The companies behind denim brands such as levi strauss and wrangler are witnessing volatility in the cost of the heavy cloth , threatening price rises for jeans , jackets and other garments .
You might not think that denim , or any other cloth for that matter , would make the most ideal material to make a bracelet with .
也许你从不认为牛仔布,或与之有关的其他布料,可以成为制作手镯的理想材料。
Last year , mr. murphy found that a product designed and produced at the company 's los angeles denim lab was being shipped to a distribution center a few hours away before being shipped back to a test store in los angeles .
He doesn 't like to put his jeans in a washing machine because agitating the denim makes the fibers on the cotton fabric swell and ' bloom . ' That in turn causes the yarns to tense up and actually get shorter , shrinking the jeans .
Denim mills , which have traditionally fixed fabric prices for manufacturers between annual cotton harvests , have begun raising prices , sometimes on a week-to-week or even a day-to-day basis , according to industry executives .