With some 40 jeans manufacturers and stores, including denim-themed cafes, the area draws about 100,000 visitors a year, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. Japanese jeans tend ...
to 13 oz. Countries like Japan produce painstakingly made selvedge denim, which then finds its way into coveted, expensive jeans. Because selvedge denim is so thick — and because it's not often ...
but the best jeans tend to be all-cotton: they last longer and age better. If you’re looking for the primo stuff—raw denim, selvedge denim, Japanese denim—it’s best to stick to stores ...
DENIM, that “All-American” fabric, is all about being Japanese in the town of Kojima, where the main road is named Jeans Street, with real pairs of pants flapping like flags overhead.
(Hence the rotation of same-but-different Danielle Guizio Vintage 105s.) She’s not a scene kid in some acid-wash drainpipes and she’s not a chin-stroking connoisseur of Japanese denim. Gigi is the ...
3sixteen's CT-100x jeans are the pair to slide your legs into. They’re made of a high-quality Japanese selvedge denim and are cut with a classy tapered fit right here in the USA. The best part?