“In any other company, the CEO doesn’t rebuild the sewing machine.” So said Roy Slaper, CEO, designer, salesman and mechanic at one-man denim brand, Roy. Working out of a workshop in Oakland, Calif., ...

Good jeans come in many styles and colors these days . . . with quite a range of price tags, too. But the most expensive jeans we've ever seen are the ones Serena Altschul has managed to dig up -- ...

Anyone who’s gone deep down the raw denim rabbit hole has almost certainly come across the name Roy Slaper, the eponymous artisan behind Roy Denim. Slaper started making jeans in his Oakland apartment ...

Ron “The Barber” Slaper of Wickliffe passed away on May 9, 2014, in Willoughby. He was born August 26, 1936, to the late John and Mary Slaper in Cleveland. He graduated from Collinwood High School in ...

Denim designer Roy Slaper and Artistic Fabric & Garment Industries (AFGI) continue to lead by example. Slaper, the Oakland, Calif.-based designer best known by denim aficionados for his meticulously ...

Nancy Slaper (nee Dutchcot), beloved wife for 58+ years of Ron (deceased). She graduated from Collinwood High School. She was loving mother to Karen (Craig) Wilson, Kathy (Ed) Hromulak, and Kim (Brett ...