NEWS
VIDEO: JEANS VS CHINOS VS KHAKIS
When it comes to casual pants, there are two kings of the category: jeans and chinos. In today’s world, many guys figure that jeans are the more informal pants and chinos are the dressier option, as it’s not uncommon to see chinos worn with a tie and sport jacket. But not everyone knows that both garments originated as...
VIDEO: HOW TO BREAK IN RAW DENIM FAST
It’s understandable that you’d want to know if there’s anything extra you can do to speed up the break in process of your raw denim jeans. So when we heard that the editor of menswear blog Stridewise was visiting Amsterdam, we invited him to share all the wisdom we’ve learned (and the mistakes we’ve made) over...
VIDEO: DUCK VS DENIM
The undisputed king of casual pants is the denim jean, but you might not be as familiar with its cousin, duck canvas.
But there are a ton of reasons to add some duck canvas pants to your wardrobe. For a complete breakdown of the differences in how canvas and denim wear, breathe, fade, and stretch, watch the video...
BENZAK x CANDIANI: LIMITED EDITION SELVEDGE
Last week we introduced, the new BONNE x BENZAK jacket, the first style of our latest collaboration with Candiani. Today we’ve released the remainder of this limited edition capsule collection in our webshop.
This new collection consists of a series of limited edition pieces, created from...
VIDEO: in conversation with Bonne Reijn
Lennaert sat down with Bonne, the founder of his eponymous suit brand, to talk about our recent collaboration and how it came about. Since they're both Dutchmen, the conversation is in Dutch. But you can turn on the subs if you don't understand our silly little language ;-)
BONNE x BENZAK
We’ve teamed up with Bonne Suits to create a selvedge denim version of their classic workwear suit. This project has become a true collaboration, as we’ve mixed the design of their Bonne jackets with our jeans, using our special #2 fabric, woven exclusively for us by Candiani Denim. The jacket is based on the Bonne Suit double-breasted worker jacket. It is...
BENZAK X SAMURAI JEANS FADING CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
After a week of deliberating, reviewing, comparing, and discussing, we have narrowed it down to the top 10 of our BENZAK x Samurai Jeans fading contest. We had to make some tough choices, because there were way more than 10 submissions that looked absolutely stunning. Even though fades have been the main point of judging, engagement and...
BENZAK x JAPAN BLUE JEANS
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of Lennaert and Kishimoto meeting each other, which also was the start of a special friendship. Japan Blue Group is still overlooking BENZAK’s production in Japan to this day. To celebrate this happy occasion, we have decided to co-develop not one, but two special, limited-edition jeans.
