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Tag: Japanese denim
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KUON means “eternity”, “remote past or future”, and “permanence”. While appreciating the history and culture of vintage clothes or textiles, KUON always seeks for permanent, simple, authentic value, not bound by traditional values.KUON challenges the existing traditional notion on vintage clothes and revitalizes it with new value. KUON changes and re-invents the notion of vintage…
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Further to previous looks from Kapital for Fall’15 , the brand brings out some new looks from their stable directed at 30 something generation. Packed with signature Kapital looks, layered textures and textiles and quirky personality that the brand is known for , the autumn assortment offered by designer Kiro Hirata has new takes on…
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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 describe lovingly patched and repaired cotton bedding and clothing, used much longer than the normal expected life cycle. Like…
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Kapital – the specialist brand from Japan – excels in the game of using multiple layers, fabrics , stitches and combinations to achieve unique vintage links.layering textures and textiles to give some of the most liked pieces in Japanese denim industry. They do not follow any trends and try to follow their instincts and directions…
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Big John started their denim production in 1965 – and were the first ones to do it in Japan ! They also got the first denim fabric developed in Japan in 1972 . Based at Kojima, the denim capital of Japan, Big John continues to be focused on creating some of the best denims for…
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As a part of the Paris Fashion week held recently , the Japanese designer Junya Watanabe presented his forthcoming Spring/Summer 2015 collection . The collection was a visual treat as the designer used exaggerated patchworks, 50s inspired coifs to , mostly, slouchy and cropped jeans. Denim Patchwork jackets incorporate a mix of fabrics including florals,…
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FDMTL – the denim brand from Japan- came out with a lot of distressed, bi colors ,patchworks and military looks in their AW’14/15 collection. The label stands distinguished from many other brands in Japan in its uniqueness of distressed and combo fabric looks. The founder designer – Tsuyoshi Gaku – designs and creates these items…
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Japan , inspite of its high costs remains an important jeans production region specifically with regard to their own consumption. Fabrics are produced in various small and large mills in Japan and used for conversion into jeans as well as exported. Some quantities are also imported from other countries like China, Korea, US, Turkey, Taiwan…
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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…
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FDMTL – with a long complete name of Full Agreement Luxury- is a denim label from Tokyo, Japan which aims to be differentiate itself from other brands in Japan. While most brands in Japan focus on Raw denim, FDMIL’s main emphasis is on distressed denims. They also work out interesting and not so regular looks…
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Japanese denim specialist EVISU infuses core elements of traditional Japanese denim wear with modern touches to create its 2013 Autumn Winter Collection. The collection is presented in a series of advertisements shot across multiple locations in Tokyo that best capture the spirit and style of the brand. EVISU Private Stock Collection Traditional Japanese denim…
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Japan is the most important region for denim production , when we speak of niche , premium and selvedge denim fabrics. While Japanese producers love their own denim and most of the jeans produced in Japan is made from their own denim. However, there is some quantity that is being imported from different countries. In…