peteyross

the Levis x Swagger jeans are selvage. They are no longer available for sale so unless you know of an ebay auction or yahoo.co.jp auction to bid on, you're out of luck.

The Swagger x Levis jeans have been sold out since the day they came out. If you add them to your shopping car, it tells you they are sold out. Bummer.

If Im not mistaken, you can avoid NYC tax by going on a Sunday.

You are mistaken

I went in about 3 weeks ago and they had a VERY nice pair of raw straight leg jeans with distinct pocket styles (no embroidery or logos were to be found on the outside of the jeans). The denim had a unique sheen to it that I hadn't seen in other japanese brands. Unfortunately they were $780. I was floored.

I'm familiar with their jeans but does anyone have any experience or insight into the quality/fit of Rag & Bone clothing? I've seen their collection on their website and it looks quite nice.

Back when I went to Nanzan Daigaku in Nagoya, Japan(circa 2001), there was a store at the Irinaka subway stop that sold mostly abercrombie at absurd mark-ups. I asked the guy what his business model was and all he did was fly to Seattle, spend 10G's on American mall brands and then fly back. I thought it was hilarious, since I was trying shed myself of those brands to adopt Japanese brands. I should've set something up with the guy.

What are they thinking? Maybe they're made by Beams? United Arrows? Japanese superfuturians, you guys seen these?

http://www.slamjamstore.it/product_info.php?cPath=47_81&products_id=1810&osCsid=2b69099465b991d74620604a74267709

I suppose I would be giving him too much credit if I assumed he was making a statement about the models on the runway (ie models look like skeletons)...he doesn't seem the type to encourage women to eat.

Don't forget that you have to soak them first. The PBJ's that BIG sells are all raw. They're gonna shrink at least an inch in the waist and at least a couple inches in the legs.

They do stretch a lot though, at least mine have (post soak!).

I have a pair and I soaked them. Every part of them came in a lot (the waist came in hte least) so they shrink a lot. Unless you plan on never getting your jeans wet, you should soak them first. I cannot think of a scenario in which you wouldn't want to get your jeans wet for the rest of your life.

so...

I mean, superfuture doesn't have any double standards right?

Not double standards. Superfuture has way to many New Standards [yes I just made that joke]

Ahhh those damn Bape x Pepsi bottles. I actually sold a bunch of those on ebay! I can't believe people bought them!

Sorry I turned this thread all introspective and what not re: my comments on MilSpex's style. My negative post was meant to be somewhat fastitious because of the "everyone's sweating MilSpex" comment. I just didn't get how my commentary was so sweatful of MilSpex so I came through with an overly critical assessment of him to clearly lay out that I was misunderstood.

Truthfully, I think MilSpex is rocking a tried and true style with tried and true brands. Hiroshi Fujiwara would be proud. He pulls it off well and seems to stick to what he knows (clearly he knows his streetwear). He appears to me like a mish mash of Hong Kong and Tokyo and for a white guy, he's pulling this off quite well. I live in New York now and I can tell you that nobody downtown is pulling this look off, especially people old enough to have a job.

Addressing some other responses, of course everyone's look is inspired by something and if someone's style works for them, you certainly don't need to change it just because it's not en vogue at the moment. I too once read TransCool, HotDog, StreetJack, etc in the late 90's but those magazines don't quite do it for me anymore and I've moved on. I still have remnants of that phase though, as I currently have a Head Porter briefcase sitting next to me.

For the record (just so people don't think I'm commenting without any basis) I also lived in Japan. The first time for only 2 months and the second time for a whole year in 2000-2001. I spent most of my time in Nagoya (but also spent time in Osaka, Kyoto, Kanazawa and Tokyo) which at the time was rather behind the times when it comes to streetwear. In fact, I think people were hyped about the bew Busy Works shop that was supposed to open back then. So if BAPE fell off in the late 90's in Japan, Nagoya was definitely late to the game. On a side note, someone told me recently that Nagoya had become a trendsetting city but perhaps that's with women only.

But anyway, I'll still stand by my comment that people's vision gets cloudy when certain brand names are being worn, particularly if it comes from Japan. Just like when RingRing says Japanese denim does not automatically mean it's great, I take the same view of Japanese streetwear. Hiroshi Fujiwara has a good eye for fashion/lifestyle products but they don't automatically look good on everyone. I think some people who haven't seen these brands in real life hold them up on a pedestal and can't really identify that the tag on the inside (or label on the outside) doesn't necessarily mean it looks good (MilSpex is a lucky example of someone who wears these brands and also looks good).

Haha. Yet another poster sweating your style Milspex. I guess its just that time of the month. For the record, I live in Tokyo myself and frequent Harajuku/Daikanyama/Shibuya very often. This style is NOT sweated by as many kids in Tokyo as in the mid/late 90s. The streetwear scene was VERY big back then, but I think a lot more diverse styles have filtered and interwined with the original look now.

