FACTORIE BLACK DENIM CARGO TROUSERS - EARLY 2000S AUSTRALIAN STREETWEAR

A PAIR OF BLACK DENIM CARGO TROUSERS FROM FACTORIE, THE AUSTRALIAN FASHION RETAILER THAT DOMINATED YOUTH STREETWEAR IN THE EARLY 2000S. THESE TROUSERS EXEMPLIFY THE CARGO SILHOUETTE OF THE ERA, FEATURING PROMINENT MULTI-POCKET DETAILING ON BOTH THIGHS AND LOWER LEGS—A DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC OF EARLY 2000S CASUAL MENSWEAR.

CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILS:
- PRIMARY MATERIAL: 100% COTTON DENIM IN BLACK
- MAKER: FACTORIE, AUSTRALIAN RETAILER
- SIZE: 34 (MARKED ON WOVEN LABEL)
- WOVEN LABEL: FACTORIE BRANDING WITH DISTINCTIVE LIGHTNING BOLT MOTIF, RN 129164
- POCKET CONFIGURATION: DUAL CARGO POCKETS ON EACH THIGH WITH FLAP CLOSURES; DUAL CARGO POCKETS ON LOWER LEGS WITH FLAP CLOSURES; STANDARD FRONT POCKETS AND REAR PATCH POCKETS
- WAISTBAND: BUTTON AND ZIP FLY CLOSURE
- SEAMS: ALL SEAMS INTACT AND SECURE THROUGHOUT

CONDITION ASSESSMENT:
FAIR CONDITION, CONSISTENT WITH GENUINE WEAR FROM THE PERIOD. THE BLACK DENIM HAS FADED NOTICEABLY, PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE THIGH AND SEAT AREAS WHERE FRICTION FROM WEAR IS MOST CONCENTRATED. THE FABRIC SHOWS THE SOFTENING AND PATINA THAT COMES FROM REGULAR USE AND LAUNDERING OVER TWO DECADES. CREASING AND WRINKLE MARKS ARE VISIBLE THROUGHOUT, PARTICULARLY AT THE KNEES AND SEAT, INDICATING STORAGE AND WEAR HISTORY. NO HOLES, TEARS, OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OBSERVED. ALL SEAMS REMAIN SECURE AND FUNCTIONAL. THE CARGO POCKETS RETAIN THEIR SHAPE AND FLAP CLOSURES OPERATE SMOOTHLY.

PROVENANCE AND CONTEXT:
FACTORIE OPERATED AS A DOMINANT FORCE IN AUSTRALIAN YOUTH FASHION RETAIL FROM THE 1990S THROUGH THE 2000S, KNOWN FOR AFFORDABLE TREND-LED PIECES THAT CAPTURED THE AESTHETIC OF THE ERA. THIS PAIR REPRESENTS AUTHENTIC EARLY 2000S STREETWEAR, A PERIOD NOW RECOGNISED AS SIGNIFICANT IN FASHION HISTORY. THE CARGO SILHOUETTE WAS UBIQUITOUS DURING THIS DECADE AND HAS EXPERIENCED RENEWED COLLECTOR INTEREST AS EARLY 2000S FASHION HAS BECOME RETROSPECTIVELY VALUED.

NOTE: THESE TROUSERS ARE OFFERED AS A VINTAGE FASHION PIECE REFLECTING THE DESIGN SENSIBILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS OF EARLY 2000S AUSTRALIAN RETAIL MANUFACTURE. THE FADING AND WEAR ARE CONSISTENT WITH AUTHENTIC AGE AND USE, NOT ARTIFICIAL DISTRESSING.

Item Size: Height: 100cm, Width: 45cm, Depth: 1cm, Weight: 1Kg

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

FAL
991738+24

Location of item: 4-10 Keon Parade, Thomastown, VIC, Australia