Brave Star Selvedge Jeans LA Cal

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Who We Are

A BRIEF HISTORY...Brave Star Selvage was born in 2005 when we got an invitation from Cone Mills to view their first selvedge denim collection from the newly launched White Oak label. Once we saw the full extent of the offering there was no other choice than to start a label exclusively showcasing Cone Mills selvedge denims. Our goal was to not only educate the discerning denim customer on the unique nature of selvedge but also the storied history behind Cone and all it had achieved as the premier weaver of indigo yarns in America. With this vision, Brave Star Selvage became the first premium, all selvedge ‘Made in the USA’ brand – a distinction it holds to this day. Unfortunately, the men’s denim market of 2005 was a very different market than it is today. Overly constructed and embellished jeans were the trend at that time making our understated, simple raw denim a very ‘shocking’ proposition. We struggled. A lot. The idea of wearing stiff, dark blue denim was not on the ‘must have’ list of most customers. People looked at us weird. We didn’t care, we loved what we were doing and wanted to spread the gospel of selvedge and Cone Mills to whomever would listen. At the end of 2008, just as we were beginning to see momentum for the brand and an interest in selvedge by a new generation of denim heads the global financial crisis hit and ripped the brand from our hands. Brave Star was regrettably sold to a large apparel conglomerate and put on ice.

Fortunately, a vision does not die easily and favorable circumstances enabled us to purchase Brave Star back in 2012. After a successful Kickstarter campaign to get the brand funded we fired up the sewing machines in May 2013 and have been producing high quality, affordable, American made selvedge jeans without compromise in Downtown Los Angeles.



Stay Raw, Mik

“FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE”
-Anon

 

[B-Man2]

Who We Are

A BRIEF HISTORY...Brave Star Selvage was born in 2005 when we got an invitation from Cone Mills to view their first selvedge denim collection from the newly launched White Oak label. Once we saw the full extent of the offering there was no other choice than to start a label exclusively showcasing Cone Mills selvedge denims. Our goal was to not only educate the discerning denim customer on the unique nature of selvedge but also the storied history behind Cone and all it had achieved as the premier weaver of indigo yarns in America. With this vision, Brave Star Selvage became the first premium, all selvedge ‘Made in the USA’ brand – a distinction it holds to this day. Unfortunately, the men’s denim market of 2005 was a very different market than it is today. Overly constructed and embellished jeans were the trend at that time making our understated, simple raw denim a very ‘shocking’ proposition. We struggled. A lot. The idea of wearing stiff, dark blue denim was not on the ‘must have’ list of most customers. People looked at us weird. We didn’t care, we loved what we were doing and wanted to spread the gospel of selvedge and Cone Mills to whomever would listen. At the end of 2008, just as we were beginning to see momentum for the brand and an interest in selvedge by a new generation of denim heads the global financial crisis hit and ripped the brand from our hands. Brave Star was regrettably sold to a large apparel conglomerate and put on ice.

Fortunately, a vision does not die easily and favorable circumstances enabled us to purchase Brave Star back in 2012. After a successful Kickstarter campaign to get the brand funded we fired up the sewing machines in May 2013 and have been producing high quality, affordable, American made selvedge jeans without compromise in Downtown Los Angeles.



Stay Raw, Mik

“FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE”
-Anon

Jeff
From what I’ve read in these threads Is Cone Mills back up and running and is Brave Star using their denim in their jeans ?

 

[B-Man2]

Please disregard that last question I went online and they are using Cone Mills Denim

 

[Bombing IP]

Burt if they are using Cone mills Denim its old stock Cone mills is shut down . I did a posting on the Cone mills machines which are up and running 800 miles away . The company is now Called Vidalia Mills in Louisiana’ and a lot of the Cone mill staff relocated to get the new concern up and running with full time jobs also . Some of these articles I have posted are not new some are from 2018 and before ,so that may be confusing the issue
,I will date them in future .
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[B-Man2]

OK ..Thanks for that.....their website states that their 15oz denim comes from Cone Mils, so I'm not sure if its NOS. But as fast as they sell out their jeans I would think that the NOS Denim would be gone by now.

Affordable Selvedge Denim | Brave Star Selvage Jeans Factory

 

[Bombing IP]

Did you read this Burt it will get you up to speed .

WHITE OAK might be dead but it looms are in use 800 miles away

Style | September 1, 2020 10:17 am A Man, A Mill and the Plan to Save American Denim Cone Mills' White Oak Plant might be dead, but its iconic looms are in...

www.vintageleatherjackets.org

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[B-Man2]

Thanks Jeff ........

 

[CBI]

I think Brave Star is the 5 Star of the denim world. Great selvedge at the lowest prices while being made in the USA! They sell the best plain T-shirts BTW! Always great stuff. My ONLY issue is (unless this has changed) that they don't accept returns only exchanges so be careful what you order. if I were ever interested in buying selvedge denim again, I would check them out first. Their fit/cut is a bit more modern than an LVC but once they are worn in a bit, they do the job as an old school pair of jeans. I guess the logo on their jeans (an embroidered gold star) is a little "modern" as well but they make up for it with a great leather label.

 

[dinomartino1]

Had a look at their site, way too narrow for my taste they look like ballerina leotards.

 

[CBI]

they have all different cuts - I have had some that were too wide for me. ???????

 

[Bombing IP]

I cannot say a bad thing about Brave Star ,there all that and a bag of chips !.

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[B-Man2]

I checked with them and they are just about sold out of everything . Not taking calls, had to leave a message and no return call yet.still looking forward to grabbing a pair .

 

[CBI]

they keep their stock to bare minimums all the time - I guess its limited the extra cost of jeans sitting around. Works for them I guess. they always have pre-order runs going on.