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"FacebookPinterest\n\nFor several weeks, we've been following Ernest Sabine of Ernest Alexander NYC and David Lim of Kasil Workshop in LA on their collaborative efforts towards two beautiful, handmade bags and a jean. The products incorporate each of what these guys do so well: Ernest's penchant for fine leather and canvas bags and David's longstanding fascination with denim; not to mention both of their strong commitment to the details.\n\nWe recently checked out the sample bags with Ernest and had an opportunity to view the early stages of David's work crafting the denim. Enjoy.\n\nErnest Sabine from Ernest Alexander:\n\nFacebookPinterestFinalSamples.jpeg\n\nFinal Samples\n\nIt's always exciting to see the finished product come together, from the seed of an idea to something you can hold in your hands. Here is a shot of the final samples, the overnight bag and slim messenger. Making the bags out of reverse selvage denim gave the bags a fresh and unique look. You almost don't realize it's denim, more of a light grey twill effect. It's funny I can easily picture a guy carrying these through the bustling streets of Tokyo.\n\nFacebookPinterestChambrayLining.jpeg\n\nChambray Lining\n\nHere is a picture of the inside of the messenger. We chose a blue chambray lining with a toothy texture. The subtle pop of color gives a little flair when you open the flap. I've always been a big fan of using fun, contrasting linings. Growing up, my favorite blazers had pop-color linings: subtle and hidden, but you know it's there. Now with samples in hand we're headed to the spring shows to sell the new line to stores. Next up: the Capsule show in Las Vegas. More to follow!\n\nDavid Lim from Kasil Workshop:\n\n[\n\n](http://blog.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/setting%20up.jpg)\n\nWhile Ernest is working on the collaboration bag in New York, across the country in Los Angeles, we are getting started on the collaboration jean.\n\n The collaboration with Ernest has been really fun so far, to observe his creative process and the details going into his bags really gave me inspiration for this particular jean.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nWe started the design process by really trying to understand Ernest's bags, so to keep in spirit with the collaboration bag, we are using the same raw selvedge denim and we will keep the garment raw or unwashed for all the denim aficionados out there who appreciate the process of breaking in raw denim.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nThe jean is going to be a straight leg design based off our Davidson fit, it's really classic and looks great on everybody. And for hardware, this particular jean will be finished with classic copper buttons and rivets, press kicked one-by-one.\n\n[\n\n](http://blog.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/deconstructed675.jpg)\n\nAs a kid I would always be taking everything apart to see how it worked or how it was made; that's one of the things that really attracted me to designing."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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