvedge,’ a contraction of ‘self-edge,’ refers to the finished edge of the fabric that prevents it from fraying.
Originally, this type of fabric was woven on vintage shuttle looms, often with low output, but producing a dense, strong, and structured cloth. This slow weaving process maintains constant thread tension, giving the fabric its unique durability and texture.
Highly popular in the 1950s and 1960s, selvedge denim was gradually abandoned by large industries in favor of faster, lower-quality techniques. Its resurgence in the early 2000s reflects a renewed desire for authenticity a demand that So France Is Co meets with passion.
The Origin of Selvedge Fabrics:
An Ancient Craft
The term ‘selvedge,’ a contraction of ‘self-edge,’ refers to the finished edge of the fabric that prevents it from fraying.
Originally, this type of fabric was woven on vintage shuttle looms, often with low output, but producing a dense, strong, and structured cloth. This slow weaving process maintains constant thread tension, giving the fabric its unique durability and texture.
Highly popular in the 1950s and 1960s, selvedge denim was gradually abandoned by large industries in favor of faster, lower-quality techniques. Its resurgence in the early 2000s reflects a renewed desire for authenticity a demand that So France Is Co meets with passion.
The Excellence of Japanese Selvedge Fabrics
Japan is today the sanctuary of selvedge denim. In Okayama and Kojima, weavers continue a textile tradition inherited from 20th-century American masters, while infusing it with a uniquely Japanese obsession with detail. These selvedge fabrics are renowned for their density, flawless finishes, exceptional ability to age gracefully, and their deep hues—often achieved through natural indigo dyes or multiple dye baths. Each Japanese fabric is unique and bears the signature of the mill that produced it. At So France Is Co, these fabrics are transformed into garments.
Italian Selvedge Fabrics: Elegance and Textile Innovation
While Japan embodies raw authenticity, Italy represents textile sophistication. Italian weavers particularly in regions such as Piedmont and Lombardy—combine tradition and technology to produce selvedge fabrics with refined textures, greater softness, and sometimes blended with other noble fibers such as linen or wool. These fabrics stand out for their immediate comfort, elegant drape, and often brighter colors. At So France Is Co, they form an ideal foundation for pieces that are both casual and refined, perfectly suited for professional as well as everyday wear.
Working with Selvedge Fabric: Excellence as a Daily Standard
Unlike industrial fabrics, selvedge denim requires true artisanal expertise at every stage of production. Thicker and stiffer to cut, it calls for specific techniques when assembling garments, treating seams, and working on dense areas such as waistbands or hems. So France Is Co adapts its patterns and masters the handling of these living materials with precision, ensuring a clean, durable, and aesthetically impeccable result.
Working with Selvedge Fabric: Excellence as a Daily Standard
Unlike industrial fabrics, selvedge denim requires true artisanal expertise at every stage of production. Thicker and stiffer to cut, it calls for specific techniques when assembling garments, treating seams, and working on dense areas such as waistbands or hems. So France Is Co adapts its patterns and masters the handling of these living materials with precision, ensuring a clean, durable, and aesthetically impeccable result.
A Committed
and Coherent Textile Choice
Beyond aesthetics, the choice of selvedge fabrics at So France Is Co reflects a responsible approach.
Often woven to order in small batches, these fabrics allow for maximum traceability and an extended lifecycle. They embody a rejection of disposability in favor of fashion that is durable, local, and sincere.
A Committed
and Coherent Textile Choice
Beyond aesthetics, the choice of selvedge fabrics at So France Is Co reflects a responsible approach.
Often woven to order in small batches, these fabrics allow for maximum traceability and an extended lifecycle. They embody a rejection of disposability in favor of fashion that is durable, local, and sincere.
A Rare Textile Signature:
Selvedge Denim Fabrics
By choosing Italian and Japanese selvedge fabrics as its raw materials, So France Is Co affirms a vision of clothing in which fabric is just as important as the cut. These exceptional textiles give each piece its distinctive character, durability, and depth. True witnesses to a rediscovered textile tradition, they become, in the hands of the workshop, timeless garments designed to last and to age with elegance.
The atelier’s Made in France production further enhances the exclusivity of So France Is Co creations: jeans, jackets, shirts, trenches, vests…
A Rare Textile Signature:
Selvedge Denim Fabrics
By choosing Italian and Japanese selvedge fabrics as its raw materials, So France Is Co affirms a vision of clothing in which fabric is just as important as the cut. These exceptional textiles give each piece its distinctive character, durability, and depth. True witnesses to a rediscovered textile tradition, they become, in the hands of the workshop, timeless garments designed to last and to age with elegance.
The atelier’s Made in France production further enhances the exclusivity of So France Is Co creations: jeans, jackets, shirts, trenches, vests…