Handcrafted in Japan

Our denim is woven in Kojima, Japan’s denim capital, by master artisans with over half a century's experience in their field. Our craftsmen use traditional hand-powered shuttle looms to produce heavy strips of quality fabric. These strips emerge from the loom finished with tightly woven bands running down each side which prevent the denim from fraying, ravelling and curling. This shuttle-loom finish gives the denim what is known as a 'self-edge', or 'selvedge' finish, widely considered to be a mark of premium denim traditionally made.

Visit the workshop in Kojima, Japan

##Zusammen mit unseren Handwerkern haben wir einen speziellen Denim-Typ gewebt, der normalerweise ganz besonderen Stücken vorbehalten ist. Unsere Baumwolle wird von Hand geerntet, um hohe Materialreinheit und minimale Faserschäden zu gewährleisten, und nur die längsten, hochwertigsten Baumwollfasern werden für unseren Denim verwendet. Die Verwendung von Slub-Baumwolle verleiht unserem Denim seine charakteristischen verblassten vertikalen Streifen, die in Japan als Tate-ochi bekannt sind, was wörtlich übersetzt "vertikale Fälle" bedeutet, und seit langem als Markenzeichen authentischen Vintage-Denims gilt.

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##What makes them so special? A pair of jeans made to last for decades - some of the most resistant and eventually comfortable jeans out there. Denim was originally popularised in the early 20th century by American labourers who required resilient clothing that could withstand the tough working conditions they faced on the job. As denim became more popular and more widely produced, the fabric lost its working connotations. Most brands began weaving thinner denim fabrics using machinery made to facilitate mass production in order to reduce costs and increase profit margins.

We support craftsmen who choose to remain loyal to traditional production methods; craftsmen whose time-honoured skills have been honed across generations of master artisans. Our craftsmen use traditional hand-powered shuttle looms to weave thick 23oz denim in the classical style. This is what gives our denim its enduring quality, the kind of resilience an early-20th-century labourer would cherish.