Most people put their jeans away in June. I do the opposite. The white core inside a rope dyed yarn, the old looms in Okayama, and what a hot road actually does to a pair of jeans.
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Flip your cuff. That pale thread is the weft, and it decides more than you think. Josh Sirlin on twill, slub, and the hidden half of denim.
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It is not marketing. It is a way of thinking that treats a thing as never quite finished. Josh Sirlin on Okayama, Japanese craft, and why he builds his denim there.
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Almost all denim is dyed with synthetic indigo. Josh Sirlin on the plant-derived blue that came first — and the 13oz Okayama jeans built around it.
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Okayama's Kojima is the denim capital of the world — and where we make ours. Here's why Japanese selvedge denim is the best on earth.
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