At this point, the dryer has become part of most people’s daily routines: we load it up with our damp clothes, press “Start”, and forget about it. However, understanding how a dryer works can make a difference: choosing the most suitable program to protect the fabric fibers, saving on your energy bill. Here we’ll explain it all with no technical jargon, and throw in a couple of practical tips, from the first spin to the end of the cycle.
It always happens like this: hiding at the back of the closet is a pair of jeans that you don’t want to admit to having abandoned. A hole in the knee, a hem that no longer convinces you, that indigo blue that is no longer your blue. Yet all it takes is a different perspective for creativity and recycling to change the situation: that rip becomes a decoration, the hem a new line, the color an unexpected variation. When fashion stops being just something “new” it becomes ours again.
There’s an invisible thread that stretches from the nineteenth century Old West straight to the streets of contemporary cities. It’s made of cotton, woven using the twill technique, dyed with natural or synthetic indigo, and resistant to washing, fashion trends, and social revolutions. This thread is known as Denim, and for more than one hundred and fifty years it has been the companion of miners, rock stars, activists, fashion designers, and ordinary people in their daily lives.
The appeal of indigo denim lies in its ability to change without losing its essence. It fades, it creases, it rips- but the older it gets, the more distinctive it becomes. Wearing a well-worn pair of jeans is like wearing an intimate chronicle: creases on the knees that recall summers spent cycling, abrasions on the pockets that speak of coins and keys, a worn hem that reveals kilometers of footsteps.
