The Jeansmuseum - (Looking for your heavy/ used raw denim)
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Hi guys
I have started to collect raw denim rag stuff in the Swiss mountains in 1973 and the Jeansmuseum is open to the public on request since 2001 in Zuerich (only 20 min, away from the VMC store). Till now everything on this non commercial project is paid from my own pocket as a geographer. Perhaps the Jeansmuseum can go one step further next year, if there will be successful fundraising over the next month.
Over 12000 items have been rescued from the garbage bin since 1973. Most items are from 1960 up to 2000. But the Jeansmuseum is always about 5-10 years behind. Well I myself try to wear my raw denim stuff over many years too.
Till now almost no items from APC, Atelier La Durance, Edwin,Evisu, Flathead, Imperial, Ironheart, Nudie, Samurai, Studio d'Artisan had reached the Jeansmsueum. Not only the vintage stuff should be preserved but the newer japan denim brands and so on too!
The Jeansmuseum encourages people to use their raw denim stuff as long as possible but never throwing them away.
Many beautiful aged raw denim rag items are displayed on the virtual net, but the Jeansmusuem offers those beloved items a safe place to survive for ever in the real world too, what they really deserve after a long and hard life.So if anybody of you have a raw denim rag item you really can't use anymore: Be aware to keep them alive for ever. Use them as long as possible, keep them in your personal collection or nail them on a wall at home, or whatever. And when there comes the time you wanna get rid of them, just don't trash them. Give them a chance for an eternal life.
There are 4 main raw denim rag killers:
- Moving day
- Moving together with an other person
- Start having a family
- Getting older and changes in lifestyle
So keep this in mind, since I have heard many many sad stories about beautiful faded raw denim rags, where people even knew about this Jeansmsueum, but when I met them later, they are always telling the same story: Too lazy, too much work, forgot the address of the Jeansmuseum and so on.
To be serious: What are you doing with your beloved favorite items when time has come, where you really can't wear them anymore?
Some people will use them as spare parts, some people just keep them in the closet but many items will end up in the trash some days.
And exactly those heavy used items would fit perfectly in the Jeansmuseum, showing many personal signs of a long life
So once again: Use your stuff as long as possible, but when it comes to say good bye to them just remember the Jeansmuseum. And really no matter how ugly or poor condition, even if never washed, filthy just reflecting a part of the real life
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Thanks, will do
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It's not about somebody specific. It's a general call to all denim heads to keep their heavy used raw denim stuff alive for ever not on the virtual net only but also in the real world. That's the main goal of the Jeansmuseum.
Use your stuff as long as possible, keep them in your personal collection or just hang them on your wall, but if there are any changes in your life circumstances and you wanna get rid of them at any time, then the Jeansmusuem is the place to preserve your beloved favorite items in a safe place for ever.
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I am going to move this to General Chat as it is more of a discussion than a B&S thing…
EDIT: Moved
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GREAT post Rafa, Ruedi is a really nice guy and he is so passionate about denim.
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wonderful pictures. I really want to go there some day, too. If it wasn't only that far away.
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Sorry guys for my late reply
I must have been blind the last few weeks that I have overseen all those comments on this threadBut at least I wanna say thank you to all you guys with all those compliments.
And Finn666: Thanks a lot for your great Photo work!!!! Amazing for myself to see the first time parts of the Jeansmuseum in the net.And of course all you guys are more then welcome to check out the little Jeansmusuem. I'm sure you would love to stay in the middle of 7000 pants and 5000 denim jackets from the 50ies till now
Since my childhood, when we got 2 Levis (from the fifties) donated at the end of sixties in our poor and large 12 person family in a little Swiss alpine village, I'm completely hooked up about raw denim rags.
Since then raw denim rags are flowing through my body instead of blood
And since 1973 I have started collecting all kind of raw denim rags from second hand shops, flea markets, dump stations, internet and so on
Now the Jeansmuseum encourage all people, to use their raw denim stuff as long as possible. And when you can't use them anymore, hang them on a wall, or frame them or what ever. But just never throw them away!!!! The Jeansmuseum offers a safe place to all your beloved favorite denim items, where they can survive for ever, what they deserve for sure after a long and hard life
