Dry-The raw, untreated denim fabric

Person seated on a metal chair in a dimly lit room, wearing dark clothing. Text overlay reads "DRY: The Raw, Untreated Denim Fabric."
Person seated on a metal chair in a dimly lit room, wearing dark clothing. Text overlay reads "DRY: The Raw, Untreated Denim Fabric."

Dry, the raw and untreated denim fabric refers to denim that remains untouched by water, thus lacking a wash – earning the name "dry."

Person in dry, raw denim jacket and wide-leg jeans, standing with arms crossed, facing forward and sideways against a brick and white wall.
Person in dry, raw denim jacket and wide-leg jeans, standing with arms crossed, facing forward and sideways against a brick and white wall.

Dry denim has a crisp rigidity attributed to the starch applied to warp yarns before weaving.

Collage of denim fashion featuring jackets, jeans, and models outdoors. Text reads: "Clothes that become more beautiful the more you wear them."
Collage of denim jeans, jackets, and a person by a river, highlighting the beauty of worn and repaired clothing.

While some may find it less comfortable than washed denim, it's this very starch that enables the dry denim to crease, giving rise to distinctive wear marks like "whiskers" and "honeycombs."

Dry denim

Regular Alf Dry One

160 EUR

Regular Alf Dry One. Regular fit bootcut raw jeans in 13.5 oz rigid organic denim. Deep indigo, orange seams, copper trims, button fly.

Slim Jim Dry Two

160 EUR

Slim Jim Dry Two. Slim straight raw jeans in 11.5 oz broken twill Candiani denim, orange seams, zip fly. Made from organic cotton.

Steady Eddie II Dry Heavy

160 EUR

Steady Eddie II Dry Heavy. Regular tapered raw jeans in 14.9 oz rigid redcast organic cotton denim. Orange seams, copper trims, button fly.

Rad Rufus Dry Heavy

160 EUR

Rad Rufus Dry Heavy. Regular straight raw jeans in 14.9 oz rigid redcast denim. High waist, button fly, copper trims, orange seams.
Nudie Jeans Gritty Jackson Dry Old, men's regular fit jeans shown laid flat.

Gritty Jackson Dry Old

160 EUR

Gritty Jackson Dry Old. Regular straight raw jeans in 14.15 oz rigid redcast denim with zip fly. Made from organic cotton.
Nudie Jeans Loud Larry Dry Weird, wide-leg loose-fit dry blue jeans with orange back pocket print on a model.

Loud Larry Dry Weird

200 EUR

Loud Larry Dry Weird. Loose high-waist wide-leg raw jeans in 12.1 oz rigid organic regenerative cotton denim. Orange seams, button fly.
Nudie Jeans Rad Rufus Dry Weird, dry blue straight-leg jeans with orange pocket print, shown from behind on a model.

Rad Rufus Dry Weird

180 EUR

Rad Rufus Dry Weird. Regular straight raw jeans in 12.1 oz rigid denim, organic regenerative cotton; printed back-pocket embo, button fly.
Nudie Jeans Loud Larry Dry Streaky, men's loose fit jeans shown on a model outdoors with wide, rolled-up selvedge cuffs.

Loud Larry Dry Streaky

180 EUR

Loud Larry Dry Streaky. Loose wide-leg raw jeans in 13.7 oz organic cotton rigid Dry Streaky denim, slubby, orange seams, button fly.
Nudie Jeans Rad Rufus 40s Redcast, a pair of men's regular fit straight leg jeans in redcast denim, shown laid flat.

Rad Rufus 40s Redcast

180 EUR

Rad Rufus 40s Redcast. Regular straight, high waist in 13.3 oz rigid redcast denim; rinse, slubby crosshatch feel. Made from organic cotton.
Nudie Jeans Flare Glenn Dry Nostalgia, men's flared leg jeans shown folded and laid flat against a light background.

Flare Glenn Dry Nostalgia

160 EUR

Flare Glenn Dry Nostalgia. Regular fit flared jeans in 14.2 oz raw rigid redcast denim, orange seams, button fly. Made from organic cotton.

Tuff Tony Dry Deadstock 23

180 EUR

Tuff Tony Dry Deadstock 23. Loose high-waist wide-leg raw jeans in 13.5 oz organic cotton rigid greencast denim by Kurabo. Button fly.
Nudie Jeans Grim Tim jeans in Dry True Navy, men's slim fit jeans shown laid flat against a white background.

Grim Tim Dry True Navy

160 EUR

Grim Tim Dry True Navy. Slim straight raw jeans in comfort stretch redcast denim with orange seams, button fly. Made from organic cotton.
Nudie Jeans Solid Ollie Dry Abyss, a men's slim fit jeans shown laid flat against a white background.

Solid Ollie Dry Abyss

160 EUR

Solid Ollie Dry Abyss. Slim straight raw jeans in 13 oz organic comfort stretch greencast denim. Orange seams, copper trims, button fly.
Nudie Jeans Lean Dean Dry 16 Dips, a men's slim tapered fit jean shown laid flat.

Lean Dean Dry 16 Dips

160 EUR

Lean Dean Dry 16 Dips. Slim tapered raw jeans in 11.5 oz organic cotton comfort stretch redcast denim, deep blue, 16 indigo dips. Zip fly.

Sonic Sue Dry Deadstock 24

200 EUR

Sonic Sue Dry Deadstock 24. Loose raw jeans, mid waist, wide A-line leg in 13.5 oz organic rigid greencast denim from Kurabo. Zip fly.

Gritty Jackson Dry Deadstock 22

180 EUR

Gritty Jackson Dry Deadstock 22. Regular straight raw jeans in 13.5 oz rigid greencast denim. Orange seams, zip fly, organic cotton.

