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Best Japanese Denim Jeans for Beginners

Shop Premium Japanese Denim What I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Spent My First Paycheck TL;DR Japanese selvedge denim is heavier, stiffer, and slower to break in than anything...

Best Japanese Denim Jeans for Beginners

Shop Premium Japanese Denim What I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Spent My First Paycheck TL;DR Japanese selvedge denim is heavier, stiffer, and slower to break in than anything...

How Often Should You Wash Raw Denim?

Shop Premium Japanese Denim (The Honest Answer, From Someone Who's Ruined a Pair to Find Out TL;DR Most raw denim heads wait anywhere from 3 to 6 months before the...

How Often Should You Wash Raw Denim?

Shop Premium Japanese Denim (The Honest Answer, From Someone Who's Ruined a Pair to Find Out TL;DR Most raw denim heads wait anywhere from 3 to 6 months before the...

How to Choose Your First Pair of Selvedge Denim...

Shop Premium Japanese Denim   TL;DR Selvedge denim is denim woven on old-school shuttle looms, and you can spot it by the clean, self-finished edge (usually with a colored thread)...

How to Choose Your First Pair of Selvedge Denim...

Shop Premium Japanese Denim   TL;DR Selvedge denim is denim woven on old-school shuttle looms, and you can spot it by the clean, self-finished edge (usually with a colored thread)...

ripped Japanese denim jeans

Japanese Ripped Jeans: Premium Distressed Denim...

Shop Premium Japanese Denim   TL;DR Japanese ripped jeans are not the same animal as the $30 pair with laser-cut slashes hanging in a mall window. They start life as...

Japanese Ripped Jeans: Premium Distressed Denim...

Shop Premium Japanese Denim   TL;DR Japanese ripped jeans are not the same animal as the $30 pair with laser-cut slashes hanging in a mall window. They start life as...

Evisu Denim: The Story of Paint, Pride, and Japanese Selvedge Obsession

Evisu Denim: The Story of Paint, Pride, and Jap...

Shop Premium Japanese Denim TL;DR Evisu started in Osaka in the early 1990s as a rebellion against mass-produced denim and has since become one of the most recognizable Japanese selvedge...

Evisu Denim: The Story of Paint, Pride, and Jap...

Shop Premium Japanese Denim TL;DR Evisu started in Osaka in the early 1990s as a rebellion against mass-produced denim and has since become one of the most recognizable Japanese selvedge...

full count denim

FULLCOUNT Denim: The Quiet Obsession That Never...

Shop Premium Japanese Denim TL;DR FULLCOUNT is one of the original pioneers of Japanese selvedge denim—built on obsession-level attention to vintage American jeans, especially pre-war Levi’s. Founded in Osaka in...

FULLCOUNT Denim: The Quiet Obsession That Never...

Shop Premium Japanese Denim TL;DR FULLCOUNT is one of the original pioneers of Japanese selvedge denim—built on obsession-level attention to vintage American jeans, especially pre-war Levi’s. Founded in Osaka in...