These jeans are so heavy that they stand alone. And it’s their beautiful

There is a new record: the heaviest jeans ever. Naked & Famous Denim, Canadian brand of Premium jeans (born in 2011) has decided to create a very particular model, i.e. a denim trousers So often that he is able to stand alone.

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The photo of the Super Heavyweight 40 OZ (as the brand has created its heavy jeans) in a row, perfectly in balance and without the help of a mannequin, thanks to the consistency of the fabric: a denim Selvedge from 40 ounces. “From the beginning we were obsessed with the denim Heavyweight,” says the brand’s founder and designer Brandon Svarc.

An obsession that has become reality, thanks to care, research and the desire to keep this record tight: «In our first season we started with 18 Oz, then 19 Oz, 20 OZ, 21 OZ, 24 OZ and even 26 OZwho at the time were the best – adds the designer – we beat our own record with 32 OZbut when we discovered that others could have passed it, we knew we had to push us beyond the limit. So he was born The Super Heavyweight 40 OZ».

Made to Okayama, JapanThe Super Heavyweight 40 Oz Indigo Selvedge It is four times heavier than the traditional denim and its processing is so complex that to sew only one pair need two operators engaged for several days. Obviously, working such a double fabric is not simple and for this reason a special sewing machine is used for the production of Selle and Fontine for leather guns.

Here, therefore, how the heaviest jeans in the world are born, also treated in the smallest details: contrasting seams; extra-long massive copper rivets; Ultra -resistant hinges – inspired by the military ones of the 1940s/60s – and also a maxi hand -sewn cottone patch.

The price? Well 2,040 dollars. However, for those wishing to buy them, there is bad news: the jeans are already Sold out. Now the question arises: will the owners wear this “extreme” garment? Not really, because it is not about clothing. In fact, jeans are not only uncomfortable but do not show signs of failure even after 6 months; so much so that the creator Brandon Svar He jokes saying “uncomfortable or reimbursed inconveniences”.

Buying this garment is rather to get hold of a piece of history to be put on display … On the other hand there is not even need to hang them: they stand independently.