Sales are thriving in the uncanny valley of printed denim. By Jacob Gallagher AcneStudios, the Swedish fashion house, makes $800 jeans that look like something a roofer would wear to a rave.
Acne Studios publishes a magazine and books, and is keen on collaborative projects like unisex shirts colored “Snowdon Blue” and a denim line with Lanvin (2008). Despite the diversity of its ...