Salvaging Some Selvedge
As a fully licensed men’s style blogger of today I know I’m supposed to be fully fascinated with selvedge denim and chambray, be it Japanese or otherwise – but I’m honestly not. I can respect and understand the lure, but a pocketful of other factors (fit, style, price, to name only a few) seem way more important to me and my mundane little brain.
Nonetheless, I specially requested this Hillside chambray bandana from Blackbird recently. Not because it was selvedge chambray, but because it was red(ish), and finding a red(ish) kerchief that isn’t the ubiquitous, cowboy-style red hankie with black paisley swirls on it was becoming a heck of a lot harder than I’d have thought.
In person it’s a bit more mauve than the webshop showed it to be, although I admit I had the feeling it would be.
No worries though. Some really red Rit dye and an hour in the washer will get me and my scarf scootin’ right to where we aimed to be.