Dry Selvage Denim

Nudie Jeans Wide Heidi Dry Selvage, women's wide-leg jeans with selvedge cuffs shown on a model leaning against a wall.

Wide Heidi Dry Selvage

250 EUR

Wide Heidi Dry Selvage. Loose low-waist wide-leg jeans in raw 13.75 oz Kaihara selvedge denim. Greencast. Made from organic cotton.

Tuff Tony Mystery Selvage

400 EUR

Tuff Tony Mystery Selvage. Loose high-waist wide-leg raw jeans in 14 oz rigid selvedge by Kaihara. Greencast, button fly, organic cotton.

Tuff Tony Dry Ace Selvage

350 EUR

Tuff Tony Dry Ace Selvage. Loose wide leg, high waist raw Ace Selvage in 14.2 oz redcast denim with button fly. Made from organic cotton.

Gritty Jackson Dry Selvage

250 EUR

Gritty Jackson Dry Selvage. Regular straight raw jeans in 13.75 oz Kaihara Dry Selvage denim, greencast hue. Made from organic cotton.
Nudie Jeans Grim Tim Dry Japan Selvage, men's slim straight jeans, shown on a model leaning against a shelf.

Grim Tim Dry Japan Selvage

250 EUR

Grim Tim Dry Japan Selvage. Slim straight raw selvedge jeans in 13.5 oz organic cotton stretch denim. Redcast, orange seams, button fly.
Nudie Jeans Lean Dean Dry Japan Selvage, men's slim tapered jeans shown on a model wearing a full denim outfit.

Lean Dean Dry Japan Selvage

250 EUR

Lean Dean Dry Japan Selvage. Slim tapered raw selvedge jeans in 13 oz comfort stretch denim. Redcast tone. Made from organic cotton.

George Ace Selvage Denim Shirt

400 EUR

George Ace Selvage Denim Shirt. Regular fit in 14.2 oz Japanese rigid selvedge, organic cotton. Redcast denim, beige pearl snap button.
Nudie Jeans Lean Dean Dry Apex Selvage jeans, folded flat against a blue background to show the back pocket and waistband.

Lean Dean Dry Apex Selvage

300 EUR

Lean Dean Dry Apex Selvage. Slim tapered raw selvedge jeans in 13.5 oz comfort stretch denim. Orange seams, zip fly, organic cotton.
Nudie Jeans Gritty Jackson Dry Ace Selvage, men's regular fit jeans in rigid selvedge denim, laid flat and folded.

Gritty Jackson Dry Ace Selvage

350 EUR

Gritty Jackson Dry Ace Selvage. Regular fit raw selvedge jeans in 14.2 oz Japanese redcast organic cotton denim. Zip fly, orange seams.
Nudie Jeans Solid Ollie selvedge jeans, shown from the side on a model styled with a leather jacket and cuffed hems.

Solid Ollie Dry Japan Selvage

250 EUR

Solid Ollie Dry Japan Selvage. Slim fit raw selvedge jeans in 13.5 oz Japanese comfort stretch redcast denim. Orange seams, button fly.
Nudie Jeans Rad Rufus Dry Black Selvage, men's regular fit straight leg jeans shown from the back on a model walking.

Rad Rufus Dry Black Selvage

250 EUR

Rad Rufus Dry Black Selvage. Regular straight, high-waist jeans in raw 14.5 oz Japanese rigid selvedge denim, button fly. Organic cotton.

Clean Eileen Dry Twilight Selvage

220 EUR

Clean Eileen Dry Twilight Selvage. Loose wide-leg, high waist raw selvedge jeans in 15 oz Italian Twilight Selvage, redcast, orange seams.

Danny Ace Selvage Denim Jacket Dry Blue

400 EUR

Danny Ace Selvage Denim Jacket Dry Blue. Regular fit denim jacket in raw 14.2 oz Japanese selvedge, organic cotton. Redcast, orange seams.

Steady Eddie II Dry Ace Selvage

350 EUR

Steady Eddie II Dry Ace Selvage. Regular tapered raw selvedge jeans in 14.2 oz Japanese denim with a redcast tone. Made from organic cotton.
Nudie Jeans Steady Eddie II Dry Black Selvage, a pair of men's regular fit jeans laid flat against a white background.

Steady Eddie II Dry Black Selvage

250 EUR

Steady Eddie II Dry Black Selvage. Regular tapered jeans in raw black selvedge denim, button fly. Made from organic cotton.
Nudie Jeans Steady Eddie II Dry Dusk Selvage, men's regular tapered jeans shown folded in a creative flat lay.

Steady Eddie II Dry Dusk Selvage

200 EUR

Steady Eddie II Dry Dusk Selvage. Regular tapered raw jeans in 13 oz rigid redcast selvedge denim, organic and recycled cotton, button fly.

Tuff Tony Dry Black Selvage

250 EUR

Tuff Tony Dry Black Selvage. Loose-fit wide-leg raw jeans in 14.5 oz Japanese selvedge denim. High waist, button fly, antique silver trims.

Rad Rufus Dry Ace Selvage

350 EUR

Rad Rufus Dry Ace Selvage. Regular straight, high-waist raw jeans in 14.2 oz Japanese selvedge, redcast indigo. Made from organic cotton.
Nudie Jeans Lean Dean Worn In True Selvage, laid flat from the back, showing heavy fading and wear from 12 months of use.

Lean Dean Dry True Selvage

200 EUR

Lean Dean Dry True Selvage. Slim tapered raw selvedge jeans in 13.5 oz comfort stretch denim, greencast indigo. Made from organic cotton.

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