Meet Your Maker – Japanese Denim Mills
Meet Your Maker: Japanese Denim Mills Unlike the United States, which has only one remaining manufacturer of raw denim, Cone Mills, Japan is home to many active denim mills that churn out the cream of...
View ArticleDenim Crotch Blowouts – Why They Happen And How to Avoid Them
Blown Out – A Prime Example Crotch blowouts are inevitable as pretty much any well worn pair of denim will be beset at some point. Though for many this is just a part of the process that can be dealt...
View Article10 Pairs Of Raw Denim With 34″+ Inseams
Tenue de Nimes x Momotaro Being tall and being fashionable is not always an easy feat to accomplish. Personally being 6’3”, I have constantly struggled with finding denim that is able to fit me...
View Article5 Pairs of Raw Denim Jeans for Summer
Though it comes a little late in the game, if you’re still looking for a pair of raw denim for the upcoming months, we’ve provided 5 pairs of ready-for-summer denim for the benefit of you and your...
View ArticleBread & Butter Connect Summer 2013 – The Denim Showcase II
For those who missed the first instalment earlier last week, we’re doing a series of reports from the expansive and denim-loving Bread & Butter tradeshow in Berlin. This second piece takes a look...
View ArticleNew York Trade Show Recap – Capsule Man and Liberty Fairs
About a month before New York Fashion Week comes Trade Show week, where brands have a chance to show off their latest collection to a host of buyers and press for the upcoming seasonal cycle. Two of...
View ArticleFade Friday – Momotaro 0201 Vintage (14 Months, Many Washes)
Fade Friday this week highlights a pair of Momotaro 0201 Vintage Label jeans worn for 14 months and washed many times. This frequent washing has interestingly brought out drastic contrasts throughout...
View ArticleFade Friday – Naked & Famous x Momotaro Collab #2 (2 Years, Many Washes)
Fade Friday – Naked & Famous x Momotaro Collab #2 (2 Years, Many Washes) What do you get when you combine the artisan craftsmanship that Momotaro is so widely known for with the innovation and...
View ArticleFade Friday – Momotaro 0201 Vintage Label (11 Months, 1 Sea Wash)
It’s no secret that we’re pretty big fans of Momotaro. The Japanese denim brand was started in 2006 in Kojima in Okayama, Japan and has been producing top quality, premium selvedge denim ever since....
View ArticleMomotaro Deep Indigo Brown Weft 15oz “Tight Straight”– Model 0702BR
Momotaro has been one of the more prolific brands releasing a pretty wide variety of denim as well as collaborations with other brands and stores. This time around they’ve released a jean that...
View Articleaajja Japan: Denim Demon x Momotaro Collaborative Raw Denim
Continuing the introduction of Sweden’s very own Denim Demon, we profile one of the brand’s most exciting pieces, the aajja Jamtli Japan Jean. Just when we thought that things couldn’t get better for...
View ArticleTop Shops to Buy Raw Denim in Denver, Colorado
Denver is a city on the rise. Thanks to its income-based tax structure, the city has weathered the recession better than most American cities so while the rest of the country has been getting back on...
View ArticleNYC Market Week Denim Recap – Autumn/Winter 2014
It’s that time of year again: all of our favorite brands have finished tinkering away on their lines, the samples are set, and now it’s time to sell sell sell like their lives depend on it. That’s...
View ArticleThe Momotaro x Massdrop Mixup
One of Massdrop’s potential jean drops If you think vintage label Momotaro for $170.00 sounds too good to be true, you’re right. But that was almost the reality for almost 200 users of the group buy...
View ArticleJesper Remmerswaal, Tulp Jeans – One Man Brand
Based in the Netherlands, Tulp Jeans is a small operation run by Jesper Remmerswaal from a room at the back of his cozy apartment in the charming town of Delft. His passion for raw denim was instilled...
View ArticleFade Friday – Naked & Famous x Momotaro Collab #2 (2 Years, Many Washes)
Fade Friday – Naked & Famous x Momotaro Collab #2 (2 Years, Many Washes) What do you get when you combine the artisan craftsmanship that Momotaro is so widely known for with the innovation and fits...
View ArticleFade Friday – Momotaro 0201 Vintage Label (11 Months, 1 Sea Wash)
It’s no secret that we’re pretty big fans of Momotaro. The Japanese denim brand was started in 2006 in Kojima in Okayama, Japan and has been producing top quality, premium selvedge denim ever since....
View ArticleMomotaro Deep Indigo Brown Weft 15oz “Tight Straight”– Model 0702BR
Momotaro has been one of the more prolific brands releasing a pretty wide variety of denim as well as collaborations with other brands and stores. This time around they’ve released a jean that...
View Articleaajja Japan: Denim Demon x Momotaro Collaborative Raw Denim
Continuing the introduction of Sweden’s very own Denim Demon, we profile one of the brand’s most exciting pieces, the aajja Jamtli Japan Jean. Just when we thought that things couldn’t get better for...
View ArticleTop Shops to Buy Raw Denim in Denver, Colorado
Denver is a city on the rise. Thanks to its income-based tax structure, the city has weathered the recession better than most American cities so while the rest of the country has been getting back on...
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