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A specific model that is figure hugging and gets narrower, skinnier, towards the ankles. Source: Nouvelle de Nîmes Nº 5: The Denim Dictionary

See ‘Indigo’.

This refers to a denim hybrid. It is denim fabric made with a percentage of elastane fibre in the weft, which makes the model cling

The term indicating a consistent leg-width from the waist down to the leg opening.

When the denim is washed, pumice stones are added to the wash cycle process to fade the color of the denim and roughen it up

This is a process that is applied to denim fabric, usually after the singeing process, and adds starch to the fabric to stiffen the textile.

A synonym for acid-wash denim, but specifically this is a more extreme variety, in that snow-washed denim has been acid-washed until the denim has bright

An overall tight and narrow fit, particularly around the thighs, but contrary to skinny jeans they are not necessarily tapered. Invented by Pierre Cardin, a

In the slasher dyeing method, denim yarns in the form of a warpsheet are pre-treated with chemicals and followed by (multiple) dip dyeing in indigo.

Refers to skin-tight jeans that follow the shape of the legs and are thus tapered towards the ankles. Skinny jeans were introduced by Raf Simons,