Persimmon Juice Denim??

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Ever hear of Persimmon Juice Denim ?
Persimmon – tanin dyeing is a Japanese dyeing and is called Kaki – Shibu Dyeing.
Persimmon is an extremely bitter kind of fruit and its juice is full of dark brown tanin which is used in place of Indigo for dyeing the cotton.
When the denim is dyed with this juice , it achieves dark brown color. This color tends to darken with oxidation and thus the Jeans will darken with time.

Some Japanese brands like Samurai make these kind of jeans, though in limited edition only..
Some interesting snaps of such jeans are given below :

THE DENIM FABRIC WITH KAKI-SHIBU DYEING

Comments

5 responses to “Persimmon Juice Denim??”

September 16, 2007

Rex Aspeling

Plse contact me. Fantastic new look
August 6, 2008

Megan Pain

Persimmons are not bitter. They are sweet!
August 6, 2008

Sandeep Agarwal

Thanks Megan for the correction. I shall update the same
July 12, 2009

Florian

True,ripe persimmon fruits are sweet. For dyeing however, unripe fruits are used, and their juice is indeed very bitter.
July 20, 2009

Sandeep Agarwal

Florian , thanks for the comments. You are absolutely right regarding the taste of the fruit.