• 2023年1月23日

Rugged Style & Loopwheel T-Shirt Recommendation

Materials and manufacturing methods are the key to a simple T-shirt style. Well-made products are comfortable to wear and give you a different sense of satisfaction when you wear them. On this page, we will introduce plain T-shirts and pocket T-shirts of brands that manufacture products while preserving old manufacturing methods such as “suspension knitting” and “loop wheel” as well as denim, which we are particular about. Merz b.Schwanen In 1936, a circular knitting machine was brought to Schwaben-Schura in southwestern Germany and the company began producing cotton items that were more comfortable than the linen undergarments that were common […]

• 2023年1月23日

Denime XX model Extreme repaired Japanese denim color fade report

XX model of DENIME, purchased in 1995. It is an early DENIME, before it entered the Orizzonti period. In the heyday of reproduction denim, I bought this denim when I was 18 years old and wore it every day. Overview Purchased: May 1995 List price: 23,000 yen The most popular replica denim at the time of its release. 1995 was the year Warehouse was founded, and Full Count may or may not have released a Zimbabwe cotton model. Many people chose Denime as their first pair of reproduction denim for their debut, because it has a solid contrasting bite no […]

• 2023年1月22日

WAREHOUSE Japanese Denim Wrangler 11MW Prototype Faded

WAREHOUSE Japanese Denim Wrangler 11MW Prototype Faded I am not sure which of the two releases I have, but the part number seems to be lot.1008. Overview This is a Prototype of Wrangler 11MW. It looks like it originally had an archuate stitch, similar to Levi’s, but I bought a used one that had already had the stitches removed. The list price seems to have been 23,800 yen. Penetration period I bought it in such good condition that it was just starting to show signs of bite, and it has been 7 years. I wore them in my room for […]

• 2023年1月16日

How to Grow Japanese Rigid Denim – Traveling: The Influence of Travel on Denim

I want to grow denim like vintage. Everyone who loves denim has at one time or another thought about how to do this. Recreate vintage era environments So the first thing to consider is to recreate the environment of that time. It’s going to try wearing them without removing the paste, just as they were worn in their rigid state back then. Burying denim in the ground to recreate the denim that was lying dormant during the Gold Rush. To reproduce the physical work, the pants are used for squatting, muscle training, and yard work. To reproduce the strong bite […]

• 2023年1月13日

The “starch challenge” to make blackened denim with glue

Inspired by the red clay challenge I saw on Instagram, I started a starch challenge. What is the Starch Challenge? You may be wondering, so I will explain. Interview with Mr. Tsujimoto, President of McCoy’s The original article is unknown, but it’s about vintage denim that may have darkened and faded. In the past, we used natural materials such as starch and cornstarch for glue. So when rigid denim was worn in the sun, the glue would oxidize and change color, turning it a light brown.” that’s so. I also see that in the past, many people wore jeans without […]

• 2023年1月4日

NYLON store d color fade record used purchase vol.01

These are the original denim from the nostalgic NYLON shop. Nylon is an American casual wear store from Kobe, but there was also a store in Fukuoka, where I lived at the time, and my friend worked there.     Overview Original denim sold by the American casual store “NYLON” in Kobe. This is the XX model with part number FN083. The fabric is made by FOB. The fabric thickness is about 14.5 oz. It is characterized by dark dyeing that appears black at first glance and a 90s-like fabric texture that fades with a distinct crispness. Penetration period I […]

• 2023年1月4日

Natural Indigo BLUE BLUE /Hollywood Ranch Market

These are natural indigo denim from BLUE BLUE , one of the brands of Seirin Corporation. When I bought this denim in 1995, Seirin Kouji was a company that dominated the American casual industry at that time, including Hollywood Ranch Market, OKURA, and High Standard. Although the boom has now subsided, the company has a brand with a strong following. These jeans were my next choice after Levi’s when the Japanese reproduction boom was starting to take off. I was still in my second year of high school at the time. I was a cynical person and was fascinated by […]

• 2023年1月4日

Real McCoy’s LEE 101B Fading color

The LEE 101B was produced by Real McCoys in collaboration with EDWIN. It is a reissue of the LEE model that I want to take my time with, but since the color fades slowly, it has been more than a decade since I somehow continued this time again. In the end, we decided to try buying used ones that had faded, and if they fit right, we would try wearing rigid ones. The leather patches had been removed and the garment looked roughly worn, but the bite was weak. I think this is a characteristic of the LEE model, which […]

• 2023年1月3日

Warehouse Painter Pants Fading Record: 2 Years 6 Months vol.01

Even Warehouse, the most famous denim company for its emphasis on fading, doesn’t see many faded samples of its painted pants. As a lover of painted pants, I started wearing them with a sense of destiny, but the color has not faded for the length of time they have been worn. Overview Purchased: February 2017 Price: 19,800 yen Penetration period I wore them twice a week when I was working in Thailand, where I moved to. Since most of the time I wear them indoors, the color does not fade dramatically fast even if I wear them in Thailand, where […]

• 2023年1月3日

Orslow painter pants, faded

I have the impression that orslow is not well-liked by hard-core denim fans, but personally, I think that Orslow is the best when it comes to a modern vintage look. The silhouette is beautiful and there is not much earthiness to the work feel. It has an atmosphere from the rigid, and is probably one of the few brands where you can enjoy color fading and changes over time. Overview Purchased: July 2012 Price: 17,500 yen I think it is the same fabric as the current model, but the size seems to be slightly larger at that time. The price […]