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#19 in our Graphic Series is based on a photograph taken in Japan 13 years ago. We were in Tokyo to meet with our Japanese brands… it was early morning outside our hotel in Shibuya, a Kei truck stopped in front of us and the driver jumped out unloading bags of ice into the bar next door.   Emblazoned on the back of the truck were the words “POOR ICE SPOIL YOUR WHISKY”.  Over the years we kept coming back to the photo, the words, and the idea of a small batch ice delivery company freezing water overnight so they can deliver it to bars wanting to serve their patrons perfectly crystal clear cubes of ice.  We twisted the concept a bit and made it our own for these graphic tees. ⠀

We’ve done this t-shirt in collaboration with typographic artist and SESF crew member, Ry Faraola.

Shop Self Edge Graphic Tees Online: https://www.selfedge.com/self-edge

 

We’ve got a hot one this week from 3sixteen.  First up we have their Rust Twill crosscut flannel from their new fall collection. These are produced of a 100% cotton medium-weight flannel which is slack weave woven for extra pattern depth and are finished with enamel coated metal fisheye buttons. 

We also have new shop jackets made of one of the wildest fabrics we've seen from 3sixteen.   These are made of a unique jacquard fabric and the jacket features three large pockets and is finished with corozo nut buttons.

Shop 3sixteen Online: https://www.selfedge.com/3sixteen

 

 

 

The Rick Owens LUXOR version of the Made in Japan Detroit jean is here. We love the way these turned out, and are excited to offer this model in what we think is the most versatile jean silhouette Rick Owens produces. These are made of Rick Owens’ in-house developed 16oz black/black Japanese selvedge denim which has a sulfur dyed warp and reactive dyed weft for maximum fading character. 

Rick Owens’ DRKSHDW Vintage Sneak are also here. These are made of a heavily brushed cotton and vegetable fiber Oyster outer with a Black viscose blend stripe. Buy now or cry about it later.

Shop Rick Owens Online: https://www.selfedge.com/rick-owens

 

 

Seuvas hits us this week with their first collection of short sleeve shirts. These are made of a rayon and cotton blend kasuri fabric and finished with a Amakusa pottery stone button detail. Available now at all stores along with a new restock of their 79A canvas shirts in natural undyed cotton.

 

Shop Seuvas Online: https://www.selfedge.com/seuvas

 

 

 

 

 

Rick Owens x Converse DRKSTAR sneakers, available now at all stores.

These high-tops and low-tops are based on the classic Converse 70’s Chucks and feature a signature elongated tongue, contrast stitching, and signature Rick Owens molded heel and and toe cap superimposed onto the classic 70’s Chucks rubber sole. These are available now in limited numbers and are delivered with black laces and extra white laces.

Shop Rick Owens x Converse Online: https://www.selfedge.com/rick-owens

 

 

Mister Freedom comes through this week with a special edition version of their Lot 64 Californian jean, this one produced out of Sugar Cane’s cotton and sugar cane fiber blend denim with a natural indigo dyed warp. These jeans are finished with fancy NOS cotton twill pocket bags, original MF-branded silver “tack” buttons, and twelve different types of 100% cotton threads used for construction.  

We also have the Californian jean in a new dark navy “Frontier” cotton duck canvas which was produced by Mt Vernon Mills in Trion, Georgia.  

Shop Mister Freedom Online: https://www.selfedge.com/mister-freedom

 

 

 

 

We’ve just received a new run of the 633s-18 model in Iron Heart’s “vintage style” 18oz indigo-dyed denim. This fabric is an Iron Heart developed 18oz selvedge denim made of 100% cotton and slack weave woven for breathability. The 633 fit from Iron Heart has turned into one of our best selling jeans at Self Edge, it's a perfect straight leg fit with a tapered leg for a small leg opening. 

We've also received a new run of Iron Heart's Super Duper Heavy T-shirts. This is the heaviest weight Japanese-made t-shirt we've seen clocking in at 11oz. The fit and feel of these tees is just perfect, great for wearing alone or layering. Get em now in black, white, or olive.

