AVANT Vol.1 American Workwear

STORIES & TALES • Denim Hunters : they explore gold mines and ghost towns to find old denim • A view from United Costume, the most famous costume house in Hollywood • The Portrait of Jacob Davis, inventor of the rivet : the man behind Levi’s success • One Century of Workwear in the movies • Heritage Brands gets a second life INTERVIEWS • Wouter Munnichs, denim specialist and founder of Long John • Larry McKaughan, founder of Heller’s Cafe and vintage collector • Josh Sirlin, founder of Black Bear Brand • Brit Eaton, denim archeologist ART & ILLUSTRATIONS • Unique cover painting made by Mark Maggiori for Avant Magazine. • Instants from the Past : a serie of antique pictures collected by Bandit Photographer • Road Trip, watercolor illustrations of the West America by Magali Brueder. • Workwear Still Life, photographies by Gauthier Borsarello. AND MORE. • How to recognize the era of a denim clothing by its tag • The big directory of workwear brands • Instigation in Tokyo and the japanese madness of american workwear • Stifel Story, the golden fabric• • Never Rip my denim • Californian Gold Rush : how everything really began.