FS Momotaro Jeans MVPA01 14.7oz Japanese Selvedge Denim

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£90 plus shipping

100% Zimbabwe Cotton

Cold washed, no detergent, never worn. Should not shrink any more if cold washed and air dried.

14.7oz Japanese Selvage Denim

Made in Japan

Tag size w36

Actual to nearest 1/4 inch

w 35

rise 10.5

thigh 12.5

knee 9.25

hem 8.75

inseam along stitching 32.75

Momotaro (Japan Blue) make some of the most expensive jeans in the world:

Interesting post

In the spring of 2007, RAMPUYA LTD (Address: Kurashiki city Okayama pref., Japan/ President of the company: Hisao Manabe) presents and begins to sell “Momotaro Jeans†which are born from Mr. Manabe’s firm intention for manufacture and creativeness.

He made the high-grade denim fabric which was created with all the ingredients which he himself selected such as yarns, colors, and weaving patterns. And he used those fabrics to make the ultimate jeans with the special skills of sewing and washing finish. He named the jeans “Momotaro Jeansâ€, which he named after the ancient hero in the folktale of his home. In the folktale, Momotaro, or the peach boy beat devils and brought peace to the village.

Mr. Manabe had been pursuing the real denim which remain for decades and finally made the high-grade denim fabric by using cotton from Zimbabwe. It is not a mere extension of denim as work wear, but it has been highly evaluated as a real material for fashion by some of the major super brands in Europe. Now it is reputed as a high-grade material for luxury jeans or premium jeans, which has established one of the categories as fashionable items. The denim fabric for “Momotaro Jeans†is made with the technology that has been developed in those processes of making high-grade denim fabric, and all the yarns of this denim fabric are made from Zimbabwe cotton. The whiteness and the length of filament make the texture of “Momotaro Jeans†soft and comfortable.

The color of “Momotaro Jeans†is called “Japan Blue TMâ€, which is known for worldwide and remains for good. First Mr. Manabe wanted to make a color which did not existed in denim fabric and to make it a pride of Japan. He thought of an old Japanese cloth dyed with indigo and then he developed the greenish dark blue color, which he named it “Japan Blue TMâ€. When it was presented, it got a lot of good response. The first delivery of the fabric using the color flew the shelf at once, and continuing additional orders followed.

As a result he got the position as a manufacturer of high-grade denim fabric. After that he pursued “Japan Blue TM†and the color became “Japan Blue TM†of “Momotaro Jeans†which exceeds any blue colors ever existed.

Mr. Manabe created the color, which is the most important part of denim, and the dying process of it for himself as an artisan. This blue color of Rampuya was selected by media to “The color of Japan†while “German color is the red color of Porsche.â€

This color of “Momotaro Jeans Gold Label†is dyed by hand as each hank of yarns in the atelier of his company. The yarns are dipped into the liquid of natural indigo by artisans of the atelier, dyed by rubbing of their hands, washed with water, and dried in the sun. The artisans repeat this process and the color will be fixed gradually. It needs a lot of days to dye yarns into dark colors because they have to repeat the process again and again. They can finish the color of “Momotaro Jeans Gold Label†by repeating the process for more than thirty times. Dying with Ai, natural indigo is a very sensible work because Ai is like a kind of living thing and it depends on its condition or the weather of the day. It takes three to six months to dye the amount of the warp used for a piece of fabric with the color of “Japan Blue TM†which is made for “Momotaro Jeansâ€.