No. 014MARLOW 505
The 14oz Selvedge Jean
- FABRIC
- 14oz Cone Mills Selvedge
- WEIGHT
- 14oz
- WASH
- One-Wash Raw Indigo
- PRICE
- $268
VOL. L · SPRING COLLECTION · ANNO DOMINI 2026
BUILT TO BEMENDED.WORN TO BE PASSEDDOWN.
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A WORD
A WORD
We cut raw selvedge in Cole County, Missouri. We pull hand-dyed indigo from a Japanese mill that has been running its shuttle looms since before the Korean War. We build what we'd hand to our own sons — and we repair it, forever, on the house.
MADE IN COLE COUNTY · USASHUTTLE-LOOM · SANFORIZED · LIFETIME
PLATE I · THE 14oz
fig. 001
MARLOW 505
RAW · ONE-WASH · SHUTTLE
14oz SELVEDGE
HAND-DYED INDIGO
LIFETIME MEND
50 YEARS
Of building honest garments
COLE CO · MO
Cut-and-sewn in Missouri
7 TAILORS
On our mending bench
FREE MENDING
For the life of the piece
THE WORK EDIT14oz SELVEDGECANVAS CHORE COATMARLOW 505RED WING ARCHIVETHE WORK EDIT14oz SELVEDGECANVAS CHORE COATMARLOW 505RED WING ARCHIVETHE WORK EDIT14oz SELVEDGECANVAS CHORE COATMARLOW 505RED WING ARCHIVE
THE WORK EDIT · SPRING '26 CATALOG
EIGHT GARMENTS.
ZERO NONSENSE.
A working catalog, printed for the first time in half a century. Each plate below lists fabric, weight, wash, and price, stamped by the bench that built it. Nothing is marked down. Nothing is discontinued. Everything is made to last.
PLATES 014 — 061 · 8 OF 24 SHOWN
No. 015COLE COUNTY FIELD
No. 022RAIL SPLITTER
No. 031STUBBORN PLAID
No. 042FIFTH SEASON
No. 048HAULER 48
No. 055FURNACE TEE
No. 061RED WING ARCHIVE
* ALL PRICES QUOTED IN U.S. DOLLARS · FREE LIFETIME MENDING
SEE ALL 24 PLATESPLATE II · RED ID · 14oz KURABO
FIG. 002Photographed on the mill floor, Okayama, Japan · 2024
CHAPTER II · ON THE SELVEDGE
A THIN RED LINE.
A NINETY-YEAR OBSESSION.
In a shed south of Okayama, on a river the color of raw indigo, sits a shuttle loom that was already old when the men who ran it were boys. Sixty-eight picks per minute. A thirty-inch weave. A single red thread running the length of the fabric to seal the edge and mark the work.
That red thread is called a selvedge. It is how the mill signs its name. When the denim comes off the loom, it has a finished edge that does not fray, does not roll, does not apologize. Modern projectile looms can't do it. They weave fabric three times wider in a tenth of the time. They save nobody any money that matters.
"Slower looms make better cloth. A shuttle loom throws a weft through the warp; it doesn't shoot it. The difference is that one tells the truth."
— H. SUZUKI, 4TH-GEN MILL HEAD, 1984 INTERVIEW
We buy our denim from that mill. We pay what they ask. We cut it with a saw-tooth pattern in Cole County, Missouri, one pair at a time, on tables our grandfathers built in the first shop. Every pair of MARLOW 505s carries that red line on the inside seam — a signature you'll see the first time you cuff them.
Wear them every day. For six months, don't wash them. Let your body learn the denim and the denim learn you. What happens after that is the whole point.
MILL
KURABO
WARP
INDIGO
WEFT
ECRU
WEIGHT
14oz
PLATE III · MEND BENCH · COLE CO · MO
FIG. 003CHAPTER III · THE MENDING PROGRAM
MEND IT
FOREVER.
