Selvedge style is adopted by the fashion elite as an authentic and high caliber alternative to classic stonewashed jeans. Selvedge or raw denim is heavier and darker in hue than regular jeans. Featuring a unique edge at the hem that prevents the fabric from unraveling during the production stage, modern selvedge jeans are still produced the way it was in the early 1800s, woven on a traditional shuttle loom. Because of this reason, it is considered higher quality jeans to mainstream stonewashed ones. With an appealing crisp aesthetic when new, once worn-in selvedge jeans take on the unique quality all of its own.