Clean Jeans
Industry of All Nations is making jeans a different way: without contaminating the soil and waterways, doing our part to help create a cleaner planet.
Organic naturally dyed cotton.
Hand-loomed selvedge denim.
Nickel-free buttons and rivets.
Indigo Extraction
Men performing one of the steps of the ancient process of extracting indigo dye from the Indigoferia Tinctoria plant (stirring the indoxyl-rich mixture to mix it with air). This allows the air to oxidize the indigo plants, which settles to the bottom of the tank.
In collaboration with a community of innovators who have been perfecting this millenary technique, Industry of All Nations presents the world's first
collection of naturally dyed, hand-loomed selvedge jeans from 100% organic denim.
Our dye house, located in Southeast India, employs a natural process that eliminates the use of petrochemicals, offering no contamination to the soil and
waterways.
Furthermore, our manufacturing process aims at providing the men and women of this area with local employment and opportunities to further the cultural
progress of looming and dying. We are determined to support the efforts of these communities to keep their traditions alive and prevent the need
for relocation or vocational displacement.
Material: petrochemical free
100% Organic Cotton
Coloring: petrochemical free
NO HEAVY METAL DYES - NO CHEMICAL WASHES. IOAN DENIM YARN IS TINTED WITH 100% NATURAL DYES DERIVED FROM PLANTS AND BEETLE RESINS.
THE JEANS ARE FINISHED IN A PURE WATER WASH THAT RESULTS IN A CHEMICAL-FREE PRODUCT WITH A CLASSIC JEANS LOOK.
Plant-Derived Color
Blues: Indigoferia Tinctoria
Reds: Rubia Cordifolia
Yellows: Terminalia Chebulla
Browns: Acacia Arabica
Resin-Derived Color
Purples: Shellac Sticklac*
*Collected from the resin left on tree branches by the Indian Shellac beetle.
The natural dyes are naturally fixed to the fabric, resulting in 100% naturally dyed denim, which does not bleed any more than your regular pair of jeans.
Hand Looming: Electricity Free
The millenary practice of looming by hand is deeply rooted in Indian culture. There are approximately 1 million hand looms working in India today but it is
the first time denim is loomed this way. By introducing a current demand we are helping to promote this sustainable technique keeping the tradition alive.
Our looming shops also reside in towns and villages in the Southeast Indian region of Tamil Nadu, where groups of men and women fashion the IOAN
selvedge denim fabric rolls. Their tradition and expertise account for the quality of this robust yet soft denim.
The word "selvedge" comes from the phrase "self-edge" — the natural edge of a roll of fabric. Originally selvedge denim was always hand-loomed,
a practice which is continued in the production of IOAN jeans.
Looms weave fabric with one continuous thread (the weft) that is passed back and forth all the way down the length of the bolt. As the weft loops back into
the edge of the denim, it creates this "self-edge" or selvedge. This is desirable because the edge cannot fray like denim made on a projectile loom with
separate wefts which leave an open edge that must be stitched.
The rolls of Clean Selvedge Denim are shipped to Los Angeles, USA, to be stitched into IOAN Clean Denim Products: JEANS, JACKETS, BERMUDAS, SKIRTS and our growing line of denim apparel.
 IOAN CLEAN JEANS -- INDIA / USA COLLABORATION
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