{"id":1678,"date":"2010-03-16T23:21:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T06:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2018-10-27T11:23:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T05:53:25","slug":"kurabos-new-kantanmen-super-soft-wrinkle-and-shrink-resistant-denim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/japanese-denim\/kurabos-new-kantanmen-super-soft-wrinkle-and-shrink-resistant-denim\/1678","title":{"rendered":"Kurabo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Kantanmen Super Soft Wrinkle And Shrink Resistant Denim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/dsc04956.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"kurabo denim\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/dsc04956-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"kurabo denim\" width=\"244\" height=\"130\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> The famous denim mill from Japan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurabo.co.jp\/english\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurabo<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c has come out with a great product\u00c2\u00a0 once again . Known for bringing out\u00c2\u00a0 innovating denim products from time to time &#8211; some of which have defined the denim developments the world over- Kurabo has brought out a <strong>Wrinkle Free and Shrink Resistant Denim which is Super Soft<\/strong> and remains so after a large number of washes. I met <strong>Mr Kenshi Kawano<\/strong> from Kurabo at Kingins Honkong( I am writing this post from the Kingpins show in Hongkong!)\u00c2\u00a0 explained the product to me :<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #404040;\">Kurabo Kantenmen Denim\u00c2\u00a0 &#8211; A Description<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Kanatanmen is a new functional 100% cotton material made by Kurabo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s innovative production method and it actually <strong>makes it difficult to shrink the or wrinkle even after washing<\/strong>. The wrinkle resistant effect of this product is much cleaner than the conventional cotton fabrics and enables the clothe to remain neat after washing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kantanmen does not become hard and <strong>keeps the softness after repeated washing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Less scuffing; and maintains a <strong>neat\u00c2\u00a0 quality and appearance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Products made of 100% conventional cotton become hard in texture after repeated washing but Kantanmen remains soft.<\/li>\n<li>Ensures a long <strong>lasting beautiful shape<\/strong> and neat fit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #404040;\">What is meant by Kantanmen ?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Kantan\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Japanese means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153 <strong>Easy Care<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Men\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Japanese means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<strong>Cotton<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u009d. So Kurabo has appropriately named their new product Kantanmen.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #404040;\">The Technicalities In Kantanmen Finished Denim<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Kurabo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Kantanmen is a shrink and wrinkle resistant material developed using a unique method of\u00c2\u00a0 manufacturing from an alternative perspective, after an analysis of of the factors that cause shrinkage and wrinkles . In conventional cotton textiles, variations in the degree of agglomeration of cotton molecules cannot be avoided. For this reason, large amounts of resin were needed to produce shrink and wrinkle resistant effects. This left practical issues such as decrease in strength and significant changes in the textile.<\/p>\n<p>In Kantanmen, the <strong>quality of cotton was improved<\/strong> in order to produce cotton with a\u00c2\u00a0 uniform monomolecular structure . Kurabo has succeeded in significantly improving the above effects in comparison with conventional cotton.<strong> Additional processes at the spinning and finishing stages<\/strong> lend the feature of remarkably low shrinkage\u00c2\u00a0 and super soft handle (that lasts) to the fabric. In normal\u00c2\u00a0 cotton fabric, the shrinkage after 50 washes can go upto 8% whereas in Kantanmen finish fabric , the shrinkage will be under 5% \u00e2\u20ac\u201c see graphical image below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shrinkage2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"denim shrinkage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shrinkage2-thumb.png\" alt=\"denim shrinkage\" width=\"404\" height=\"246\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lets have a look at two fabrics \u00e2\u20ac\u201c one with Kantanmen finish and one without (other parameters remaining the same) and see the difference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/kantanmencopy1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"kantanmen denim kurabo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/kantanmencopy-thumb1.png\" alt=\"kantanmen denim kurabo\" width=\"404\" height=\"179\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Mr. Cotton from Kurabo will be glad if you like the product !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/dsc04954.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/dsc04954-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"381\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"guestposts\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/kawano.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"kenshi kawano\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/kawano-thumb.png\" alt=\"kenshi kawano\" width=\"204\" height=\"154\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <strong>About Mr Kenshi Kawano<\/strong> : Mr Kenshi Kawano is the President Kurabo Denim(HK) Ltd. and Kurabo Denim (China division) and has been with Kurabo for over 25 years. He has been a key person in the growth of Kurabo denim and of Kurabo name around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The famous denim mill from Japan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Kurabo \u00e2\u20ac\u201c has come out with a great product\u00c2\u00a0 once again . Known for bringing out\u00c2\u00a0 innovating denim products from time to time &#8211; some of which have defined the denim developments the world over- Kurabo has brought out a Wrinkle Free and Shrink Resistant Denim which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[112,1632],"class_list":["post-1678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japanese-denim","tag-denim-developments","tag-kurabo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}