Posts Tagged ‘Japanese denim’

PRPS Denim : Thru Pictures

March 29th, 2012 by Sandeep Agarwal | No Comments | Filed in Japanese denim

PRPS is one of the most reputed Japanese denim brand started in 2003 by Donwan Harell with the philosphy that authenticity is the first priority. Each item in the collection is conceived with a specific purpose and function in mind. No Detail is overlooked – there is extraordinary attention to detail ! Lets check out  PRPS is pictures Note: The jeans shown above may take more than a week of painstaking efforts to make. ...Read More

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Color Denim Splash By Uniqlo–Spring/Summer 2012

February 25th, 2012 by Sandeep Agarwal | No Comments | Filed in Denim Collections - Int'l

It seems that most of the  denim brands  have decided to paint the world with rainbow colors. With almost every brand worth the name coming with colors this season, Uniqlo from Japan was not to be left behind.UNIQLO announces a new line of Color Skinny Fit Ankle Jeans for spring/summer 2012 . Available in eight of this season’s trendiest colors, the jeans are ankle fit . Spring/summer 2012 is all about color, with pastel colors dominating the runways of fashion shows around ...Read More

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Edwin Jeans : Spring Summer 2012 Look Book

February 10th, 2012 by Sandeep Agarwal | No Comments | Filed in Denim Collections - Int'l

The denim  from Edwin range has been extended again for SS12 with a couple of new products  worth mentioning including the a light organic jean  and the ED-55 (available for the first time in red-listed selvedge). Shirting is designed for a free and easy lifestyle – chambrays, linen, stripes are the order of the day.. The riders were outfitted in Edwin denim,: including covetable RV selvage denim jacket., black chambray shirts,  Red Listed selvage and  Rainbow Listed selvage ...Read More

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Evisu Boxpark Shoreditch And Other Denim Looks

January 31st, 2012 by Sandeep Agarwal | No Comments | Filed in Denim Collections - Int'l

In celebration of 2012 – Year of the Dragon, a limited edition hand painted RYU (Dragon) Jean were released exclusively at the new EVISU London Boxpark Store. Available in limited supply of 30 pairs only at £300 each, EVISU artists once again pushed  boundaries on raw denim, expertly painting traditional Japanese dragons together with its famous Seagull, creating this unique and one-off range of customised denim especially for the arrival of the Year of the Dragon. The 2012 RYU ...Read More

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25oz Denim Jeans From Iron Heart !!

September 28th, 2011 by Sandeep Agarwal | 1 Comment | Filed in Denim - Developments

14.5oz was supposed to be normal jeans and one used to consider 15.5oz as heavy jeans. Then we heard about 18oz jeans and 21oz jeans was considered a shock …! So , how do we react to a 25oz denim jeans from Iron Heart ?? Iron Heart – denim brand from Japan – excels at making jeans which justify its name – Iron Heart . Created by bikers from Japan in search of a tough jeans to support their passion – biking , the jeans is actually now bought internationally by over 90% ...Read More

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Kurabo Earth Denim – Making Cool Money From Waste..

September 20th, 2009 by Sandeep Agarwal | 3 Comments | Filed in Denim - Developments

  Making economic sense from environmental conciousness is not an easy task. Taking care of environment takes money, but if you can make more money than you spend, it makes great business sense. Kurabo Denim’s Earth Denim does precisely that.  Kurabo has ventured to contribute to reduction in Carbon Dioxide emissions by not burning its denim waste and instead recycling it back as a premium denim !   The Earth Denim is made in three steps: Textile wastes from Kurabo’s ...Read More

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Japanese denim specialities explained by a denim expert-video

September 24th, 2008 by Sandeep Agarwal | No Comments | Filed in Denim Videos, Japanese denim, Jeans

Gordon Heffner is the owner of the Denim shop Blue in Green in New York. This shop is one of the best shops in the world for buying Japanese denims. In an interview to Tokyo Eye, Gordon tells about some specialities of the jeans from Japan and takes us through a tour of Tokyo denim market. Some highlights of the video: Have a look at Green tea dyed, Persimmon dyed or even MUD dyed jeans . Sugarcane denim made from 50% sugarcane extract is also interesting. Distressing of jeans: Can you age ...Read More

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Japanese denim – Environment friendly jeans manufacturing attempts

September 19th, 2008 by Sandeep Agarwal | 6 Comments | Filed in Denim - Developments, Japanese denim, Jeans

Japan Fashion Week recently concluded in Tokyo. Besides the usual show, there was an exhibition on the denim industry in Japan – Japan Blue. The highlight of this exhibiton was that the Japanese denim industry is working on various ways to make the entire Denim/Jeans manufacturing process as environment friendly as possible.Denim fabric manufacturer Nisshinbo is using discarded banana stocks in its fabrics .Manufacturer Nihonmenpu is producing items dyed with natural mulberry ...Read More

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Exports of Denim fabrics from Japan to USA (Years 2000-2007)

July 21st, 2007 by Sandeep Agarwal | 2 Comments | Filed in denim, Denim Data & Figures, Denim Market - International, Denim Prices, Japanese denim, US Denim Imports

It may be interesting to see how much Japan exports to the US and the EU. I did an analysis and here are the results.The results are not very surprising because exports to both the markets show some similar trends. The year 2004 & 2005 have been the best for exports to both EU and US. Though for exports to US , 2006 has also been the best The prices have been more or less stable over a period of time . In EU also the prices /kg have been more or less stable and so is the case in US. ...Read More

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