Agave Delgada in Manhattan Stretch on Denimology
Denimology has published my next installment! I was really excited about this one. I was first introduced to Agave in 2007 at my last job at an e-commerce company when I helped design and build a website for them! The brand was also available in a local boutique that I designed collateral for (store posters, display signs, newspaper ads, etc), where I picked up their well-known La Sirena bootcut style and immediately fell in love with how soft they were (like denim sweatpants!). I was excited to get back in touch with the same contacts at Agave that I was in touch with when I designed their website, and to get a chance to revisit them with their new denim line. Agave, in my opinion, is one of the best denim brands out there, and although they’ve been around for awhile, they still don’t seem to get as much attention as True Religion or 7 For All Mankind does, and they should! The brand was founded in 2002 in Santa Monica, California by Jeffrey Todd Shafer, under the moniker of “West Coast Luxury.” All product is designed in Portland and manufactured in California with sustainability in mind…Agave proudly supports organizations like the Surfrider Foundation and The Sierra Club, and also partners with Tesla Motors.
Agave was awesome enough to send me two samples, one of the Delgada in Manhattan Stretch and one in the darker Gemstone Stretch rinse wash, both in my normal size of 26 as determined by the measurements on their size chart. I had originally selected the Gemstone Stretch but I’m glad that I had the chance to try two on because I found the Delgada in Manhattan Stretch to be a lot softer, better fitting and more comfortable. The wash is a beautiful vibrant blue, or a “buttery soft indigo shade” as the brand describes them, with a vintage feel and look–the jeans are hand-sanded to a lighter blue around belt loops and seams to give a nice worn-in look. It’s really a wash you have to see in person, as it looks like a more faded gray blue on Agave’s website. I love how basic these jeans are…easy to pair with anything in my wardrobe, and they are incredibly soft with an Italian mill, 9oz – 90% cotton, 6% EME, 4% elastane blend. They are super stretchy, and I at first thought I could have maybe gone a size down, but I think it would have negated the comfort factor if I did so I think the 26 is perfect…I’d say stick with your true size. They hug in all the right places and have a nice classic rise of 8.5” to keep them in place, with a 32” inseam for that cute scrunched look at the ankles and an 11” leg opening.
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