Every garment that carries the MARLOW stamp comes with a lifetime mending guarantee. Blown-out knees, torn pockets, busted side seams, frayed cuffs — we fix them, on our bench, on our time. No receipts. No questions. No fee. Ship it to us; we ship it back.
01 · SHIP IT
Prepaid label to Cole County, MO.
02 · WE MEND
Hand-repaired on the bench in 14 days.
03 · WEAR IT
Returned clean, with a repair plate.
CHAPTER IV · FIELD JOURNAL
DISPATCHES FROM
THE WORK FLOOR.
Long reads on mending, milling, and the slow rituals of raw denim. Written on the bench, printed on the press, mailed once a season.
Field Note · No. 117
Breaking In Your First Raw Denim
Six months. No washes. Wear them through a summer, a harvest, a winter drive. Then rinse in cold water, dry them flat on the porch, and read the map your body drew.
11 min readREAD
Field Note · No. 118
How We Source 14oz Cone Mills
We drove four hundred miles to see the last American shuttle looms in operation. What we found wasn't nostalgia — it was a working floor, still running, still honest.
14 min readREAD
Field Note · No. 119
Five Years of the Chore Coat
A single garment worn across five winters, two moves, and one kitchen fire. This is what 12oz duck canvas looks like when you trust it with your life.
9 min readREAD
ARCHIVE · 119 ENTRIES · SINCE 1998
READ THE FULL ARCHIVECHAPTER V · STOCKED AT
TEN SHOPS.
FIVE COUNTRIES.
ONE KIND OF PERSON.
We only send our work to shops that understand it. Heritage retailers who break in their own denim, who know the difference between a selvedge edge and a chainstitch hem. If your city isn't here yet, order direct.
ALSO AT MARLOWCO.COM · WORLDWIDE SHIPPING
- /01Self EdgeSan Francisco, CA
- /02BerberjinTokyo, JP
- /03Clutch CafeLondon, UK
- /043sixteen FlagshipNew York, NY
- /05Standard & StrangeOakland, CA
- /06Division RoadSeattle, WA
- /07IndependenceChicago, IL
- /08CorlectionAmsterdam, NL
- /09Blue In GreenNew York, NY
- /10Son of a StagLondon, UK
* Inventory rotates quarterly. Ring a shop before driving.
CHAPTER VI · FIT GUIDE
THE 505.
MEASURED HONEST.
A mid-rise, straight-leg cut on our house MARLOW 505 block. Pre-shrunk 1.5% in the wash; we size to the finished measurement. Take a tape to a pair you already wear — if the numbers match, the fit will match.
- ▪ Measure lay-flat, from waistband top.
- ▪ Inseam measured from crotch to hem.
- ▪ Thigh measured 1" below the crotch.
- ▪ Hem opening: single cuff, laid flat.
MARLOW · 505 · 14oz SELVEDGE · STRAIGHT
REV. 07 · 2026
| Size | Waist | Inseam | Thigh | Hem |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 28.5" | 32" | 11.8" | 7.5" |
| 30 | 30.5" | 32" | 12.4" | 7.9" |
| 32 | 32.5" | 34" | 13.0" | 8.1" |
| 34 | 34.5" | 34" | 13.6" | 8.3" |
| 36 | 36.5" | 34" | 14.2" | 8.5" |
| 38 | 38.5" | 36" | 14.8" | 8.7" |
CUT & SEWN IN COLE COUNTY, MO · SANFORIZED · ONE-WASH
DOWNLOAD PDF SPEC SHEETCHAPTER VII · THE DISPATCH
POSTED QUARTERLY.
READ IN ONE SITTING.
Four times a year, we press a small broadsheet on the Heidelberg Windmill in the back of the shop. It covers new work, the mending bench, and the things we read while we were sewing. Enter your address; we will mail you the paper, free, for as long as you care to have it.
TO: THE SUBSCRIBER