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[milosz]

Will you be getting in any more of the tan Skull mid-length wallets?

 

[kiya]

Originally Posted by milosz

Will you be getting in any more of the tan Skull mid-length wallets?

We'll have more on wednesday.

 

[kiya]

Real Japan Blues Jeans - The 106BSP & 105BSP

Hailing from Nagano, Japan.. Real Japan Blues is known for their psychotic ways of producing even the simplest of garments. They take everything from western shirts to five pocket jeans and create them in an entirely new way using fabrics that impress even the most seasoned garment junkie.

Two new models from RJB are being released this weekend in limited numbers, at this point RJB is not sure as to whether or not these will be reproduced once this run is gone.

The 106BSP is a slim fit jean with a straight leg and the 105BSP has a mid-rise and a straight leg. We're quite into the cuts because we feel there is a gap in the Japanese denim market for jeans that aren't exactly reproductions but have a heavy nod to the Rockabilly days of the late 1950's, jeans that make you look like you're Marlon Brando or James Dean but aren't really the cuts they were wearing fifty years ago. A combination of the denim, leg silhouettes, tags, and knife pocket.. We see a badass from the 50's that wreaks havoc on civilians with his motorcycle gang, and we love it.

The denim on these is a new denim which has impressed us here to say the least. It's similar to Flat Head's 3XXX denim in terms of how hairy it becomes after the first soak but has a deeper indigo color straight off. The dye method yields an extremely high contrast fade which we'd only seen this intense before on Flat Head's denim, yet it's quite different considering it's pure indigo and the cotton is from Zimbabwe.

Spec list for both the 106BSP and 105BSP:
13.75oz Rope Dyed Japanese Selvedge Unsanforized Denim
Zimbabwe Cotton Fiber Denim
Double Length Knife Pocket (Coin Pocket)
Hidden Rivets
Black Dyed Cowhide Leather Tag
Red RJB Embroidered Logo
Copper RJB Rivets

Modeled by Cesar Ramos of Mission Hill Saloon and shot by Sidney Lo.

Both the 105BSP & the 106BSP will be released at Self Edge on December 20th at Noon and at the same time via our online store. 100 pairs of each model were produced by RJB. Check the online store for more hi-res photos, specs, and pricing:
http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.p...a03daa13cf90de

Real Japan Blues 106BSP

Real Japan Blues 105BSP

Photos of RJB's Denim from a forthcoming Lightning Magazine Issue (worn for 10 months, washed twice):

 

[kiya]

Buzz Rickson Loopwheeled Sweatshirt - Grey

Custom manufacturing of the heavy, 13-ounce all-cotton fleece fabricated on a vintage loop-wheeling loom
Four-needle, TUBE-Body construction and no side seams with lock stitch throughout
Vee-placket neck detail
Set-in sleeves
Four-inch cuff and waistband
Exact copy of the original-style rayon-on-cotton labels
True vintage fit for flattering appearance

Buzz Rickson's Premium 1930's & 1940's all-cotton athletic sweatshirts are proof that yet there is still hope in finding simple basics made with the care that Toyo puts into producing these. Made from 13-ounce 100% cotton fabricated on 1920's-vintage loop-wheeling machines, styled with all the correct features found on the old sweatshirts and cut to hug the body in a flattering form without bulk just as the vintage originals did.

This is the real deal, meant for those who crave a slice of the good old days to perfectly compliment a pair of Japanese selvedge denim dungarees.

Loopwheeled Sweaters:
http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.p...roducts_id=391

 

[kiya]

The RJB Kasuri Shirts

This is Japanese garment obsession at it's best here...

Kasuri (çµ£) is a Japanese textile technique that literally means "splashed pattern".
The Kasuri technique is done in the warp or weft or both threads. The threads are covered with paper, or plastic or any other material that will resist the dye then the dye is pressed into the threads by hand creating a very uneven dye pattern. Thus the warp or weft threads are dyed in patterns or designs before the threads are woven.

The the irregularities in the dyeing of the threads can identify this technique. Indigo dye is used for kasuri as well as pigment dyes and discharge techniques, such as what is used on this shirt by Real Japan Blues. This weaving and dye technique is very labor intensive and unfortunately, in today's Japan, only a few elderly weavers of this technique continue their textile artistry.

On the Black shirt the red print is from a Kasuri pattern while the white lines are painted on by hand with a discharge "ink" and on the Red shirt the black lines are from the Kasuri weave and the white lines are painted on by hand. Yes, we said painted on, by hand. Every line is a brushstroke.

