GeorgeNSS

Hi everyone, I have been browsing though the Superdenim threads and was surprised not to find a post about Livid Jeans, so here we go!! (Apologies for the huge pictures)

Livid Jeans are small manufacturing company from Norway, focusing on the true craftsmanship, superior quality and old traditions in making jeans. Livid Jeans remains today the only apparel manufacturing company in Norway, with a passion to uphold an old trade and conventional craft in a country where a once blooming textile industry is gone, and the fine craft with it.

Livid Jeans’ product portfolio today consists of two different production lines. One collection handmade the old fashioned way in Trondheim, Norway. The other, a ready-to-wear collection line handcrafted by a small family-owned factory in Barcelos, Portugal. Both lines offering superior quality garments with equal purpose.

The Made in Norway line is the heart and soul of the brand.  Whilst the majority of jeans are crafted with around 20 hands, Livid's jeans are produced with only 4.  Only a select few industrial machines are used to make every pair using mainly single needle lockstitch construction in their very own studio in Trondheim, making Livid Jeans the only established Denim factory in Norway.

It can take up to 2 weeks for a pair of 'Made in Norway' jeans to be crafted and are only available on a made to order basis except for a select few shops in Europe which have limited numbers of the line.  

I will actually be doing a Q&A with the Founder of Livid Jeans, Jens Olav.  So stay posted...

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- jimmyc

Will Momo 0201 raws have the same fit as my JB0201 raws? Loving my JB0201s but thinking about opting for the Momos for my next pair.

 

Also, can someone explain why my size 34 JB0201 have just 4 buttons rather than all the pictures I'm seeing with 5 buttons on BlueOwl and OkayamaDenim?

 

Thanks all!

Hi there, I highly doubt they will fit the same.  To start with, the JB0201 are sanforized so they have very minimal shrinkage whereas the Momotaro 0201 are from the 'Vintage Label' so they are shrink to fit (unsanforized).  Also JBJ focus on the European market so their fits are generally slimmer than Momotaro's fits.  I have the some Momotaro's available if you want to PM me.

As for the 4 fly buttons, I believe Japan Blue changed their designs slightly as well as the denim they use.  It is possible that the 5 button is the older model and 4 button is the new.  I am just guessing, I don't know this for sure!

Hi have always been a big fan of SC and currently have quite a few pieces.  I have always loved their attention to detail in every garment!

I like that the fit of the Lot 1947 is a more accurate reproduction of the 501 in 1947.  They use a 14.25oz selvedge denim woven on vintage shuttle looms and colour matched to the originals.

I've also just received the Lot 2014, which is the slim version of the Lot 1947 with a lighter fabric at 12oz.  Has anybody had any experience with these?