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Second Sunrise Archive: US Army Denim Pullover

by Douglas Luhanko October 20, 2017

The blue denim fabric was first adopted by the US army in 1919 replacing the brown cotton duck work clothes used before that.This pullover is a fine example of such a garment and it was standard issue up until the 40's.

Posted in denim repair, US Army, US Army Denim, Vintage Army, vintage denim

Second Sunrise Archive: Lee Rider Jeans

by Douglas Luhanko October 14, 2017

These jeans are a pair of Lee Riders 101z from the late 60s. The model is called 101 z where the "z" stands for zipper fly. The zipper fly is strongly associated with Lee jeans as it's is said that they were The first denim manufacturer to use a zipper on a work wear garment.

Posted in 101z, HD lee merchantile company, Lee jeans, Lee riders

Future events: Worn over time popup

by Douglas Luhanko October 10, 2017

Mark Fogwell and his wife Lorraine specialize in vintage American Jewelry and usually resides in Los Angeles, but now Mark has come to visit us in Stockholm!

Posted in native jewelry, navaho jewelry, turquoise jewelry, vintage jewelry, worn over time, zuni jewelry

Second Sunrise Archive: Lee Riders Advertising Banner

by Douglas Luhanko October 06, 2017

This particular banner was made by the H. D. Lee Company and it's printed on a piece of denim. The entire width of the fabric was used so you can still see the selvage running on each side of the banner.

Posted in denim, denim history, HD lee merchantile company, Lee comapny, vintage denim, vintage jeans

Second Sunrise Archive: Deadstock Vintage Levi's 701 jeans

by Douglas Luhanko September 29, 2017

Levi's started making jeans 1873 but it wasn't until 1939 that they made their first womens fit. It was named 701 and the first version was made as a female style of the already well known 501.

Posted in 701, history of levis jeans, history of women's jeans, history of women's workwear, lady levis, levis 701 jeans, original levis 701 jeans, vintage levis 701, vintage levis 701 jeans, women's selvedge jeans, womens jeans, womens workwear

Second Sunrise Archive: Vintage Levi's De Luxe Shirt "Rodeo Club"

by Douglas Luhanko September 22, 2017

Don held Buck Out's at a small arena near his home during this time. His group of friends and fellow cowboys had a club called "The Rodeo Club". Anyway this piece is the last from my collection of Don's stuff. He passed away in 2002."

Posted in levis history, second sunrise archive, vintage, vintage clothing, vintage denim, vintage jeans, vintage levis

Past events: Obbi Good Label popup 13/9

by Kerstin Neumüller September 16, 2017

This Wednesday we had the honor of a visit from Obbi Good Label! Johnny, James and their friend Damien had flown all the way from Singapore to show us and our visitors their work, and we had a very nice evening together.

Posted in leather, Obbi good label

Future events: Obbi Good Label popup 13/9

by Kerstin Neumüller September 11, 2017

On Wednesday 13/9 we will be visited by our friends from Obbi good label, who are touring Europe and are making a stop at Second Sunrise to present a pop-up shop! Obbi good label usually resides in Singapore where their create hand-made leather accessories in their workshop.

Posted in Brass keychains, future events, Leather wallets, Obbi good label, OGL

Our book is nominated for two awards!

by Kerstin Neumüller September 04, 2017

We had no idea that there were prizes to be won for books, but fortunately our publisher does so they signed us up, and we were just told that we are nominated for not only one, but -two- prices!

Posted in en handbok om indigo, indigo dyeing, svenska designpriset, svenska publishingpriset

A feature in Hemslöjden

by Douglas Luhanko August 22, 2017

Yesterday when we came home a new issue of the Swedish magazine Hemslöjden was waiting for us! Hemslöjden is published by The National Associaltion...

Posted in denim, douglas luhanko, faded denim, faded wrangler, fadeddenim, hantverk, hantverkstidning, hemslöjd, hemslöjden, jeansartikel, kerstin neumüller, Natural indigo, secondsunrise, tidningen hemslöjden, wrangler

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Indigo sewing thread

by Kerstin Neumüller August 04, 2017

A rather big part of our daily work in the store consists of repairing broken jeans and I just got an idea of how to step up the mending game. The...

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Past events: Friday Dye-day

by Kerstin Neumüller July 22, 2017

Yesterday we hosted a bundle dyeing workshop for the first time!
Our friend Slowcreations has been working with the technique for several years and we were delighted when she asked if we wanted to do something together, so we arranged an afternoon session of natural dyeing outside of the store.

Posted in bundle dye, dye workshop, indigo dyeing, natural dye, natural dyeing, natural indigo