After a year in the works, lots of trial and error and not settling for anything less than the best, it’s finally ready – we are very happy to announce the arrival of our denim collection ready for SS21. The collection is set for release in mid-April, in the meantime here’s everything you need to know about the exciting new denim release.
The Fabric
The fabric for this collection is one of our favourites so far. Its produced by two famed Japanese denim mills, one of which you will probably have heard of is Kahara, a mill known for producing some of the finest denim in the world. While the second, Kuroki, who have been producing denim out of Japan since 1950 and are pioneers in the rope-dying technique.
The denim for these jeans has been made through a process of twisting of the denim thread, leaving an uneven surface and slub feel that can only be achieved through this specialised process. The beauty of the fabric is that when it is dyed in indigo it never settles evenly and stead creates a light and dark shading after its first rinse. The more you wash the more this occurs resulting in a truly personalised jean. All the denim, we have rinsed and treated for shrinkage (sanforisation).
The Kuroki denim is 16.75oz, which is quite heavy compared to other denim brands and a sign of the quality. However, we managed to get the wash process to lighten the feel and comfortable against the skin.
The second release of the dark overdyed denim is the same style and fit but made from a hand dip-dyed Kahara denim. More info to come soon.
The jacket is inspired by traditional Japanese worker jackets but with a C17 twist by loosening the fit, and also taking away the collar. The mandarin collar is unique to us right now, we haven’t seen any other brand doing this. The jacket comes with a limited-edition woven patch that you can unstitch and can be placed on the back pocket of the jeans if so desired.
Other details
The buttons on the jeans and jacket are all solid brass which are designed to fade and patina with wear, washing, and time.
This denim collection has been a year in the works, making sure every detail of the denim is perfect and meets up high standards that we have for denim.
Fit
The cut of the jeans are based on an archival 90s original C17 Jeans but the hem has been altered for a more modern fit to go with more modern styling. The rise is medium and can be worn high or lower depending on preference.
