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Samurai Jeans – Heavy-Weight Selvedge Denim
Samurai Jeans is a legendary Japanese denim brand renowned for its high-quality construction, heavyweight selvedge fabrics, and obsessive attention to detail. Founded in Osaka in 1997 by Toru Nogami, Samurai is one of the “Osaka Five” – a group of brands that sparked Japan’s raw denim movement in the late ’90s and early 2000s. Core […]
Doublewood Denim – Raw Selvedge Denim
Let us introduce you to to Doublewood Denim, a heritage-rich raw selvedge brand with thoughtful design and real artisan quality. Founded in San Francisco in 2011 by Jade Lam, Jeffrey Lee, and Robin Chan, named “Doublewood” after combining Chinese characters in their names. Designed in SF and produced in a 30-year-old family-run workshop in Zhongshan, […]
Dawson Denim Is All About Japanese Selvedge
Dawson Denim is a British brand renowned for its meticulous craftsmanship and dedication to producing high-quality selvedge denim garments. Founded in 2012 by Kelly Dawson and Scott Ogden in Hove, England, the brand began with a single sewing machine and a roll of Japanese selvedge denim. Over the years, Dawson Denim has garnered a loyal […]
Big John – For Selvedge Denim Lovers!
Big John is a pioneering Japanese denim brand established in the 1940s in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. Originally known as Maruo Hifuku, the company began as a sewing business and evolved into Japan’s first domestic jeans manufacturer. In 1965, Big John produced the country’s first jeans using imported American denim, and by 1973, they introduced the […]
Ksubi Launches Their KSelvedge Collection
Ksubi’s latest denim range is all made in Europe. Designed for the true selvedge enthusiast using top European mills. The KSelvedge collection represents the brand’s premium denim line, meticulously crafted in Europe using traditional milling techniques and finished by hand. This collection is designed for durability and character, embodying a raw and authentic aesthetic that […]
So What’s The Deal With Stretch Selvedge?!
Stretch selvedge is particularly appealing for those new to raw denim, as it can be more forgiving during the break-in process compared to rigid denim. This said, there is also the fact that many of us love to wear selvedge jeans but the rigidness is definitely an issue. So here’s the thing: Stretch selvedge denim […]
Lee – The Selvedge Cowboy Jeans
If you’re a real denim head and love selvedge denim, then iconic denim brand, Lee has you covered this season. Their classic 101 jeans (remember, James Dean’s fave pair) just got a trendy re-issued update – the Cowboy Jean. Introduced in 1924, the Lee® 101 Cowboy Pant has served as the blueprint for Lee denim […]
Selvedge /Selvage Jeans – What Makes Them So Special?
If you are an unwavering denimhead and wouldn’t even consider any other denim than selvedge the “real” thing, then you will probably already know what’s coming up here! But for all of you “newbies”, you have very likely been wondering lately what all this talk about dark wash and selvedge denim is about. Well, we […]
Introducing: ONI Denim Made In Japan
ONI Denim takes its name from “ONI” (Devil). The origin of the name ONI traces back to the brand’s first business visit to retailers in Tokyo. The distinctive texture of the original ONI jeans left a strong impression on the retailers, likened to the rugged face of a devil (“oni” being the Japanese word for […]
Introducing: Pure Blue Japan
Pure Blue Japan (PBJ) was founded in 1997 by Ken‑ichi Iwaya in Kurashiki, Okayama (a historic Japanese denim hub) and is run under the Syoaiya Inc. The brand is entirely Japan-based in all of its production: dyeing, weaving, sewing, and finishing. Their signature Indigofera leaf logo and deep indigo selvedge thread celebrate traditional natural indigo […]