We headed into the desert for the amazing Desert & Denim festival in Joshua Tree National Park. Check out some of the amazing denim style from some of our favourite people.
Tobias Hayduk from Desert & Denim. Film by Barry ODonnell for Kingpins Media. Wearing: A vintage hat, a cochineal hand dyed bandana from Last Chance Textiles, a Levi’s Vintage Clothing Type I jacket with his own patches, Levi’s sawtooth western shirt, a vintage military shirt, 1947 501 LVC jeans, vintage rings and 1911 Redwing Heritage boots.
Fox from The Foxhole, Los Angeles. Filmed at Desert & Denim show, Pioneertown, Joshua Tree. Film by Barry ODonnell for Kingpins Media. Wearing: Hat by Cate Havstead, go-to sunglasses she’s re-bought every couple of years for the last 15 years, vintage shop jacket and denim vest, a selection of turquoise and silver jewellery, vintage desert boots, and a pair of 15 year old, beat-up and patched Levi’s jeans.
Mats Andersson, founder of Indigofera Jeans, shot at the Desert & Denim trade show, Pioneertown, Joshua Tree. Film by Barry ODonnell and Amy Leverton for Kingpins Media. Wearing: Cate Havstad hat, Indigofera Grant leather jacket, Indigofera Wyat bootcut jeans in gunpowder black, Redwing Peco boots, wallet by Funny company, Japan, with strap by Lonewolf Leather from Sweden.
Caity Paisley Watson, DJ. Shot at the Desert & Denim trade show, Pioneertown, Joshua Tree. Film by Barry ODonnell and Amy Leverton for Kingpins Media. Wearing: Vintage jeans with hibiscus embroidery and front to back zipper fly, boots from Vagabonds, baseball tee and vintage letterman jacket from 1979.
Paul O’Neill, Head of Levi’s Vintage Clothing. Shot at the Desert & Denim trade show, Pioneertown, Joshua Tree. Film by Barry ODonnell and Amy Leverton for Kingpins Media. Wearing: LVC triple pleat blouse from the 1880’s, a batman sweatshirt from the 1980’s, 1950’s 501’s and a pair of Levi’s orange tab 70’s denim deck shoes.
Lily Hetzler creative director of Nativen. Shot at the Desert & Denim trade show, Pioneertown, Joshua Tree. Film by Barry ODonnell and Amy Leverton for Kingpins Media. Wearing: A vintage Pioneer works jacket, a vintage Lee jacket, an original Nativen jumpsuit in ecru, vintage boots and a Spanish Toreador hat, picked up in Mexico.
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