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JAPANESE DENIM - Spring/Summer 2023
KAIHARA DARK PURE INDIGO RAINBOW SELVAGE DENIM
Composition: 100% Zimbabwean Cotton
Origin: Japan
Weight: 13.5oz
Features: Slubby texture, Rainbow Selvage, Soft hand feel.
The Kaihara Mill is one of Japan’s finest manufacturer that produces the highest quality denim from the land of the rising sun. The Zimbabwean cotton used for the fabric is regarded as one of the best to be used for a natural slubby yarn in denim. Kaihara does all of their dying in-house and has used Pure Indigo for the dye, resulting in a slubby texture with a soft-hand feel.
KURABO RED LISTED SELVAGE DENIM
Composition: 100% Cotton (6% Recycled)
Origin: Japan
Weight: 14oz
Features: Recycled Fabric, Red Selvage, 13/1 Right Hand Twill
This season, our classic 14oz red-listed fabric with a powerful but natural slub, has been weaved with 6% recycled cotton. Produced in Japan since 1970, by our long-lasting partner, Kurabo.
In 1973, Kurabo started manufacturing and selling it as the “KD-55”. KD-55 is authentic Japanese vintage denim that maintains the reddish blue colour and a special uneven character after washing, which was indicative of its time and revolutionized our industry.
KAIHARA BLACK x BLACK STRETCH DENIM
Composition: Cotton blend
Origin: Japan
Weight: 12.5oz
Features: Rope dyed
A usual suspect in our fabric catalogue. The Kaihara Black stretch denim comes from the same fabric family as his cousin the Pure Indigo Stretch denim but is slightly softer to the touch. The yarn that provides the stretch is made with a special method of covering it with polyurethane fibre. Due to this process, you end up with a sturdier fabric than usual.
After weaving, the fabric is dyed with ten dips of sulphur rope dye that gives it a rich and deep black colour.
YOSHIKO LEFT HAND DENIM
Composition: 100% Cotton
Origin: Japan
Weight: 12.6oz
Features: Sturdy, Soft hand-feel
This Japanese fabric is woven in a Left-hand twill, a so-called S-Twill is woven in the exact opposite direction as Right-hand twill (the most common way to weave denim). Starting from the bottom right and moving up to the top left of the fabric. Because the yarns are weaved the other way around it gives you a softer hand feel. The result: more comfortable but still a tough fabric! The fabric is dipped seven times in 100% pure indigo.
KAIHARA PURPLE x WHITE LISTED SELVAGE
Composition: Mix of US and Australian cotton, Rope dyed in Black Sulfur
Origin: Japan
Weight: 11oz
Features: Purple Selvage
A mix of high-quality US and Australian cotton. The threads are Rope dyed in black Sulfur and is woven with an uneven thread count in the weft yarn. This gives it a more sturdy hand feel for a fabric of this weight class. Our partner Kaihara used a 60's inspired vintage purple selvage listing to finish this fabric with a unique look and feel.
KAIHARA RIGHT-HAND BLACK DENIM
Composition: Mix of US and Australian
Origin: Japan
Weight: 13oz
Features: Marble texture
A mid-weight Black Denim made of a mixture of high-quality US and Australian cotton. By using an open-end Yarn inspired by a technique used for black denim in the early 80s, the fabric gets a Crepe-like appearance and marble texture when washed.
KAIHARA PURE INDIGO STRETCH DENIM
Composition: Cotton blend
Origin: Japan
Weight: 13oz
Features: Rope dyed
This fabric comes from the KAIHARA factory in Japan. To weave this fabric they use TOYODA G9 shuttle loom machines. The machines are over 40-years old but still deliver some of the highest quality weaving in the world.
After weaving and dipping the fabric ten times in Pure Indigo, it is sanforised (pre-shrunk) to minimise shrinking when you wash your garment. The final step is to apply a heat-setting process to stabilize the stretch in this cotton blend fabric. This will result in a high-quality cotton blend fabric, once used for a pair of jeans, it will maintain its original shape and form for years to come.
MAINLINE - SPRING/SUMMER 2023