ABOUT

SAMARIA LEAH DENIM MARRIES THE PAST AND PRESENT WITH EVERY ONE-OF-A-KIND PIECE. WE BELIEVE IN QUALITY FIT & FABRIC. INSPIRED BY 90’s HANDCRAFTED VINTAGE THAT IS INTRICATELY EMBELLISHED, DISTRESSED AND SEWN IN LOS ANGELES.

 

 

 

FROM A YOUNG AGE I WAS RESISTING MY MOM’S ATTEMPTS TO DRESS ME—I JUST HAD TO DO IT MYSELF, I INSISTED ON IT. I WOULD CHANGE MY CLOTHES ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 5 TIMES A DAY.

WHEN PULLING OUTFITS TOGETHER OR ASSEMBLING VARIOUS LOOKS STOPPED SATISFYING MY CREATIVE URGE, I TURNED TO RECONSTRUCTING MY WHOLE CLOSET—CUTTING TOPS, SHORTENING SKIRTS & EVEN DISTRESSING OLD PAIRS OF JEANS.

GROWING UP BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK, TWO FASHION-CONSCIOUS CITIES, MEANT ENDLESS INSPIRATION AT MY FINGERTIPS. WHILE IN COLLEGE AT THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FIT) WHERE I EARNED TWO DEGREES IN FASHION DESIGN AND FASHION MERCHANDISING; I FELL IN LOVE WITH VINTAGE CLOTHING, SPECIFICALLY DENIM.

MY EVER-GROWING COLLECTION OF VINTAGE DENIM CONTINUED TO EVOLVE AND THAT’S WHEN I BEGAN TO REPURPOSE/RE-WORK THEM. IT BECAME A PASSION AND AN OBSESSION THAT TOOK ON A PATH ON IT’S OWN.

FOR YEARS I’VE BEEN CUTTING, DISTRESSING AND ALTERING MY OWN JEANS TO FIT MY BODY BETTER. WHEN FRIENDS & EVEN STRANGERS CONSTANTLY ASKED ME WHERE I GOT MY JEANS FROM I KNEW DENIM WAS WHERE I NEEDED TO STEP IN. THERE WAS A VOID IN THE MARKET THAT I WAS MEANT TO FILL. FROM THERE, SAMARIA LEAH DENIM WAS BORN.

XO,
SAMARIA LEAH