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Archives // Category: Japan

Billionaire Boys Club Jeans

Feb 9th, 2010 • Category: 101d: Designer Jeans Front, Celebrity Clothing Lines, Denim Brands: B, Japan, Japanese Purists, New York Style Lab, Streetwear Extreme Sports Apparel, U.S.A., Urban Couture

Neither a crime of fashion nor a Ponzi scheme. Nigo and Pharell’s style venture. Dogs, helmets and astronauts on your denim jeans.



Hysteric Glamour Jeans

Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: 102b: Denim Jeans Movement, Denim Brands: H, Japan, Japanese Purists, Los Angeles Style Lab, Rock & Roll Glam, U.S.A., Vintage Shuttle Looms

Massive hysteria. Glamorous life. Underground comics, porn and muscle cars. 1960s to 1980s American and European Rock & Roll. Japanese denim jeans.



UNIQLO Jeans

Sep 10th, 2009 • Category: 103: Designer Jeans Monthly Faction, Black and Grey, Boot Cut, Classic and Traditional, Colored, Contrast Stitching, Cropped, Capri and Shorts, Denim Brands: U, Destruction, Ripped and Destroyed, Distressed, Japan, Japanese Purists, Men and Women, New York Style Lab, Pocket Design, Relaxed and Easy, Retail Fashion, Retro, Faded and Bleached, Selvedge, Selvage and Raw, Skinny, Carrot and Drainpipe, Slim, Narrow and Tube, Straight, Stretch, Tapered and Regular, U.S.A., Vintage and Antique, White

Denim jeans as lifestyle components. Japanese quality and technology. Changing clothes. Changing conventional wisdom. Change the world.



ChelseaGarb Jeans

Jul 14th, 2009 • Category: Boot Cut, Colored, Contrast Stitching, Denim Brands: C, Destruction, Ripped and Destroyed, Distressed, Embellishments, Straps and Stains, Embroidery and Detailed Stitching, Japan, Japanese Purists, Low Rise, Motocross, Biker and Patchwork, Normal Waist, Pocket Design, Retro, Faded and Bleached, Slim, Narrow and Tube, Vintage and Antique, Womenswear Only

Standard denim of the next generation. Osaka. Experimental science. Styles and silhouettes.



Kapital Japan Jeans by Capital

Mar 29th, 2009 • Category: Acid, Bleach, Marbled and Camo, Black and Grey, Boot Cut, Classic and Traditional, Contrast Stitching, Cowboy Style, Denim Brands: K, Destruction, Ripped and Destroyed, Distressed, Embellishments, Straps and Stains, Flare, Bell and Wide Leg, Gaucho, Harem, Japan, Japanese Purists, Limited Edition, Loose, Men and Women, Motocross, Biker and Patchwork, Normal Waist, Overalls, Jumpsuits and Leotards, Pocket Design, Relaxed and Easy, Retro, Faded and Bleached, Selvedge, Selvage and Raw, Skinny, Carrot and Drainpipe, Slim, Narrow and Tube, Straight, Tapered and Regular, Trouser, Utilitarian Workforce, Vintage Shuttle Looms, Vintage and Antique, Western Wear, White, Worker, Cargo and Dungaree

Guaranteed Blue Hands. Understated designs and critically acclaimed truest and deepest shade of blue in designer denim jeans.



Studio d’Artisan & SA Jeans

Feb 8th, 2009 • Category: Boot Cut, Classic and Traditional, Colored, Contrast Stitching, Denim Brands: D, Denim Brands: S, Distressed, Embellishments, Straps and Stains, Embroidery and Detailed Stitching, Japan, Japanese Purists, Limited Edition, Loose, Menswear Only, Motocross, Biker and Patchwork, Normal Waist, Pocket Design, Retro, Faded and Bleached, Selvedge, Selvage and Raw, Slim, Narrow and Tube, Special Fabrics, Straight, Utilitarian Workforce, Vintage and Antique, Worker, Cargo and Dungaree

Made in Japan. Special Edition Jeans. American Village Osaka. Original Cotton 100% Indigo Denim. Last Generation Denim OAX. Since 1979. Made with many pigs.



Prps Denim

Dec 31st, 2008 • Category: 104: Popular Denim Searches, Black and Grey, Boot Cut, Boyfriend, Contrast Stitching, Denim Brands: P, Destruction, Ripped and Destroyed, Distressed, Embroidery and Detailed Stitching, Japan, Japanese Purists, Low Rise, Men and Women, New York Style Lab, Pocket Design, Retro, Faded and Bleached, Selvedge, Selvage and Raw, Skinny, Carrot and Drainpipe, Slim, Narrow and Tube, U.S.A., Vintage Shuttle Looms, Vintage and Antique

“Bruised, never broken.” Classic American nostalgia, 70s dragstrip scene and the voice of freedom in jeans.



Inhabitant Denim

Nov 27th, 2008 • Category: Boot Cut, Colored, Contrast Stitching, Denim Brands: I, Destruction, Ripped and Destroyed, Distressed, Embellishments, Straps and Stains, Embroidery and Detailed Stitching, Japan, Japanese Purists, Menswear Only, Normal Waist, Pocket Design, Slim, Narrow and Tube, Special Fabrics, Straight, Streetwear Extreme Sports Apparel, Unique and Distinct Threads, Vintage Shuttle Looms, Vintage and Antique, White, Worker, Cargo and Dungaree

The greenhouse effect of fashion warms the style up for denim inhabitants of the world.



Evisu Jeans

Nov 15th, 2008 • Category: 104: Popular Denim Searches, Denim Brands: E, Japan, Japanese Purists

What do the famous new wave English 80s band, The Flock of Seagulls, and the Buddhist god of prosperity or the Japanese folk god of money have in common?



r by 45rpm Denim

Sep 10th, 2008 • Category: Denim Brands: #s, Denim Brands: R, Japan, Japanese Purists, Luxury Magnates, U.S.A.

Old Americana vinyl. Luxury automotive. Combined under the platform of fashion and denim couture, the result is a convincing 45rpm jeans brand.