Selvedge Magazine Issue 128 - RoutesTrade tariffs, which raise the price of imported goods to protect domestic industries, have dominated headlines throughout 2025. Yet this economic strategy is nothing new. In the late Middle Ages, English monarchs Edward III and Henry VII imposed high export tariffs on raw wool to discourage its sale to Flemish weavers. Centuries later, during the Industrial Revolution, Britain levied steep duties on imported Indian cottons to protect its developing

Patch your denim

and repair the world around us

and beliefs across continents

and historical lore about the Magyar

depth at widest point 12cm

Lighter fabrics will provide drape

You’ll learn darning tools and techniques that create a flexible woven patch atop stretchy material—either hidden or decorative

Length = 50 cm • 20”

woven fences and knitted architecture will fuel readers’ creative energy

Jacket version:

are snug-filling below the elbow

Men's 32-48