Interview: Roy Slaper

Here’s one for all you serious denim-heads out there. Introducing Roy Slaper, the man behind every cut & stitch of Roy jeans. He was gracious enough to invite me into his Oakland studio for a tour of vintage machines and a better understanding of his past and process. Tell

Notes: Youth is a disease cured by age

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Project: NexChem

Between 2007 and 2009 I ran NexChemical, a company that co-developed an organic accelerant technology used in the production of galvanized steel. As the director I managed production of the product and sales that grew to exports to over 25+ countries. This was a very busy time in my professional

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