london denim stores

[wblati]

i was wondering where in london can you buy japanese selvage jeans?

[viv1984viv]

interstate in covent garden is supposed to be good, although i havent been, and selfridges i guess...

[sybaritical]

Most of the denim in London originates in the EU.

Interstate sells mainstream streetwear brands like Gstar and Carhartt. Best bet

there is EU produced Edwin selvedge. Selfridges is going downhill fast IMO.

Liberty is good for denim but they don't have anything strictly Japanese.

Duffer has great Japanese Evisu, no gulls but red tab removed.

I'm tired that's all I can think of.

[Swych]

liberty has prps

[wblati]

thanks guys, i check out the edwins this weekend.

[sybaritical]

Take a look at the Edwin store in Covent Garden - it's around the corner on Neal St where the original Carhartt store used to be.

Without being pedantic, PRPS are made in Japan but they're not a Japanese denim

company.

[viv1984viv]

Ive heard that the edwins at interstate are cheaper than at the edwin store..

[Tisswat]

Aren't there any stores in London selling Japanese repro brands?

[wblati]

where is interstate???

[viv1984viv]

tadaa!

Interstate, 17 Endell St, WC2H (020 7836 0421) Covent Garden tube.

[ruprecht]

i've been sniffing around for jap denim a bit recently, but with strictly limited joy. interstate does carry edwins (and japanese lee), for about 80 quid. haven't been in the edwin store for a while but when i did it was disappointing - just lots of shitty washes.

american classics, opposite interstate on endell st, carries quite a bit of denim - mostly LVC, but they had some wicked japanese lees recently. they do carry SugarCanes, but inconsistently. apparently they're getting more in sometime next month.

oh, Hideout, round the corner from carnaby street has a few Oki-Ni Fluxus left i think, you can google them for a more precise address. you could check out brick lane, i think the shop i'm thinking of is called A Butcher of Distinction. they've got quite a lot of denim but, again, not much japanese stuff. spoke to the dude there last weekend and he's been over there but the wholesale price/tax/other bullshit is prohibitively expensive IHO.

not much help, i know, but we ain't got no Blue in Green over here as yet...

[frideswide]

It's been mentioned elsewhere, but Michiko Koshino in Broadwick St. carries Yen jeans. Also, 'Designworks' in the same street occasionally stocks japanese selvage (full count, inter alia).

[sybaritical]

ahaha! You know more about than we do!

To be honest, apart from the Uniqlo's I've never picked up a pair of jeans in London. Always mail order or pick them up when I'm out travelling.

[wblati]

checked out edwins today, didn't like the washes they had. i tried on the greenville but was too loose for m (but can feel the quality in them - worth the £90)

by the way, thanks for giving me other places for denim. might check them out tommorrow.

[sybaritical]

If you hit the east end for the sunday markets, head to Start in Rivington st, EC2. they have a good selection of denim.

[CAFC]

American Classics opposite Interstate are very serious about their selvedge denim, and, I'm reliably informed, will be stocking Sugar Canes again in the coming months (September time they told me).

Urban Outfitters round the corner from them had some Nudie Baggy Bjorns in last time I looked, reduced to £79! (Alas, not in my size, though.)

I reckon the best bet for British fans of selvedge denim is online retailers. I've bought Nudies from John Anthony and Oi Polloi and Sugar Canes from togged.com (v. good service - they'll be supplying American Classics, I believe).

(I've just realised I'm covering very similar ground to Ruprecht above, but still...)

[tweeds]

is there actually a brick and mortar storefront for oipolloi? the guys there sound pretty cool.

[CAFC]

Yeah, the shop is in Manchester - although I haven't been there. They've got a real eye for clobber: Belstaff, Nudies, Fjallraven. (I mean, who, besides outdoors types, had heard of Fjallraven before they started stocking it?)

And you can also make stock requests with Oi Polloi.

[tweeds]

exactly! and their email newsletters are a joy to read. right up there with the blackbird store newsletter. their shoe selections are also lovely.

[CAFC]

Man, I love their shoes. In fact, they emailed me about an hour ago to tell me that they'll be getting those beautiful three-hole moccasins back in stock in a few weeks. (I'd requested a restock, you see.)

Oi Polloi have a decent, educated denim range - getting a bit low on sizes though.

[agentbuca]

Thanks for this post, i'm heading to London for just one day in the next couple of weeks, and was going to ask something similar myself!

Does anyone here know what sort of levis are stocked at dover street market too please?

[sybaritical]

Last time I went in they had a bunch of odd (31,33, etc) sized LVC 47's and a bunch of the Junya Watanabe collabs.

[agentbuca]

thanks for the help, i'd normally say i won't waste my time going there then, but it looks like it's worth a gander

[sybaritical]

It's never a waste of time going into Dover street market.

[Baggysmalls]

http://www.carnaby.co.uk/stores/stores_item.cfm?store_id=28&cat_id=2

[carmel]

What about The Shop at Bluebird? I haven't been personally but I thought it sold some kind of Japanese denim...

[snafu]

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Yeah, the shop is in Manchester - although I haven't been there. They've got a real eye for clobber: Belstaff, Nudies, Fjallraven. (I mean, who, besides outdoors types, had heard of Fjallraven before they started stocking it?)

And you can also make stock requests with Oi Polloi.

hannon-shop was stoking way before oi, one of the most trend setting stores in that aesthetic

[domino_jono]

Dunno about London but there's a new shop in Leeds selling Skulls,Warehouse, Flathead, S'DA. They have an online store too http://www.kiosk78.co.uk

[Guest patchmb]

^^ Just checked the prices on kiosk78 & they are way steep.

[domino_jono]

doesn't work out much different than paying shipping and taxes from Us or Japan if you're based in the UK