a selection of my vintage office equipment.

bdd on facebook.

a shameless sunday evening plug:

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video: cone mills by wrangler.

inspiring short with imagery from cone mills factory floor - by wrangler.

top 10: 2012 movie sequels, prequels and spin-offs.

just seeing the new trailer for the upcoming avengers movie, it reminded me that they are releasing a lot of great movie sequels, prequels and spin-offs in 2012. here is my top 10:

10. the expendables 2.

only two words: chuck & norris.

9. the amazing spider-man.

very curious about this reboot. apparently they cut the budget compared to the previous trilogy, so the focus should be on the story rather than on some good old swinging from building to building, chasing the green goblin.

8. men in black 3.

mib back in business, fighting alien crime on earth.

7. underworld: awakening.

big fan of the genre. though another blade sequal would haven been even better, but due to wesley's current 'situation' we might have to wait a little longer for that one..

6. the bourne legacy.

one of the best action movie series i have ever seen, so another addition is very much welcome.

5. g.i. joe 2: retaliation.

the ending of the first g.i. joe movie screamed for a sequal, and i begged. cobra..

4. the avengers.

just seen the trailer.. goosebumps.

3. the hobbit: an expected journey.

everyone should go and check out the first of the two prequels of the lord of rings - a guaranteed masterpiece.

2. the dark knight rises.

batman should get some more respect from gotham's population in the third nolan movie - only too bad harvey dent is dead.. but we get bane in return.

1. ghostbusters 3.

not even being officially announced, this rumoured sequal is the movie i have been waiting for since 1989.. please hear my plea dan akroyd, harold ramis, bill murray, ernie hudson and all the others.. one more time?

also notable: madagascar 3, star trek 2, ice age 4, superman the man of steel, die hard 5, ghost rider: spirit of vengeance.

video: indigo oxidation

perfect example of how indigo turns from yellow, to green, to blue due to oxidation:

hemming service - union special 43200g.

benzak denim developers now offers a hemming service to alter the length of your jeans, done on a union special 43200g machine.

this machine creates the so-called roping effect: the hems are not folded but instead rolled, creating a skew which results in diagonal fading effect after wash and wear. this is a detail that can be found on vintage jeans as well. as these machines are not being produced anymore, this method of hemming is becoming quite rare, but preferred by any denim connoisseur.

bdd jeans are 0.01 euro; other brands 15 euro.

in the spotlight: bdd belt.

this week in the spotlight: bdd belt. like all current leather products, these are fully handcrafted by obbi good label, made of vegetable tanned leather. unlike the other products, the belt is made of very sturdy part of leather, measuring 4 mm in thickness - thick enough for heavy wear, but still smooth enough for comfort.

the end of the belt is stamped with the letters bdd. the buckle is made of shiny brass and in the shape of a so-called horse shoe, which will age beautiful, just like the leather.

coming in 4 different lenghts to cater all sizes, the belt can be purchased at the bdd webshop for euro 79.