
From Fairways to Fashion: A Denim Pop-Up for Pound Ridge This Ryder Cup Weekend
This Ryder Cup weekend, while the world watches Bethpage Black and Greenwich Polo, Pound Ridge hosts something closer to home. Bear & Birches joins forces with Esthetic Embassy for our first de...

How Many Jeans End Up in Landfill?
Every year, the fashion industry sends 92 million tonnes of textile waste to landfills, with jeans making up a significant share. Fast fashion, fiber blends, and weak recycling systems worsen the p...

Wide-leg jeans are making a confident return, but this isn’t the first time. From their 1970s counterculture roots to the 1990s baggy era, wide-leg denim has always carried cultural meaning—freedom...
A Democratic Fabric That Unites Across Time and Class
Denim has traveled from the workshop to the runway, bridging classes, cultures, and eras. In this essay, we reflect on how icons like James Dean, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and Princess Diana shaped...

What does it mean to make denim responsibly? In our Responsible Denim Journal, we share how small steps — from curated fabrics to our ReBearth™ program — create jeans that last and lighten our foot...