CONE DENIM:S WHITE OAK PROJECT
Established in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1891 by brothers Moses and Ceasar Cone, Cone Denim has been a leading supplier of fabric to top denim apparel brands for over 100 years. Today, Cone Denim is the only manufacturer of selvedge denim on this side of the hemisphere and almost certainly the only supplier of selvedge denim woven on the American looms in the world with roots reaching back to the original riveted five-pocket. The White Oak Collection is manufactured by the historically famous White Oak Plant™ which has been continuously producing denim since 1905.
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Inspired by the vintage styling and original constructions of the early to mid 1900's, Cone Denim developed the White Oak Collection for the premium market, denim aficionados and vintage collectors. An important but little known fact is that Cone narrow looms are American-made by Draper, a loom manufacturer that no longer exists, according to the Self Edge web site. (The store has a limited collabo range of denim with the mill. View it here.) When the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company supplied Levi Strauss the lot of XX denim for the original Levi's riveted denim waist overalls those goods were woven on Draper looms. Through the many decades, including the golden years of workwear, Cone-forged fabric was the requisite for durable denim garments for brands both obscure and famous. Today Cone Denim continues that tradition by not compromising on quality, from fiber to fabric.
