Gardener Overalls

[beautiful_FrEaK]

 

🌿 Gardener Overalls — Brand History & Profile

Founded in the mid-1990s by Ichiro Ueki, Gardener Overalls is a Japanese denim label deeply rooted in the American workwear tradition, yet distinguished by a unique design ethos and Japanese craftsmanship.

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👤 Founder: Ichiro Ueki

Ichiro Ueki was originally involved with EVISU and founded an earlier brand called Allen & Hanson in the 1980s. With a deep respect for American vintage workwear, Ueki transitioned toward developing his own denim label.

Around 1995–1997, he launched Gardener Overalls. The name “Gardener” was suggested by Hidehiko Yamane, founder of EVISU, because "Ueki" (植木) in Japanese means "to plant" or "gardener" — making the brand name a clever reflection of Ueki’s identity and philosophy.

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🔄 Brand Revival with Spiral Jeans

After becoming a near-mythical brand among vintage denim collectors, Gardener Overalls was officially revived by Japanese retailer Spiral Jeans in the late 2010s.

This relaunch was done in direct collaboration with Ichiro Ueki himself, and includes:

• Faithful reproductions of older models like the 1954XX
• New releases such as 1937XX and Hawaiian shirt collections
• Exclusive limited editions, all sold only through Spiral Jeans (online and in-store)

Gardener is now listed as a "Spiral Original Brand", yet remains firmly guided by Ueki's philosophy and technical oversight.

[Broark]

Let's see some photos of the jeans @beautiful_FrEaK. 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Size 34x35

One-wash
Waist: 86 cm / 33.85"
Front rise: 31 cm / 12.2"
Back rise: 42 cm / 16.5"
Thighs: 35 cm / 13.78"
Knee: 26 cm / 10.23"
Leg opening: 24 cm / 9.45"
Inseam: 92 cm / 36.2"

[redragon]

Loving the ‘v’ stitch & pocket bag material. 😍 

[Dr_Heech]

Can we get some pics of the 37's @beautiful_FrEaK? 😁

[beautiful_FrEaK]

@Dr_Heech not from me 😅

[Dr_Heech]

47 minutes ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

@Dr_Heech not from me 😅

😢

[AnOldFolkSong]

10 hours ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

Size 34x35

One-wash
Waist: 86 cm / 33.85"
Front rise: 31 cm / 12.2"
Back rise: 42 cm / 16.5"
Thighs: 35 cm / 13.78"
Knee: 26 cm / 10.23"
Leg opening: 24 cm / 9.45"
Inseam: 92 cm / 36.2"

Very detailed. Thank you for the review!

[Lorcan]

1990s version of the copper king jacket they reissued with the 1943 jeans

https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/special/order/confirm/https%3A%2F%2Fjp.mercari.com%2Fitem%2Fm90085840817/13_1/

[Maynard Friedman]

On 4/26/2021 at 11:49 PM, Maynard Friedman said:

All the Gardener info is on their own website

Spiral Jeans Shop link too.

Those recently produced 1954s were 16oz but are sold out.

Also found this summary re Gardener history (translated version):

Ichiro Ueki founded Allen & Hanson in the 1980s to sell American-style clothing. Since 1995, it has been producing high-quality jeans. Since Ueki means gardening in Japanese, EVIS founder Hidehiko Yamane (Ueki San friend) named the brand Gardener, and also undertook the production of Gardener jeans. The jeans are knitted with old-fashioned looms to give the pants a deep indigo blue. In 1997, Gardener, EVISU, DryBones, and Storm Blue jointly launched the TAKE 5 collaboration series to push Ichiro Ueki to the peak of his career.

 

[Lorcan]

I do enjoy how Ueki's on the red tab looks like it reads something else 😅

[indigoeagle]

26 minutes ago, Lorcan said:

I do enjoy how Ueki's on the red tab looks like it reads something else 😅

Yes, it works really well.

I had read, that some, I think, sociologists had postulated, that a person's name is a not insignificant factor in a person's life, for example which career they're following and so on.
I was travelling and talked to a fellow guest in a guest house about this. I asked him for his first name, it was Attila or Hannibal. And it turned out, that he was a history professor.

So, in way, it seems that providence decided that Mr Ueki would go into the repro business. Not many names work so well on that tab.

For many years I couldn't understand, why Warhouses tab says "GENUS". 

