Corpus surfaced in 2003 when founders Jarrod Cornish and Keith Richardson decided to take a step away from the pre-faded, distressed look we were seeing (and are still seeing) with denim. Using back-to-the-basics fabrics like raw Selvedge denim, Cornish and Richardson took denim back to its roots– to that end, their jeans mix classic working-class American tradition with a tailored, mod twist. They focus more on what’s left off rather than what’s put on. Denim aside, I’ve also taken a liking to their other apparel– aesthetically, their clothes are somewhat a reflection of where they’re created– Downtown L.A.; and from a construction standpoint, Corpus is assembled with the painstaking thought for style and precision for fit that I’ve come to expect from a boutique clothing line.