US GROUP ( US DENIM ) AW18 Look Book April 2017

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the us group …our history…

1975 The Umer Siddique Group was established by two friends, Mr. Mian Ahsan and Mr. Javaid Arshad Bhatti as a part time apparel trading business intended to finance their higher education abroad.

1985 The US Group’s first purpose built manufacturing facility was setup.

1985 The US Group launched a successful denim brand called ‘Leeds’ which became well known in the Indian subcontinent.

1995 The US Group went global becoming the No.1 exporter of bottom wear in twill and denim, setting up sales and marketing offices in the UK and Germany.

2005 The US Group made a strategic shift to focus specifically on growing their denim product ranges.

2006 The US Group set up a state of the art denim fabric manufacturing factory.

2009 The US Group began to hire international experts in their field of design & development, garment washing, finishing and technical support.

2015 The US Group created an additional state of the art garment manufacturing facility called US V. 2016 The US Group opened their doors at a new regional office located just off Oxford Street, London. The group are continuing to expand US Denim Mills moving towards it’s first Leeds Certification in unit V. Today US Denim Mills and Apparel & Textiles form the US Group.

Selvedge

Authenticity: Our authentically made selvedge denim fabrics, made on vintage shuttle looms PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK CLEMENTS

Feather Weave Innovation: Denim weaves with feathers inside the warp and weft.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEPHANIE SÃŽAN SMITH

Re: vive

Sustainability: We created denim from the ‘fluff ’ that naturally accumulates during the weaving process and we made it into a new strong yarn for denim. We also use a mixture of recycled and PCW yarns leaving less waste.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEPHANIE SÎAN SMITH

Evoke

Re-Awakening: Looking at our past and recreating aesthetically nostalgic denim fabrics, slubby and full of inconsistencies and natural irregularities that create character and are beautiful to us PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK CLEMENTS

Black Concrete Our everdark, hard wearing denim series

PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEPHANIE SÃŽAN SMITH f e a t . A m e , Ta m a r a & C a y l e e f r o m B U R D S

Stretch

‘…Great fit and really comfortable denim…’ Ballet Dancers PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEPHANIE SÎAN SMITH

Stretch & Bi-Stretch Selvedge Specially made stretch and bi-stretch selvedge denim fabrics made in collaboration with Invista TM PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEPHANIE SÃŽAN SMITH

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