Japanese denim

Japanese label FDMTL (Fundamental Agreement Luxury) recently unveiled its lookbook for their new Spring / Summer 2017 collection. The brand continues to offer selection of patchwork pieces come to fore as the Japanese-bred imprint is apt to…
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KUON works with Japanese vintage fabrics including BORO and upcycle them to contemporary wears. They also work with surviving mills all over Japan to carry on Japanese textile heritages.In addition to their signature Boro series, they have…
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Donwan Harrell, the founder of PRPS , is the first American designer to bring Japanese denim jeans to the United States. Established in 2002, Donwan was instrumental in  creating the rise of the Japanese luxury denim jeans business in…
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Sakiori is a type of fabric construction in which regular yarns for the warp and thinly cut strips of fabrics are used for the weft. Sakiori became popular during the Japanese Edo period, when laws that forbid luxury were issued.  Under…
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What is Boro? Traditionally, it’s mending ragged textiles with 19th century, indigo died, hand-loomed, natural fibers such as cotton or hemp.  Boro is a Japanese word meaning “tattered rags” and it’s the term frequently used to…
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We had the pleasure to talk to Mr Katsu Manabe of the Momotaro / Japan   Blue family who make waves in the denim industry worldwide with their original and authentic denims.  He speaks to Denimsandjeans.com in length about how he got…
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JAPAN BLUE is a jeans brand created by legendary Japanese denim fabric mills – COLLECT - in 2010. COLLECT has a A Chat With Hiroki Kishimoto | Japan Blue deep routed tradition of denim making in Kojima, Okayama. Collect is also…
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Evisu (Japan) has always had a distinct persona as a denim brand. They have always followed their own trends  . This effect of hand-painted denim cannot be duplicated and replaced by standardized manufactured jeans, adding a unique personal…
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While most of the denim consumption is moving towards lighter weights – both in men’s and women’s categories, Japanese revel in challenging themselves and shocking the world by producing a higher weight than what they did on their last time…
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