Selvage Denim is one of the terms in our jeans and denim glossary. For information about more jeans terms, please visit our Denim Glossary.

Selvage Denim
The narrow edge of woven fabric that runs parallel to the warp. It is made with stronger yarns in a tighter construction than the body of the fabric to prevent ravelling. A fast selvage encloses all or part of the picks, and a selvage is not fast when the filling threads are cut at the fabric edge after every pick.