Butcher of Blue: Book Presentation & Exhibition

Posted April 16, 2013

Remember when you were a kid and you waited all December long for Christmas to come around, and when it finally arrived everything just went by in the blink of an eye. As the culmination of a project set in motion three years ago, the book presentation and exhibition of ‘the Butcher jean’, a collaboration made together with Jason Denham, must have evoked similar feelings for Bob Rijnders. To cover this special happening, Denimhunters’ photographer Michael van Hal was on the spot at the Best of Brand shop.

Upon entering the shop you’re greeted by the main chunk of the Butcher denim, each pair accompanied by their owner’s diary that was included with the purchase of the jeans. The exhibition has jeans in almost any stage of the wear-in cycle from a not-so-very-worn-in pair of Dutch football player Dennis Bergkamp to a torn apart pair covered in paint and oil stains. The one thing they all have is a unique story.

Butcher of Blue, Exhibition

Michael van Hal

Michael was born and raised in the southern region of the Netherlands. Back in 2004, chance led him into the retail side of the denim business and since then he has been hooked on indigo. Michael is a keen photographer with no less than two educations relating to photography under his belt and he hopes to make himself a career in this business. Along with his collection of denim books and magazines he also has stacks of sneakers and leather shoes at home. Michael’s favourite brand is Levi's Vintage Clothing and he has a hard time deciding between Tellason’s Ladbroke Grove and the 1954 501ZXX as to his favourite fit, yet it’s his Naked & Famous x Tenue de Nîmes and Left Vs. Right Evisu jeans that he’s most proud of.