These are now available in-store and in our online store along with a restock of the RJB Denim Shirts (with the silk weft). Check the online store for more specs, photos, and measurements. Jeans by this same brand will also be available December 20th, more information coming...
http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.p...83a2262ed9c30d

 

[kiya]

Double Boomtime Winter Flannels from Flat Head

Over two years ago when we met Mr. Kobayashi, the founder and president of Flat Head, for the first time he was wearing a shirt which we fell in love with instantly. We couldn't believe the quality of the fabric and how much character there was within the pattern of the flannel, it was this shirt he was wearing...

From Flat Head's new Winter line, made of a heavy flannel comes these new super comfortable flannel shirts made of 100% Zimbabwe cotton where the interior of the shirt has been combed to a super soft feel.

The fabric is woven on a vintage loom and therefore has a very three dimensional pattern due to the shuttle loom and also the heavy gauge of thread used to weave the flannel.

The shirt is available in three colors, and are available only as one run with no restocks. All come with selvedge side seam accents and mother of pearl inlay snap buttons including the self edging fabric running up the inner seam of the front of the shirt.

The Winter Flannel is modeled by Mission Badass Josh Harris and shot by Sidney Lo. Check the online store for hi-res photos, specs, and more information:
http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.p...index&cPath=68

 

[bdr3]

Hey Kiya- If the FH 380 in a 32 fits me perfectly am I safe to assume that I should go with the RJB 105BSP in an 32 as well? Thanks!

 

[kiya]

Originally Posted by bdr3

Hey Kiya- If the FH 380 in a 32 fits me perfectly am I safe to assume that I should go with the RJB 105BSP in an 32 as well? Thanks!

Yup, exactly.. get the same size.

 

[gabby11303]

How much does the SEXSC06 shrink in the thigh, knee and hem? Does anybody know the measurement of the size 34 or 36? I have the Flat Head 4001bk in a size 34 that fits good, but I wanted something a little bigger in the thigh, especially the upper thigh across the front/zipper/upper thigh area. The size 34 SEXSC06 pre soak looks bigger, but I don't know how much it shrinks. Thought maybe I could go with the 36, but didn't know how big they are down to the bottom.

 

[kiya]

Originally Posted by gabby11303

How much does the SEXSC06 shrink in the thigh, knee and hem? Does anybody know the measurement of the size 34 or 36? I have the Flat Head 4001bk in a size 34 that fits good, but I wanted something a little bigger in the thigh, especially the upper thigh across the front/zipper/upper thigh area. The size 34 SEXSC06 pre soak looks bigger, but I don't know how much it shrinks. Thought maybe I could go with the 36, but didn't know how big they are down to the bottom.

Go with the size 34 and you'll be set... they thigh will have more room than a 4001BK even after a hot soak.

 

[crosswound]

that sweater looks dope kiya. whens the next time over at selfedge you'll be having a heat stroke sale?

 

[gabby11303]

I was thinking about the Real Japan blues slim straight in a 36 to have a little more room also, but the waist might be a little to big. I'm about a 35. I think the 34 would be way to slim in the thigh for me

 

[Crooow]

Originally Posted by gabby11303

How much does the SEXSC06 shrink in the thigh, knee and hem? Does anybody know the measurement of the size 34 or 36? I have the Flat Head 4001bk in a size 34 that fits good, but I wanted something a little bigger in the thigh, especially the upper thigh across the front/zipper/upper thigh area. The size 34 SEXSC06 pre soak looks bigger, but I don't know how much it shrinks. Thought maybe I could go with the 36, but didn't know how big they are down to the bottom.

I have a pair in 36 that have been hot soaked (not water for about 45 minutes). I just measured, and the thigh is approximately 12.5 inches. The waistband is about 1/8 under 18, and the hem is at about 8 3/4 inches. The only caveat, though, is that I have only worn mine a couple of times (it's a little cold here right now for them) so there may be some stretching yet to come in the thigh and waist.

Hope that helps.

 

[gabby11303]

Originally Posted by Crooow

I have a pair in 36 that have been hot soaked (not water for about 45 minutes). I just measured, and the thigh is approximately 12.5 inches. The waistband is about 1/8 under 18, and the hem is at about 8 3/4 inches. The only caveat, though, is that I have only worn mine a couple of times (it's a little cold here right now for them) so there may be some stretching yet to come in the thigh and waist.

Hope that helps.

Would you mind measuring the knee about 13 inches down from the crotch? I think I'd need to get them hemmed to about a 32. Is it sill 8.75 where they would be hemmed to a 32?

Thanks

 

[Crooow]

Originally Posted by gabby11303

Would you mind measuring the knee about 13 inches down from the crotch? I think I'd need to get them hemmed to about a 32. Is it sill 8.75 where they would be hemmed to a 32?

Thanks

At the knee, I've got it at just under 9 1/4 (say 9 1/8). As for the hemming, mine are around 31.5 inches post-soak, so the hem should be pretty much the same.