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Lesser Known Japanese Denim Brands

post #1 of 54
5/9/08 at 4:00am
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I was digging around the take 5 site and noticing several denim brands that I rarely see discussed. Everyone talks ad nauseum about Samurai, Eternal, SDA, etc., but what about brands like Engine, Tedman, Momotaro? Do the cuts suck? Inferior denim quality? Or are some of them sleepers?
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post #2 of 54
5/9/08 at 7:35am
Havent heard of these..But there is another brand 'Kato'. It seems interesting. The dyeing process they use for denim is very comprehensive
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post #3 of 54
5/9/08 at 9:49am
There is some decent information on Momotaro over on superfuture, can't say I've ever heard of the rest.
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post #4 of 54
5/9/08 at 11:50am
i have a pair of momotaros and love them!
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post #5 of 54
5/9/08 at 12:24pm
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i have a pair of momotaros and love them!

What's so great about them? Cut? Detailing? Denim? How would you compare them with the more popular brands? Pics? Enough questions?
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post #6 of 54
5/9/08 at 12:45pm
Check here for information on Japan Blue / Momotaro: http://66.240.222.190/showthread.php?t=20310

There was also some discussion about Kato over there. Kato actually has a number of US stockists.

Another brand worth looking at that isn't discussed much is Kapital : http://66.240.222.190/showthread.php?t=31657
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post #7 of 54
5/9/08 at 12:57pm
There are nice premium denim brands in China too. Shame that Chinese brands haven't caught on. Forgot the names though...
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post #8 of 54
5/9/08 at 1:00pm
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There are nice premium denim brands in China too. Shame that Chinese brands haven't caught on. Forgot the names though...

Chinese designer denim? Yea, it's all over ebay. It's called knockoff.
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post #9 of 54
5/9/08 at 1:58pm
That's the attitude towards Chinese brands, that's what I thought too before I made my trip last month. But they got some high end stuff at the clothing show I went to. $150-$200US jeans, and they were good, serious.

Don't know how peeps there can afford it but they got a lot of millionaires there.

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Chinese designer denim? Yea, it's all over ebay. It's called knockoff.
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post #10 of 54
5/9/08 at 2:03pm
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There are nice premium denim brands in China too. Shame that Chinese brands haven't caught on. Forgot the names though...

Did you, JINgCO?
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post #11 of 54
5/9/08 at 2:03pm
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Don't know how peeps there can afford it but they got a lot of millionaires there.

I'm assuming they can afford it because, you know, they're millionaires.
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post #12 of 54
5/9/08 at 2:08pm
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Did you, JINgCO?

HAHA! You know I've never tried on a pair of JNCO jeans before...
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post #13 of 54
5/9/08 at 2:10pm
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HAHA! You know I've never tried on a pair of JNCO jeans before...

No. I did not know that you had never ever before, in your entire life, tried on a pair of JNCO jeans.
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post #14 of 54
5/10/08 at 7:56am
Obelisk is another Japanese denim brand that makes some amazing-looking jeans.
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post #15 of 54
5/10/08 at 8:22am
Stop being douches.
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