Shop Iron Heart Online: https://www.selfedge.com/iron-heart

 

 

 

 

 

3sixteen’s 20th anniversary Vacation shirt with special patchwork and kantha hand stitching, now available in limited numbers along with a new black/black denim classic straight leg jean.

 

Shop 3sixteen Online: https://www.selfedge.com/3sixteen

 

 

 

We have a very special pair of Rick Owens Ramones sneakers today, these made of a wild eco-friendly textile made primarily out of seaweed. These things look and feel really wild and are available now at all stores in limited numbers as part of the newly released LUXOR collection. 

We also have a second new model made of a 13oz overdyed denim, complete with metal "gimp" eyelet details. 

Both models are available now at all stores in limited numbers.

Shop Rick Owens Online: https://www.selfedge.com/rick-owens

 

 

Strike Gold’s new 5103 jean has landed at all stores. This model is their newest classic straight leg fit jean with a medium rise and a full cut leg.

With this new 5103 model Strike Gold have produced a 15oz unsanforized (but rinsed) denim made of pure indigo warp threads and a light gray weft thread. The denim is very interesting because they used a super short slub cotton for the weft threads. This is a cotton staple so short we believe it's shorter than the sugar cane fibers used in Sugar Cane's famed Okinawa and Hawaii jeans, except those use a slub fiber (sugar cane) in the warp and weft of the denim. Using a cotton staple this short is tricky when producing a fabric that should be rugged and somewhat heavy in weight because the yarns need to be spun at a far slower pace and therefore increasing the risk of the shuttle yarn (aka, the weft thread) snapping far more often than it already does. The slow spinning of the thread should not be confused with the tension or speed of a loom, spinning of yarns is a process which happens far before any loom is involved in making a fabric. All this work results in a denim that looks like no denim we've seen before. The process used gives the denim an extremely uneven texture, but not necessarily slubby looking. Our best description is that at a 45 degree angle it can be compared closely to a vintage hand-woven Persian rug, but not so much that most people wouldn't be able to tell much of a difference outside of the deeper color. The jean looks like an indigo colored denim but has a deeper blue hue from the weft threads peaking through the indigo warp threads. It's a jean like this which reminds us that we haven't seen it all, yet.

They've upped the weight to 15oz and due to the abrasive nature of the denim when new the jean will age faster than most jeans and yield a high contrast fade with normal wear.

Strike Gold has gone to the extent of getting custom rivets made which have a male part made of iron and a female piece made of copper. The reason for this is that the male piece will begin to rust over time but the female piece will darken and leaf over time giving the wearer a well rounded aging pattern even on the rivets. Crazy for some, essential for others.

We've also received a full restock of loopwheeled blank t-shirts, available in three colors.

Shop Strike Gold Online: https://www.selfedge.com/strike-gold

 

 

 

 

 

Do you want black jeans or do you want the blackest black jeans? If you’ve been thinking your black jeans aren’t black enough, Studio D’Artisan has you covered. Dyed using the Kurozome method from Kyoto which creates the "blackest black" using only natural dyes; done by Kyoto Montsuki, a century old dye-house founded in 1915. 

The special edition version of this season's 100 PIGS shirt is also here. This is Studio D'Artisan's take on the classic 1950's "100 Tigers" shirt, done in a special Kurozome dyed version which looks absolutely insane. This shirt needs to be seen in person to be truly appreciated.

Suvin Gold is one of, if not the most, expensive cottons in the world. To use it to make a blank loopwheeled pocket t-shirt is a work of insanity, but now we have the ultimate classic loopwheeled t-shirt; produced by Studio D’Artisan These things are quite unique even among the many t-shirts we stock. They’re heavy but very soft and have a unique heft to them and come in a looser fit compared to many of the other Japanese loopwheeled tees we’ve seen. Available now in black, gray, and white.

We've also received a full restock of the SD-108 jean and Dralon Fiber socks in three colors.

Shop Studio D'Artisan Online: https://www.selfedge.com/studio-dartisan

 

 

 

 

 

 

We've got a heavy delivery from Iron Heart this week with SBG and natural indigo jeans, left hand twill denim jackets, belts in all styles and colors, and new slimline wallets.  Now at all stores!

