Self Edge, SF/NY/LA/PDX - updates & info

[jonchuiscool]

[vamks]

mmm, first time at the store yesterday, and man was it gorgeous seeing all of them lined up in the middle of the store.

cool cats, with cool stuff. thanks guys for being so hospitable.

[AKMetal]

+ rep haha

[jizzimmy]

I dig the 106BSPs, especially after seeing the potential of RJBs.

I'm also glad you guys decided to stay away from the diamond arcuates.

[khoiphan92]

rofllllllllllllllll

[Osmosis Jones]

Not getting the best fades...

[unklesteve]

Not getting the best fades...

WTF is that!?

[Cali]

Looks like a Christmas ornament

[kiya]

Not getting the best fades...

BOOMTIME.

EAT IT.

[Osmosis Jones]

It was really tasty actually.

[jimmyc]

Not getting the best fades...

OK, Thankd for the X-mas present but I DIDN'T GET one of these, WTF!"!??????

[kiya]

It was really tasty actually.

Single original Venezuelan, 60%, Made in PA.

[kiya]

OK, Thankd for the X-mas present but I DIDN'T GET one of these, WTF!"!??????

You're getting one with your $2000 Iron Heart cordovan wallet we sent out for you on wednesday.

[chambo2008]

You're getting one with your $2000 Iron Heart cordovan wallet we sent out for you on wednesday.

wow $2000 wallet

[Osmosis Jones]

Hey Kiya. As far as the Flathead Houndstooth shirts go, There is one up in Supermarket in a size 36 but it's a pre-sawtooth version. Think this would fit a true size 36?

[AKMetal]

You're getting one with your $2000 Iron Heart cordovan wallet we sent out for you on wednesday.

wow i would really like to see pictures of that

[kiya]

wow i would really like to see pictures of that

We sell photos of the wallet for $50.

[kiya]

Real Japan Blues Jeans - The 106BSP & 105BSP

Hailing from Nagano, Japan.. Real Japan Blues is known for their psychotic ways of producing even the simplest of garments. They take everything from western shirts to five pocket jeans and create them in an entirely new way using fabrics that impress even the most seasoned garment junkie.

Two new models from RJB are being released this weekend in limited numbers, at this point RJB is not sure as to whether or not these will be reproduced once this run is gone.

The 106BSP is a slim fit jean with a straight leg and the 105BSP has a mid-rise and a straight leg. We're quite into the cuts because we feel there is a gap in the Japanese denim market for jeans that aren't exactly reproductions but have a heavy nod to the Rockabilly days of the late 1950's, jeans that make you look like you're Marlon Brando or James Dean but aren't really the cuts they were wearing fifty years ago. A combination of the denim, leg silhouettes, tags, and knife pocket.. We see a badass from the 50's that wreaks havoc on civilians with his motorcycle gang, and we love it.

The denim on these is a new denim which has impressed us here to say the least. It's similar to Flat Head's 3XXX denim in terms of how hairy it becomes after the first soak but has a deeper indigo color straight off. The dye method yields an extremely high contrast fade which we'd only seen this intense before on Flat Head's denim, yet it's quite different considering it's pure indigo and the cotton is from Zimbabwe.

Spec list for both the 106BSP and 105BSP:

13.75oz Rope Dyed Japanese Selvedge Unsanforized Denim

Zimbabwe Cotton Fiber Denim

Double Length Knife Pocket (Coin Pocket)

Hidden Rivets

Black Dyed Cowhide Leather Tag

Red RJB Embroidered Logo

Copper RJB Rivets

Modeled by Cesar Ramos of Mission Hill Saloon and shot by Sidney Lo.

Both the 105BSP & the 106BSP will be released at Self Edge on December 20th at Noon and at the same time via our online store. 100 pairs of each model were produced by RJB. Check the online store for more hi-res photos, specs, and pricing:

http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=76&zenid=a8c7a81fd857801cfba03daa13cf90de

Real Japan Blues 106BSP

Real Japan Blues 105BSP

Photos of RJB's Denim from a forthcoming Lightning Magazine Issue (worn for 10 months, washed twice):

[technicolor]

We sell photos of the wallet for $50.

What a spectacle!

How much to get a photo taken with the wallet?

Any discounts for women and children?

[po_boy_fuuma_hatesbargerz]

Dropped in last night during a quick stopover in San Francisco, and met up with haptronic and Wesley Pipes! To be honest, it was kind of weird to see people in the flesh you've only ever seen online.

Bought a Flat Head flannel and chatted for a bit...awesome shop. Will definitely have to come by again soon.

Sorry kiya, next time I'll have to make sure to drop by when you're around to chat with the deity of denim himself.

[iGIT]

Hey kiya, i bought my sister a pair of balders yesterday. So i hot soaked them and they fit my sister perfectly, everywhere but the waist. She's can't only get the zipper up half way. What should she do so she can button up her pants? Sit around in them for a couple days unbutton so they can stretch? Wear while wet?

