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Rigid Denim Cotton

No stretch. All cotton. Straight fit.

Fibre
100% cotton
Weight
11,6 and 12,25 oz
Made in
Tunisia
Finish
Rigid
Fit
Straight
Rigid Denim Cotton
The story

Rigid denim has no elastane in it at all. It starts stiff and stays exactly where you put it, and then over a few months it takes the shape of the person wearing it instead of snapping back to the shape it was cut in. It runs in two weights, 11,6 and 12,25 oz. All of it is 100% cotton, cut straight through the leg, and made up in Tunisia. The first wash is the one that matters: on its own, at 30°C, inside out, and the colour stays where it belongs.

Why choose it

For jeans you want to break in yourself, rather than buy already broken in.

01

Nothing but cotton

No elastane, so the denim creases, fades and softens exactly where you use it.

02

Two weights

11,6 oz midweight and 12,25 oz heavyweight.

03

Cut straight

A straight leg from the knee down, which is the fit rigid denim actually flatters.

Rigid cotton denim, woven without elastane
Rigid cotton denim, woven without elastane
Transparent pricing

One piece, every euro

What one piece costs us, to the cent. Then where the rest of the price goes.

Carlin Rigid Denim Cotton PA01001-MSW
Carlin Straight Fit Denim €119,00
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What you pay for

Carlin Straight Fit Denim: €119 here. €179 average market price.

Average market price is what a comparable piece costs from a brand that sells through other people's shops: department stores and multi-brand retailers. That price has to carry the brand's margin and the shop's margin, stacked. Ours carries one.

Materials
€17,00
Making
€13,00
Trims
€2,00
Transport
€1,00
VAT (21%)
€20,65
Our margin
€65,35

Margin is not profit. It goes to getting the piece to your door: shipping, returns, the warehouse. Then to running No Label: the team, the stores, the fit sessions, the photography. What is left goes into next season's fabric. On sale pieces there is often nothing left at all, because overstock is money sitting in a warehouse and we would rather it moved than marked up.

Care

Wash separately first
new jeans transfer colour
Wash at 30°C
inside out, gentle cycle (400-700RPM)
Do not tumble dry
keeps the fit
Iron inside out
medium heat

Made from Rigid Denim Cotton