Lesser Known Japanese Denim Brands

morse9443 · May 9, 2008

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?

sandy · May 9, 2008

Havent heard of these..But there is another brand 'Kato'. It seems interesting. The dyeing process they use for denim is very comprehensive

PG2G · May 9, 2008

There is some decent information on Momotaro over on superfuture, can't say I've ever heard of the rest.

bici · May 9, 2008

i have a pair of momotaros and love them!

morse9443 · May 9, 2008

Originally Posted by bici

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?

PG2G · May 9, 2008

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

jingco · May 9, 2008

There are nice premium denim brands in China too. Shame that Chinese brands haven't caught on. Forgot the names though...

morse9443 · May 9, 2008

Originally Posted by jingco

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.

jingco · May 9, 2008

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.

Originally Posted by morse9443

Chinese designer denim? Yea, it's all over ebay. It's called knockoff.

whacked · May 9, 2008

Originally Posted by jingco

There are nice premium denim brands in China too. Shame that Chinese brands haven't caught on. Forgot the names though...

Did you, JINgCO?

selbsttatig · May 9, 2008

Originally Posted by jingco

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.

jingco · May 9, 2008

Originally Posted by whacked

Did you, JINgCO?

HAHA! You know I've never tried on a pair of JNCO jeans before...

morse9443 · May 9, 2008

Originally Posted by jingco

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.

Oh!Saka! · May 10, 2008

Obelisk is another Japanese denim brand that makes some amazing-looking jeans.

mimesis · May 10, 2008

Stop being douches.

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