[kiya]

Hey kiya, i bought my sister a pair of balders yesterday. So i hot soaked them and they fit my sister perfectly, everywhere but the waist. She's can't only get the zipper up half way. What should she do so she can button up her pants? Sit around in them for a couple days unbutton so they can stretch? Wear while wet?

Take the jeans and zip them up, then button the top button.. Dip the top block in cold water for 1 minute then put in some books or boxes into the waist band till it's really tight, leave like that for about 1 hour then remove them and that should stretch out the waist band 1"..

[branespload]

I was in SF for my first time (i think) and hit up Self Edge on a rainy Sunday afternoon yesterday. Nobody I knew was there, lol. The du working there was wearing black sexfh05s and clarks desert boots like me though, lol. I was bummed that the dry bones samples weren't there. :[

i was also surprised at how small the place was, now i can't even imagine how you guys throw parties in there..

[kiya]

I was in SF for my first time (i think) and hit up Self Edge on a rainy Sunday afternoon yesterday. Nobody I knew was there, lol. The du working there was wearing black sexfh05s and clarks desert boots like me though, lol. I was bummed that the dry bones samples weren't there. :[

i was also surprised at how small the place was, now i can't even imagine how you guys throw parties in there..

We can fit over 100 people in the store, not sure how.. but we do it.

The Superfuture Dry Bones jean is back at the store as of this morning if you're in town still...

The dude you dealt with is Clay...

[xchen]

Wild Child v-neck

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[bucketoclay]

I was in SF for my first time (i think) and hit up Self Edge on a rainy Sunday afternoon yesterday. Nobody I knew was there, lol. The du working there was wearing black sexfh05s and clarks desert boots like me though, lol. I was bummed that the dry bones samples weren't there. :[

i was also surprised at how small the place was, now i can't even imagine how you guys throw parties in there..

yo, glad you guys liked the store. The DB samples are in the store now, come by if you are still around

[branespload]

lol.. i just got back in socal today. damn. :[

nice bk's, clay :]

[kiya]

Buzz Rickson Loopwheeled Sweatshirt - Grey

Custom manufacturing of the heavy, 13-ounce all-cotton fleece fabricated on a vintage loop-wheeling loom

Four-needle, TUBE-Body construction and no side seams with lock stitch throughout

Vee-placket neck detail

Set-in sleeves

Four-inch cuff and waistband

Exact copy of the original-style rayon-on-cotton labels

True vintage fit for flattering appearance

Buzz Rickson's Premium 1930's & 1940's all-cotton athletic sweatshirts are proof that yet there is still hope in finding simple basics made with the care that Toyo puts into producing these. Made from 13-ounce 100% cotton fabricated on 1920's-vintage loop-wheeling machines, styled with all the correct features found on the old sweatshirts and cut to hug the body in a flattering form without bulk just as the vintage originals did.

This is the real deal, meant for those who crave a slice of the good old days to perfectly compliment a pair of Japanese selvedge denim dungarees.

Loopwheeled Sweaters:

http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=78&products_id=391

[kiya]

Self Edge Women's Black Denim Western Shirts

We're not leaving women's garments out of the Self Edge line... This being the first in a series of shirts and jackets for women.

The women's western is made of Cone's Black Seed denim, the same as used on the men's version of the same shirt, but the women's shirt is completely redesigned to fit a female with a tighter body, expanded hip flare, smaller pockets, different colored stitching threads, and shorter sleeves.

These shirts are now available in short and long sleeve versions in our online store. Check the online store for a full spec list and hi-res photos of the shirts:

http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=75

[kiya]

The RJB Kasuri Shirts

This is Japanese garment obsession at it's best here...

Kasuri (çµ£) is a Japanese textile technique that literally means "splashed pattern".

The Kasuri technique is done in the warp or weft or both threads. The threads are covered with paper, or plastic or any other material that will resist the dye then the dye is pressed into the threads by hand creating a very uneven dye pattern. Thus the warp or weft threads are dyed in patterns or designs before the threads are woven.

The the irregularities in the dyeing of the threads can identify this technique. Indigo dye is used for kasuri as well as pigment dyes and discharge techniques, such as what is used on this shirt by Real Japan Blues. This weaving and dye technique is very labor intensive and unfortunately, in today's Japan, only a few elderly weavers of this technique continue their textile artistry.

On the Black shirt the red print is from a Kasuri pattern while the white lines are painted on by hand with a discharge "ink" and on the Red shirt the black lines are from the Kasuri weave and the white lines are painted on by hand. Yes, we said painted on, by hand. Every line is a brushstroke.

These are now available in-store and in our online store along with a restock of the RJB Denim Shirts (with the silk weft). Check the online store for more specs, photos, and measurements. Jeans by this same brand will also be available December 20th, more information coming...

http://www.selfedge.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=76&zenid=0eb9842138ae167e0283a2262ed9c30d