Rope Dye finds some glorious Levi's denim fades on the streets of Berlin!

To Dye For: Nico and His Mysterious Type III

Posted March 29, 2017

A Vintage Levi Trucker. A Thing of Real Beauty

It’s amazing what you find when like minds come together. A chance meeting reveals one of the most beautiful Levi Type III’s Truckers we’ve ever seen!

These days, there seems to be an abundance of beautifully faded jeans out there but a beautifully faded denim jacket? That is more of a rarity! It is a real vintage find that sets a denimhead’s heart racing.

I met Nico, the owner of this beauty, at the Berlin denim Mecca, Burg & Schild. We instantly got to chatting about his jacket.

It is a Levi Type III Trucker Jacket. But more than this, is a little bit of a mystery. Nico bought it from a friend of his not too long ago and could not really tell us much more about the jacket’s history, other than that it has been well worn and well loved.

Take some time to savour the fades and, in a few days, we will return to delve deeper into the details, ascertaining the approximate production date and seeing what we can assume about the previous owner.

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Matt Wilson

Before turning his attention toward clothing and fashion, Matt Wilson was a product designer. He witnessed first-hand the unethical manufacture of products designed and developed specifically for obsolescence and quickly recognised the inherent dangers of this attitude towards consumerism. A happy chance occurred when he discovered Raw Denim. Fascinated by the narrative contained in each garment, this newfound passion led him into a journey of discovery through the fashion and clothing industry. The qualities he found in a great pair of jeans he soon found in other garments, shoes and accessories. Up until February 2017, Matt was heavily involved with Selvedge Run, a trade show for menswear, shoes and accessories. A home for brands with a philosophy that aligned perfectly with his principles of craft and quality at the core of a good product. He now shares this passion the as the Editor of Rope Dye, an online men’s lifestyle magazine about the passion for well-crafted menswear as well as other cherished products and designs that baulk against today’s throw-away culture.