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  • A Chat With Hiroki Kishimoto | Japan Blue

      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 the fabric maker the same fabric manufacture behind Momotaro denim and has a…

  • A Chat With Mikiharu Tsujita | Full Count Jeans , Japan

    In the 1980s a group of Japanese jeans fanatics went out to research on the origin and quality of jeans. Most of them were Levi’s 501 fans and they decided to buy some vintage jeans from the US. But it was becoming more expensive and difficult to buy those jeans . So they decided to…

  • Evisu Hand Painted Jeans

    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 patina to the pair of jeans. The famous hand-painted EVISU “Seagull” logo on the back pocket was…

  • 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 . Going from 17oz to 21oz, now the bar is 25oz + . Japanese brands…

  • This article is a reproduction of an articleby Adam Marelli on his recent visit to Kojima (Japan) where he saw the traditional denim production by the jeans brand Momotaro..It is a beautiful outsider’s view of the rare art of Japanese denim production. Blue jeans emerged from humble beginnings as the workwear of Americans, but in…

  • Japan is one of the important countries in the world – both for denim fabric and apparel production as well as for denim consumption. In this report, we will provide the following details on the Japanese market: Production of denim fabrics in Japan – capacities and actual estimated production in 2011 Fabric exported and and…

  • What is the relation between Denim and Strawberries ? Well if Strawberries are grown on the ex-denim plant, then a relation develops !!! Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. of Japan  has started growing strawberries in large volume at its idled denim plant in Tokushima, western Japan . The facility is the first in Japan to grow strawberries…

  • 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…

  • Telegraph UK has come out with an interesting report on Kaihara Denim Mills and Japanese denim . Japanese denim always draws rave reviews about its quality and methods of production which makes it stand apart from other mills around the world. Japanese denim has always been fascinating the denim world due to its great quality,…

  • Japanese denim is famous for its attention to detail – like many other things in the Japanese culture. That is the reason the Japanese denim brands stand out and outshine most other denim brands and have cult following around the world. One such brand is R by 45rpm . I visited their store in SOHO…

  •  For the denim fanatics , Japanese denim is the holy grail. And for such people, there is one store in New York which is a must visit  – Blue in Green Soho . This is one of the most famous denim shops in the US because it stores and sells a number of very well…

  • The famous denim mill from Japan – Kurabo – has come out with a great product once again . Known for bringing out innovating denim products from time to time – some of which have defined the denim developments the world over- Kurabo has brought out a Wrinkle Free and Shrink Resistant Denim which is…