This is perhaps to be expected from the fabric that has spent centuries ... sporting custom McQueen indigo stonewash denim jeans adorned with chainmail and crystal-embroidered pockets -- and ...

In the stonewashing process, the denim garments used to be washed with pumice stones in large industrial machines to soften the fabric through friction and abrasion, a textile industry scientist said.

Alejandro Chahin has spent most of his life with denim. His family ... “On our fabric if you just rinse it, it stays dark. If you do stonewash for 30 minutes, it gets lighter,” he explains.

He later claims to have been the first to stonewash denim ... his spring 2002 collection to denim’s re-creation, torturing hundreds of yards of fabric and then sewing them into ragged dresses.

The 90s are back in a big way, and with them, all the icons of the decade — buffalo checks, low top Dr Martens, Canadian tuxedos, and of course, stonewash denim. credit: Levi’s Type III denim ...

The patents broadly cover processes for producing a stone-washed effect in denim or other cellulosic fabrics using cellulase. Genencor's patent exclusivity means its cellulase enzymes are the only ...