Now's the Perfect Time for a Well-Made Denim Jacket

We've updated our buying guide to the best raw denim jackets—find yours here!

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Thomas Stege Bojer
December 13, 2024

It’s Friday (time for the DH newsletter 📧), it’s the 13th (uhh, scary! 👻), and it’s December (🎅🏻🎁😱). For many of us, there’s just one work week left before the Christmas holidays kick off.

Have you got all your gifts sorted yet? And how about that a gift for yourself!? This year, how about that denim jacket you’ve been dreaming of! If you’re thinking “hell yeah!”, we’ve got a guide for you! I’ve included my top three picks from it below.

Oh, and the giveaway we’ve done with Heimat, it ended yesterday. We’re still looking for the lucky winner who will be announced shortly.

If you are searching for a raw denim jacket, we’ve got you covered with this guide that lists about a dozen of our all-time favourite raw denim jackets. Each jacket on the list is a made-to-fade classic that will be a centrepiece of your wardrobe for years to come.

This is the lightest denim that Iron Heart uses for their jackets (the heavy ones go up to 22 oz.). The silver medalist in the first running of the Rally exhibited all the potential of this jacket and then some.

Arguably the best-looking Type III on the market, this jacket is also one of the most stubborn beasts in the denim world (even at this weight). Not for the faint of heart.

The Flat Head built their reputation on the back of this Pioneer Denim. The brand’s middleweight workhorse is prized the world over for its high-contrast fade potential and striking vertical texture.

They’ve used the same denim in this jacket, and they’ve kept the design simple. If you’re looking for fades that will grab attention, this denim has about is as good a track record as you can find.

Though Tellason’s Coverall jacket took shape in the twenty-first century, the design cues here are much older.

The newspaper pocket on the chest (remember when people read newspapers?) is large enough to fit a book. Whatever you like to carry with you, you’ll have pockets to spare with this one.

The Coverall is available in a number of weights and price points, but the 16.5 oz. version is our hands-down favourite. We also highly recommend Tellason’s Type III in the same weight.

If it’s something else you’re looking for, head over to the guide here.