Shop Iron Heart Online: https://www.selfedge.com/iron-heart

 

 

 

 

 

Toyo Enterprise just delivered some absolute heat for the summer.  

We've got white selvedge jeans from Sugar Cane, Star of Hollywood Tarantula shirts in two colors, three special edition Sun Surf shirts, two Sugar Cane short sleeve shirts, and one extremely detailed out pair of sunglasses from Buzz Rickson x American Optical.

Shop Sugar Cane Online: https://www.selfedge.com/sugar-cane

Shop Star of Hollywood Online: https://www.selfedge.com/star-of-hollywood
Shop Sun Surf Online: https://www.selfedge.com/sun-surf

Shop Buzz Rickson Online: https://www.selfedge.com/buzz-rickson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A large delivery from our favorite (and only) brand from Nagano, Japan has landed.  

We've got heavyweight and loopwheeled t-shirts in new colors, denim and Wabash shirts in both workshirt and western versions, and a long awaited restock of cowhide and shell cordovan wallets.

Shop Flat Head Online: https://www.selfedge.com/the-flat-head

 

 

 

 

Samurai’s Uguisu denim is finally here. The S0150GNX jean is made of Samurai's newest in-house developed denim, the 17oz left hand twill Uguisu denim. These are made into their classic straight leg fit and finished with custom iron buttons and a very nice jacquard finishing fabric on the inside. 

Samurai’s ZERO FABRIC t-shirts are now available in natural, kuromame (black soybean dyed, and kuri (brown chestnut dyed) all in plain and pocket versions!

Samurai has done a crazy but beautiful thing.. In 2010 they bought a small farm outside Osaka, Japan, with the hopes they would be able to grow their own cotton with the intention of one day being able to make garments made of their own cotton, as in a truly vertically made garment. After thirteen years they've been able to grow enough cotton to make t-shirts and of course they're as beautiful as the story behind them. The cotton is minimally processed in very small batches without the use of any harsh cleaning or whitening agents, also all fractured cotton seeds and all staple lengths are left in the cotton during the carding and spinning process for a truly unique fabric. We can really say we’ve never felt or seen a cotton jersey like this from any company.

The natural ones are made of a completely untreated cotton and the “kuromame” have been given a long bath in a locally grown kuromame (black soybean) “soup” to achieve the dark charcoal color while the “kuri” tees have been soaked in a chestnut “soup” to achieve their unique shade of dark brown.

Shop Samurai Online: https://www.selfedge.com/samurai

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warehouse makes some unbelievably nice t-shirts and they’re now available in a few new colors. All are made of a long staple cotton mixed with slub yarns on vintage circular knitting machines for that authentic vintage hand-feel. Everything is sewn on vintage sewing machines and finished with the highest level of detail. Yes, they’re that good.

You can now find a wide range of Warehouse’s blank tees with and without pockets at all stores.

Shop Warehouse Online: https://www.selfedge.com/warehouse

 

 

 

 

 

Stevenson Overall's Cody shirts are back, now available in four different styles of denim and corduroy.  These are some of our favorite snap buttoned shirts, they've really nailed the fabrics and sewing details on these things.  

We've also received a fresh restock of loopwheeled henley shirts, now available in gray and oatmeal.

Shop Stevenson Overall Co. Online: https://www.selfedge.com/stevenson-overall-co

 

 

 

 

We've received new Iron Heart modified Type III jackets in black sheepskin and corduroy in two colors, 14oz straight tapered 633 jeans, loopwheeled tees in three colors, and their popular 633 straight tapered fit in a summer weight 14oz denim.  Now at all stores!

 

Shop Iron Heart Online: https://www.selfedge.com/iron-heart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hottest set of shirts to be dropped at once from a single line just hit all stores.   Studio D'Artisan's last few seasons have truly got us wondering what this crew from Osaka has been doing to be able to put out such insane textiles these past few seasons.  

Each shirt has its own story with the way the fabric was developed and finished, check the product pages on our site for a breakdown plus a list of detailed specifications for each shirt.

Shop Studio D'Artisan Online: https://www.selfedge.com/studio-dartisan