Belstaff collaborates with Blackhorse Lane on sustainable denim

Belstaff has launched a good sustainable denim capsule collection with London-based atelier Blackhorse Lane, who manufacture selvedge and organic raw denim garments with a focus on sustainability.

The capsule has been designed and manufactured with Belstaff’s company ethos ‘Built for Lifestyle’ at the forefront and features skinny jeans, jackets, for women and men, and a tote bag.

Blackhorse Lane Ateliers, founded by Han Ates in 2016, is London’s only craft jean maker and its own team hand-made the denim collection, dealing with Belstaff on unique style features, such as copper rivets, co-branded buttons, organic herringbone internal waistbands, and cognac household leather patches with dual branding.

The atelier is becoming known for its local and eco-conscious method of denim by only using organic and natural cotton and denim woven in Europe to minimise environmentally friendly impact of the creation of the raw materials.

The Belstaff x Blackhorse Lane collection is all created from 14oz Redline Selvedge denim from Isko, which uses environmentally friendly processes and production techniques. The denim’s carbon footprint is also low since it is milled very near where it’s grown, explains Belstaff in the news release.

By using selvedge denim, the collection has been “built for life” added Belstaff, since it is probably the most hardwearing materials, but with a soft side. This kind of denim also ages very well, taking on the “marks and whiskers of the dog owner and often improving as the denim is donned in”.

The British heritage brand may also showcase how to care for this denim to guarantee the jeans previous the test of time, with tutorials and information shared on social channels and online.

The collection includes the men’s Union jacket, a classic trucker silhouette, and the Union jean, a mid-rise, straight leg silhouette with a selvedge outside leg seam. The women’s Marilyn coat calls for the trucker silhouette adding a feminine meet, and the Marilyn jean can be a high rise, tapered leg silhouette.

In addition, Belstaff has added a unisex Union bag, with a healthy herringbone pocket with a natural cotton webbing shoulder strap and zip closure.

Belstaff’s imaginative director, Sean Lehnhardt-Moore said of the collaboration in a good affirmation: “Belstaff is proud to work with Blackhorse Lane Ateliers in London on a thrilling new selection of selvedge denim. Tailoring development meets heritage engineering with a focus on design, sustainability and unmatched quality. We too believe their denims, jackets and bags will be the among the best in course and we are worked up about this union.”

Han Ates, founder of Blackhorse Lane Atelier, added: “Craftsmanship may be the start of everything. An appreciation for heritage and value for our communities is certainly something we tell Belstaff. With production needing to slow last year through the lockdowns we had to utilize a smaller group who took over seven a few months to thoroughly produce the collection yourself, something we are very pleased with and appearance forward to continuing our use Belstaff in the future.”

Prices for the collection begin from 175 pounds.