With the Kasuri Stretch Selvedge, we wanted to make a unique selvedge denim that is as comfortable as it is beautiful.
What makes the Kasuri Stretch Selvedge so beautiful is the traditional way that the yarns are dyed. Instead of simply dipping long yarns into indigo vats, dyers wrap sections of yarn with thread so tightly that those bound sections cannot absorb the dye like squeezing a sponge and holding it underwater.
Read MoreThe King of Slub Yarn has expanded its empire into the Made in Japan Collection with The Emperor of Slub. We spent two years developing the King of Slub Yarn because we wanted to make the slubbiest denim the world has ever seen, much bigger than what standard slub yarns could acheive.
Read MoreHow did we celebrate and embody the spirit of Future Trunks in denim? All we had to do was distill the time traveling half-Saiyan half-Earthling with cropped lavender hair raised in an apocalyptic hellscape into a 3x1 twill. Seemed pretty straightforward.
Read MoreWe are excited to announce the upcoming release of our Naked & Famous Denim X Ghostbusters® capsule collection. This limited-edition collection, which consists of 2 Ghostbusters® inspired denim fabrics, as well as two denim jackets, are slated to hit stores on Oct 25th 2019.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever been to our New York City store you have no doubt met Steve Cruz, and Noah Mauldin, not only do they manage the store, they are also some of the friendliest and knowledgeable people in the denim industry today. We sat down with them to talk denim and find out their opinions on the raw denim world.
Read MoreWe made like Doctor Gero’s supercomputer with the Cell Perfect Selvedge. We unbound ourselves from stiff tradition and absorbed a couple Androids to create a villainous Vegeta-humbling denim. Capturing in cloth the perfect warrior with speed, strength, cunning only concerned with his own perfection and testing his own power, we developed a stretch selvedge exoskeleton that
Read MoreIcon of Dragon Ball icons, we bring you the Goku Super Saiyan Selvedge. We had to make a denim to match his gi. The uniform dates back to Goku’s early days at the Turtle School training under Master Roshi. While the original uniform was red and had the school’s logo prominently on the chest and back.
Read MoreA snowstorm of selvedge Japanese denim. It all starts with our Lord of Nep yarn we custom-developed to create the neppiest denim ever made. Neps – small knots and fibers in yarn – used to be seen and are sometimes still seen as defects from smooth, uniform fabric.
Read MoreVegeta would never let us forget that he is the prince of the fallen Saiyans. He’s the only character still wearing the traditional Saiyan armor. To embody the persona of Vegeta a traditional selvedge denim produced in its rawest form: a rough and rugged 16oz Unsanforized Japanese selvedge denim.
Read MoreWe worked with an artisan Japanese dye house to develop our own natural dye derived from real chestnuts. Chestnut dye has been used for over a century and can yield a spectrum of colors from a yellowy pink to a dark red brown
Read MoreDue to its smooth face and natural durability, duck canvas has been used for just about everything. “Duck canvas” or “cotton duck” comes from the Dutch “doek,” which simply means “cloth” but used to refer to heavy fabric used for outerwear and protective garments.
Read MoreThe worlds of raw denim and Japanese anime collide to bring you Naked & Famous Denim x Dragon Ball Z Capsule Collection! This much anticipated collection arrives in stores and online this fall and here is the complete release schedule.
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