[[🍀 Home]] ➤ [[🗺️ Maps of Content]] --- ## About > **denim** is a sturdy [[Cotton]] warp-faced textile in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. This twill weaving produces a diagonal ribbing that distinguishes it from cotton duck. While a denim predecessor known as dungaree has been produced in India for hundreds of years, denim as it is recognized today was first produced in Nîmes, France. > > Denim is available in a range of colors, but the most common denim is [[Indigo]] denim in which the warp thread is dyed while the weft thread is left white. As a result of the warp-faced twill weaving, one side of the textile is dominated by the blue warp threads and the other side is dominated by the white weft threads. Jeans fabricated from this cloth are thus predominantly white on the inside. > > [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim) ## Places > Kurashiki, a historic city in Japan’s [[Okayama]] Prefecture, on the lip of the Inland Sea, is about as far as you can get from the American Wild West. For the uninitiated, then, it would seem an unlikely place for MR PORTER’s in-house brand Mr P. to turn to in search of that most American article of clothing: a pair of jeans. But that’s exactly what we did. Watch this short film to find out why. ## Videos [Made by Hand without Compromise-Momotaro Jeans All process](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek5520fSymY) about [[Momotaro Jeans]]. [How Japanese Denim Is Made | MR PORTER](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZW0H9iQf_Y). ## Things - [[Japanese denim]] - [[Studio D'Artisan]] - [[Oni Denim]] is from [[Okayama]] - [[Sugar Cane]] - [[Burgus Plus]] - [[Kapital]] - [[Momotaro Jeans]] which the guy in [[Berlin]] in the [[Red Wing]] store was wearing - [[Momotarō]] is from Japanese folklore (like [[Musashi]]) - [[Selvedge]] - Akamimi - [[Kuroki denim factory]] - [[Americana]] in Japan - [[Rivets]] ## Dyeing Read [The beginner's guide to aizome, traditional indigo dyeing](https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/shopping/the-beginners-guide-to-traditional-indigo-dyeing). - Aizome (藍染め), the Japanese word for [indigo dye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye "Indigo dye") Aizome? - [[Indigo]] - [[Kakishibu]] Wells? ## Brands - [[Indigofera]] which has [[Indigo]] as part of its name - I have a shirt from [[Indigofera]] which has [[Tartan]] cloth, or something else they call Dawson Flannel Fabric. Bought it in [[Copenhagen]] when I saw [[Nils Frahm]] # Shops - [[Okayama Denim]] - [[Hinoya]] in [[Tokyo]] - [[DC4]] in [[Berlin]] - [[Oni Denim]] - [[fein und ripp]] in [[Berlin]] - [[Burg & Schild]] in [[Berlin]] Dump: From https://indigoferajeans.com/retailers/. Sweden: - [Pancho & Lefty](http://panchoandlefty.se/) (Österåker, SWE) - [Second Sunrise](http://secondsunrise.se/) (Stockholm, SWE) - [Meadow](http://www.meadowweb.com/) (Malmö, SWE) - [Hepcat](http://www.hepcat.se/) (Lund, SWE) - [Göteborgs Manufaktur](http://goteborgmanufaktur.se/) (Göteborg, SWE) Denmark: - [Brund](http://brund.dk/) (Copenhagen, DK) - [Blue Caviar](http://www.blue-caviar.com/) (Aarhus, DK) # Fabric patterns - https://www.heddels.com/2018/07/wabash-hickory-liberty-oh-guide-workwear-stripes/ - [[Hickory]] as in the [[Studio D'Artisan]] jeans - [[Wabash]] as in the [[Pike Brothers]] outfit from [[fein und ripp]] - https://medium.com/@noopurshalini/geometrical-patterns-in-fabrics-checks-and-stripes-guide-15c82fd6656 - [[Gingham]] which reminds me of the [[Slack]] logo - https://indigoferajeans.com/fabric-stories/