Garcia Jeans - traditional craftsmanship from cotton to butt
Garcia jeans - from the beginning
Garcia jeans are made from cotton, selected from the best harvests in the world. The process begins with washing and mixing the selected cotton in its raw form. Garcia blends cotton from all over the world to ensure the best and most uniform cotton every time. When the cotton is spun into yarn, the "old-fashioned" ring method is used, as it produces the strongest and most beautiful yarns. The yarn is then dyed several times with the well-known indigo dye. Finally, the yarn is woven into different types of denim based on weight, flexibility, and color.
Denim craftsmanship
The real magic happens when Garcia transforms the denim fabric into jeans. A standard pattern for classic five-pocket jeans consists of about fifteen parts. A very large and precisely balanced cutting machine is used to cut 100 layers of denim at a time. Afterwards, the different parts are marked with a special tailor's chalk - and many different sewing machines are needed to breathe life into a pair of Garcia jeans. On average, a pair of jeans will go through 12 production steps, each averaging 15 minutes.
Unique jeans
Every single pair of Garcia jeans is unique because a number of special treatments are performed by hand. Machines simply cannot do this in the same way. And there are many special treatments, e.g., sanding, whiskers, mustaches, baking, scraping, and marble spray. Due to Garcia's demand for unique details, a pair of Garcia jeans is therefore very labor-intensive. And this means that no two pairs of Garcia jeans are alike.
The first wash
Garcia creates the classic stonewash effect on jeans by washing them with pumice stone. This volcanic rock contains gas, which makes it lighter than water. In this process, the jeans change their appearance and texture - and the time determines the level of fading. This process lasts between half an hour and six hours. The different washes are called Dark Stone, Medium Stone, Stone Wash Bleach, and Rinse Wash. After washing, the jeans are almost ready for use, they just need the final inspection.
Quality check
The last step in the process is the quality check, which ensures that every pair of jeans meets Garcia's quality standard. The jeans are carefully inspected - and rejected if they are not in order. Once a pair of jeans has passed the test, any loose pieces of yarn are removed - and then buttons, zippers, rivets, and labels are added - the details that give Garcia jeans character. And then the jeans are ready for packing and shipping. The ultimate goal is your wardrobe ;)
Responsibility
Garcia ensures that all factories where their jeans are made offer decent working conditions for their employees - and of course do not accept the use of child labor. Garcia Jeans is also a member of Business Social Compliance Initiative.
