selvage

Think blazer coats with white overstitching and cut as if to reveal the selvage edge of the fabric.

Then, as you got older, you got those stiff, selvage jeans from A.P.C.

She writes from the selvage edge, prose that does not unravel: “My attention was always on the periphery, on what I could see and taste and touch.”

You can also find Japanese selvage denim, Filson shirts and jackets, work boots that look like they’ll last a generation, safety glasses for hazardous manly activities, restored and hand-sharpened vintage axes and motorcycle helmets.

“Made in America” has become a marketing catchphrase espoused by both Brooklyn $400 selvage denim enthusiasts and Trump isolationists.