/fa/ - Fashion

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Raw means denim that has been washed, and often not sanforized.
Selvedge refers to the white line, often detailed with thread, normally red, on the seam of jeans. This is because on a when the denim was woven on an old loom machine, there was a process known as self-edging, producing the white strip of fabric. Most jeans were done with an open seam along the jeans, meaning the selvedge was visible. The colored thread was originally used to identify the company the denim was for (Red was traditionally Levi's).
You only get selvedge on denim produced with traditional vintage looms - it means it's more expensive, and less cost-effective for companies considering these machines are a lot less productive. But they're more authentic, and that's the reason denim nerds like them - it shows character, the denim produced on these older machines normally has a lot more inconsistency and irregularity in terms of slub/feel, and they're going back to the heritage of denim.