I certainly didn't mean to sweat his style. Actually I was just trying to be critical without killing this thread. Let me restate what I truly think:

You're rocking a style thats been done to death and everyone on this board still gives you props. Admittedly, you rock it decently, better than most americans. However, this style is so high school tokyo late 90's, you look like a bum that never got over the fact that he wasn't up on these trends when people thought they were cool. You're following the tired mantra of Japanese brands=cool, without truly addressing how you look. Your extra long white under shirt thing just doesn't look good. Fresh gear? Most often, yes. Good style? Well, I wouldn't go that far. I think you need to evolve a bit. Just because you own a wrinkled Supreme t-shirt from 5 years ago, doesn't mean you automatically look good, and I think people on this board can't identify that. MilSpex is rocking a this 1999 Tokyo style better than anyone on this board, that's it.

I don't like posting things like this though...they aren't productive, and I don't post my own pictures, making the criticism a one way street. That's not cool.

While I think MilSpex is definitely looking good, I'm surprised at how unique everyone thinks the look is. Every (well, a good amount anyway) kid in Tokyo looks like this.

The build of MilSpex's body lends to his look far more than anyone has mentioned in this massive thread. A thicker body type (ie, chubby americans) just can't pull off this look with the proper silhouette or without looking like they are trying too hard. MilSpex (and lots of other kids in Tokyo) pulls off the look how it's supposed look. Kudos for that. However, innovative and new? For those outside Japan...I guess so. For those in Tokyo? Just another streetwear fiend.

I think the real problem occurs when your legs are thick compared to you waist size.

If your legs are say, 26 inches around, and your waist is 30, you're screwed if you want to pull off the skinny look. However, if you're just a big person with say, legs 26 inches around, and a 34-36 inch waist, that's not so bad.

I've got a problem because my waist is 30-31 but my thighs are fairly muscular (I'm 6' 1", 167lbs). When I wear slim jeans, I have to size up to get the legs to look right. The first few times I wear them they look ok, but they once they start to break in, the waist becomes absurbly big (since it was already too big to begin with).

the rise on the 003's are pretty damn low as well..

It is lower than some repros, but what makes them repro-like is the fact that the waist is smaller than the hips. I think the cut of the 003's is fairly plain, nothing to really make note of when compared to the 005's. The real draw of any PBJ's though is the slubby denim.

xx-005 is slimmer than xx-003 (not sure how much). i think the rb6 aren't too slim so they should be closer to the xx-003 than the xx-005.

I've tried both of them on, and I own the xx-005. The 003 is a cut you've seen from every other company making straight leg 501 repros. The 005 is (for a Japanese denim company) an uncharacteristcally low rise, with quite a slim leg, especially in the thigh.

While I like the 005's, the waist to thigh ratio is a little too unbalanced for me. Once I shrunk the jeans, the waist was way too big compared to the thighs for me. I've got an athletic build though and my waist is small and my thighs more muscular.

Props to Sphoxx who is making these jeans look very good.

Investment Banker, New York City.

I realize that many UK vendors (and some US) have the brand Edwin, but they definitely do not carry Edwin Japan. Edwin Europe just isn't quite the same...

i am embarassed to admit how excited i am that this board is back...

spruce scarf

mhi x penfield jacket

edwins

timbuk2 mess

sambas

Canice, did you pick up those Edwins recently? If so, where? I've been missing Edwin since I left Japan. I'm sick of spending so much on pre-distresed denim and Edwin Japan comes through with decent washes at decent prices. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

I'm not sure why people would think otherwise (perhaps this stupid aura that gets attached to the store/brand?), but they actually do let you try on their jeans in the store.

www.classicfunk.com

My good friend runs this site, she's just started. She will customize anything to your specific taste/specifications (she only has a few pre-made items, most are made when ordered).

I did try on the PBJ-003. It is more of a 501 repro fit. The hips are wider than the waist and the rise is higher. The legs are also much wider. Overall, I'd say that the PBJ-003 is a fit that you've probably seen/had before. It's not all that modern so to speak. The denim however, is awesome. Also worth noting, in my hand and after a close up inspection, the denim felt identical to the Oni jeans.

Looking back, I would have benefitted from a one wash PBJ-005. In other words, had I tried on a one wash, I probably wouldn't have bought them, but when I tried them on raw, I felt like they would fit me well. I can totally see why 45rpm rarely offers raw jeans.

Also, I wouldn't want this story to be a knock on Blue in Greene. While I was trying on jeans there, they were incredibly helpful, knew their product very well, and they gave me full explainations of every question I had. In fact, I'll probably go back to get a different pair of jeans there once I can sell these PBJ-005's.