What originally started as a quest for the perfect pair of high rise dungarees quickly morphed into years long trials and a tight edit of high rise work pants, tailored for a range of work place scenarios and body types.

We’re slowly releasing the options, leading with our Sargent fit —a wink and a nod to Sargent’s musings on femininity (I used to garden below Sargent’s former studio). Along those lines, we’ve thought about what’s necessary for a work pant, and tried to strip away everything else. We landed on a seemingly simple silhouette, based on a favorite dungaree from the 40’s. Our talented seamstresses, who used to make Levi’s and Carhartt pre-NAFTA, show their deft hand on their WWII era sewing machines, creating single needle details and felled side seams—special details lost in today’s disposable world. Our pattern maker, who has been making jeans for over 40 years, created a super comfortable gusset for a fuller range of motion and ease of fit as these babies break in.

In the past, we’ve used the last rolls of deadstock, 12 selvedge denim from the now shuttered White Oak Mill in N.C., and to continue the tradition, we’ve adopted a virtually identical proxy from Yoshiwa MIll, in Japan, dyed with indigo. These pants truly are an homage to the heyday of American workwear—the sort of jeans you might be lucky to find in a vintage shop or be handed down from your grandma.

• Gusseted crotch, high rise.

• Straight leg, knee reinforcement.

• 100% cotton, indigo dyed, 12 oz. Japanese selvedge denim, Yoshiwa Mill.

• Sanforized (pre-shrunk)

• Two large front pockets lined with striped cotton.

• Lovingly made in Tennessee

Please get in touch if your desired size/inseam is not in stock to be added to our next run: Whitney@gamineworkwear.com : )