[AnOldFolkSong]

14 minutes ago, indigoeagle said:

Yes, it works really well.

I had read, that some, I think, sociologists had postulated, that a person's name is a not insignificant factor in a person's life, for example which career they're following and so on.
I was travelling and talked to a fellow guest in a guest house about this. I asked him for his first name, it was Attila or Hannibal. And it turned out, that he was a history professor.

So, in way, it seems that providence decided that Mr Ueki would go into the repro business. Not many names work so well on that tab.

For many years I couldn't understand, why Warhouses tab says "GENUS". 

Why does warehouse's tab say "GENUS" ?

[indigoeagle]

27 minutes ago, AnOldFolkSong said:

Why does warehouse's tab say "GENUS" ?

Cover it halfways and have a look what it looks like- kind of.

Edited July 29 by indigoeagle

[MJF9]

A few pics on Facebook

Video on the Gardener website... paging @Dr_Heech

 

[Dr_Heech]

@MJF9 seen that video before thanks to  @beautiful_FrEaK but happy to view it again (and again) .

Just need 'someone' now to puchase the 1937's and then post their photos here 😁

 

[yung_flynn]

On 7/29/2025 at 4:37 PM, indigoeagle said:

Cover it halfways and have a look what it looks like- kind of.

The Rockets tab is Venus which also puzzled me due to its similarity to Genus and its  non-sequitur to the brand. I wonder if it’s for a similar reason 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Don't mind the cuffs, they need a hem (didn't notice Spiral offers hemming with a 43200G...)

[TheIntelligentHoodwinker]

Thanks for sharing man - these look great and I'd never heard of this brand before.

Currently have my tape measure out sizing them up against another pair. Think I might go for it!

[rockon99]

On 7/29/2025 at 2:37 PM, indigoeagle said:

Cover it halfways and have a look what it looks like- kind of.

I still don’t fully get it 😐

[nopal]

On 7/26/2025 at 2:45 PM, beautiful_FrEaK said:

@rockon99 It’s more obvious with the Ueki’s tab than the Genus. Take another look at this detail shot that bF posted of his pair.

[rockon99]

@nopal well right, it’s pretty clearly evident with the Ueki’s tab, but when I cover the right half of my warehouse tab, it doesn’t quite trick the eye in the same way. Maybe I’ll have some more Yellow Spot. 

[Maynard Friedman]

Agreed, I don’t think it works very well with ‘Genus’, if that is the intention.

[indigoeagle]

Yes, the Ueki one is perfect.

It also depends on which side you cover.
In the pic above you can see the left side.
But don't the tabs something roll up, so that the right part is shown? Perhaps then it's closer to the original template.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Gardener outside 

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Really happy with the fit. One of the best fitting yokes of my jeans

And one pic to show the colour difference of the Gardener with SC1945 jacket 

[indigoeagle]

The denim of the gardener is really dark.
The SC45's denim is quite dark already, but in the direct comparison the Gardener is even darker.
Or is it more due to the fading or light?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Nope, the Gardener are really that dark.

[MJF9]

More dark denim with nice grainy texture... Gardener 579XX

Funky type 2 style based off the Copper King Lot 105 jacket (thanks to @Lorcan for the link)

Same denim as @beautiful_FrEaK's jeans – very dark and nicely coarse… delightful denim is a good way to describe it.

I had that pleasantly masochistic anxious feeling that the pattern wouldn’t work... obviously after I’d bought it.  But a lap of the park gives me confidence that once the stiffness goes, it’ll be grand.  Spiral website said it right…

‘The armholes are narrow, the sleeves are thick, the collar is high, and the waist is tightly tightened. I think you will enjoy a unique silhouette that is different from Company L’

The jacket itself is longer length than I usually wear… the good news is it goes nicely over the longer Freewheelers sweatshirts which cracks that particular issuette.  I might cuff the sleeves if I’m wearing a t-shirt as they are pretty long, otherwise I’ll embrace them.

Very nice service from Spiral via IG.

Happy... and few pics out in the garden (local field) naturally...

[nopal]

Nice @MJF9! Hadn’t heard of the copper king jacket before it was mentioned wrt the Gardener release. I’m into the slanted square pockets. Hadn’t initially noticed the different pleats and lack of waist adjusters. If it wasn’t because I have a difficult time as-is getting wear into the few denim jackets have, I would be seriously considering this one.