FLD 112FLD
Reading a Levi's tab in five seconds
Big E, small e, and the single stitch that dates a pair before the price does.
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The permanent shelf. Everything we know about finding, buying and keeping preloved clothes in India, so you stop getting had.
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FLD 101
Real Carhartt vs the Sarojini copy.
Four checks, thirty seconds, no phone needed.
FIELDCRAFTThis week's lesson3 MIN readEnds at: Sarojini Nagar, Delhi
FIELDCRAFT · FLD 104How to haggle at Chor Bazaar
3 MIN · Ends at Chor Bazaar, Mumbai
HISTORY · HIS 209Why Kolkata and Kerala wear football shirts like nowhere else
3 MIN · Ends at Maidan, Kolkata
MATERIALS · MAT 301What survives a Mumbai monsoon
3 MIN · Ends at Your cupboardEvery lesson, A to Z12 live · 8 on the wayStart here.
The practical guides: spot a fake, get the size right, clean what you buy, and the words you will meet on every rack.
FLD 101How to Spot a Fake Carhartt Jacket: Real vs the Sarojini CopyFLD 102How to Spot Fake Levi's Jeans: 6 Checks for Thrifted 501sFLD 103How to Spot a Fake Football Jersey: Original vs First CopyFLD 108US and UK Clothing Sizes in India: How to Size Thrifted ClothesMAT 302How to Wash and Clean Thrifted Clothes (and Is Thrifting Hygienic?)FLD 106Sarojini Market Guide: When to Go, What to Buy, How to BargainREF 001The thrift glossary: 36 terms explained
All lessons.
12 live · 8 on the way
FLD 102Real Levi's, and the pair that only says it
Six checks, from the red tab to the back of the button. A copy fails at least one.
6 MINEnds at Any denim rack
FLD 103Original or first copy: reading a football shirt
The crest can fool you. The tag, the code and the season can’t.
6 MINEnds at Your own wardrobe
MAT 302Is thrift clean? It is once you’ve washed it
Wash everything, wash it right, and the question answers itself.
6 MINEnds at Your laundry day
FLD 106Sarojini, done properly
Delhi’s great surplus market rewards a plan. Here is one.
6 MINEnds at Sarojini Nagar, Delhi
FLD 101Real Carhartt vs the Sarojini copy
Four checks, thirty seconds, no phone needed.
3 MINEnds at Sarojini Nagar, DelhiFLD 104How to haggle at Chor Bazaar
When to walk, when to stay quiet, and why the first number is never the real one.
3 MINEnds at Chor Bazaar, Mumbai
FLD 108Western sizing on an Indian body
A US Large is not a Large. Four measurements decide everything.
3 MINEnds at Your own wardrobeHIS 209Why Kolkata and Kerala wear football shirts like nowhere else
Two football cultures older than any broadcast deal.
3 MINEnds at Maidan, Kolkata
HIS 218Y2K thrift: what survived the apology
Low-rise, mesh, baby tees: how to thrift the decade without buying the costume.
3 MINEnds at Any going-out rack
MAT 301What survives a Mumbai monsoon
Ninety per cent humidity is a materials exam. Most fabrics fail it.
3 MINEnds at Your cupboard
MAT 309What a darzi can fix, and what he can’t
Taper, shorten, take in: yes. Shoulders: no.
3 MINEnds at Your local tailorMAT 312Selvedge: what the red line means
The self-finished edge, the ID line, and why Japanese mills slowed the loom on purpose.
3 MINEnds at Any denim rackIn the works.
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Chikpet, Bangalore: a walking route
Where to start, what each lane is good for, and the two shops worth the whole trip.
Tell me when it landsHIS 201HIS
How the world's old clothes reach India
The ports, the bales, and why everything on an Indian rack was somebody else's first.
Tell me when it landsHIS 205HIS
Export surplus: the industry that dressed a generation
Before thrift had a name, India was already wearing the overruns.
Tell me when it landsHIS 214HIS
Bombay, 1994
Where Indian street style actually came from, and it wasn't a runway.
Tell me when it landsMAT 305MAT
Washing a thirty-year-old jersey in hard water
Why the print cracks, why whites go yellow, and the one thing not to do.
Tell me when it landsPRO 401PRO
Twenty-five years on the same stall
One trader, one pitch, and what he's watched arrive and leave.
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The people who find things
The sellers on SZN2, in their own rooms, with the pieces they refuse to sell.
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