the bandanna almanac

Do you still do proxy Jon?

Yes

I went to the Kapital shop at Kyoto branch, Century denim not available yet i guess...

(not sure at all what the store attadent say, my japs really bad)

Will try my luck at the Tokyo branch.

They're only available at legs. Occasionally they have a popup century denim store.

Hard to tell. But looking at the cuff roll and the slight tapering. I'm going to say cisco

Nice scans Almanac. I've been eyeing the new(ish?) 5P Indigo black denim. Does Kapital webstore do shipping to US, never have directly purchased something from them?

The webstore does not do any international shipping. I am trying to get something working that is easier than proxy ordering but things like that take time to take shape.

On another note, I think Kapital did some broken twill and black denim for the a/w collection. Will have to double check.

Write-up and scans are up here.

is naoshima doable as a day trip from osaka..?

You won't really have time to see all of the island in one day. You can obviously get there and come back to Osaka in one day, but you will have to rush.

And if you want to dive head first into the underworld and subculture-freak scene of Osaka there you have got to go here.

This place is always worth checking out.

nothing specific. just exploring new places. i've been to osaka last year but was mainly based in shinsaibashi. so looking to see what else i can see that is unique to osaka.

In that case Kitahama. Plenty of unique cafes in old buildings. èŠå·ãƒ“ル and ホテルユニジ大阪淀屋橋 are nice. Shibakawa building has a glasses store that is from Sabae, Fukui. For night, walking around Tenma is a lot of fun, just opened a new branch of Beer Belly there which is a Osaka craft brewery. Tsuruhashi area has a Korean town that is always interesting. If you are here in the next week or so Tenjin Matsuri will be held, Osaka's biggest festival.

any spots you recommend in Shinmachi?

i know there isn't really much to see in Osaka for touristy things. I'll try to hit up Naoshima. Any other suggestions?

There are quite a few touristy things in Osaka. Anything specific you are looking for? Is there anything besides touristy stuff you are interested in seeing?

Anyone know a good place in Osaka where i can get my jeans fixed / chainstitched? Entire chainstitch on one leg is coming undone.

Best I have found in Umeda

Good place in Shinmachi

Amemura place I found on google.

Recent Pickup, Kapital Kountry (Racoon?)

this amazing pre-washed denim have a great texture with a damn great details. the fades and damage is so natural and with those sexy red-ish selvedge. maybe Almanac could help me with this pair of jeans. i dont know much about the process or the fabric itself, but it is a great pair of pre-wash jeans (damaged).

will post some fit pics soon

Kountry Cisco. Medium wash. I like the look of the very limited pre-distressed/washed items they make as well. Especially since they do such a wonderful job.

aaah, cool. And all the cuts Are on the website then, i presume?

Here is the cuts and size info.

^^ great blog.

Me?

Kapital, You sick bastard

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Huh? Old news.

Although I haven't read "the book", my understanding is that denim historically has always been a rather loosely defined term depending on region/country, with anything from cotton, wool, silk, etc. used in the weaving process. But of course such ambiguity, as it does today, leaves open quite a bit of room for debate.

Totally agree. Thank you for pointing that out!

from my understanding, denim is a cotton twill where one part of the yarn is indigo dyed and the other is undyed/white. and because of the weaving process you have the one side blue and the other one is "white". this, in my eyes as I said, is to me "real denim".

but the term denim is rather widely used. take PBJ for example. they offer the blue weft and blue warp denim. afaik, that kind of fabric has its own name and is normally called jean(s).

also all the other offered fabrics where you have a dyed weft (by Strike Gold, Samurai, PBJ) aren't "real denim"

on this one, you have a cotton twill with brown dyed warp and the sashiko, functional embroidery. a nice looking and interesting fabric which might evolve beautiful but again: in my eyes, no "real denim".

Twill weave, weft is white cotton threads, warp is kakishibu. The sashiko isn't embroidery, it is woven along the with the warp threads, just a larger ounce. Basically a mix of medium and heavy oz threads. Denim according to your definition, except the color. But then the indigo being used in 99% of jeans isn't even "real indigo" anyways.

that's really an interesting fabric! but not really "denim" anymore, at least in my eyes

What makes it "not denim"?

"The exploratory robe is made out of tree bark fiber stripped off the sunny side of a tree. The sun dries out the fibers allowing it to gather and woven into fabric. This piece is completely handmade and carries a very steep price tag of up to $30,000."

I think this is Ohyou fabric from the indigenous people of Hokkaido called "Ainu". This fabric is constructed of inner elm tree bark layers. Painstaking process, no wonder it's so expensive. I'd say there are only a small handfull of people who can make this stuff.

New denim by Kapital. Century Denim.

http://bandanna-almanac.com/2012/07/13/kapital-century-denim/

So ooe yofukuten has their workshop in Aichi prefecture? Are you able to visit them?

Yes several times. Just saw them last week in Nagoya at a creator's market

Double post

Here's my pair on Rawr Denim. http://www.rawrdenim.com/2012/06/ooe-yofukuten-x-the-bandanna-almanac-the-albuquerque-project/

Sorry been MIA for the last few months on this topic since the update/change to the forums. I am back...

Thanks for the response guys.

So, I believe it's better for me to take 33 rite?

Anw, if I order directly from Kapital's website, will they provide the wooden box?

Wooden box is only for the Zipang TH Honai. Also the webshop doesn't do international shipping.