Kapital jeans

[reallypeacedoff]

It doesn't help that Kapital has a fairly tight limit on items produced, which I think is a good thing, but not when you are actually vying to get one. 

[vexed_wear]

Anyone own the Frisko jeans?  https://www.kapital-webshop.jp/category/M_PANTS/EK1644LP.html Wondering if the two front pockets are usable for holding wallet or iphone?

[vexed_wear]

Anybody got fit pic for rat flare and okabellbo?

[redragon]

Posting these here for posterity sake (good light currently)...

Feels like the brand has gone downhill since Toshikiyo-san passing & their majority stakes bought by LVMH, pissing off Jon also definitely bad move on Kiro's part.

Recently had a chance to visit their Sapporo outlet & there is nothing compelling anymore, really feels like they are stagnant creatively now....very sad...

Edited May 19, 2025 by redragon

[NilsLW]

I think that was quite expected when they were bought up. Currently following if the same will happen to Our Legacy, their prices have gone up like crazy too.

[indigoeagle]

4 hours ago, NilsLW said:

I think that was quite expected when they were bought up. Currently following if the same will happen to Our Legacy, their prices have gone up like crazy too.

I find it quite amazing, how big these markets are. And apparently the more prices get raised the more some people start to buy.
Our Legacy had sales to the tune of US$43.6 in 2024.
The large growth was apparently seen in the last five years. As one of the founders says: ""Our Legacy has for almost two decades now been an independent self-financed organically growing designer brand," says Hallin. "Last three years has been intense though: We have grown almost 500 percent since the pandemic. "

So in 2018 (or 2019) more around US$8m. Very interesting.

The majority of people probably don't know about the change in owners.
Birkenstock and APC were also bought by LVMH's L Catterton.

Edited May 19, 2025 by indigoeagle

[redragon]

Going down memory lane...

~10 years old boro sashiko old man & the sea hat, arguably still one of their best pieces.

Very well faded now....

Added the vertical stitching myself just for fun some time ago 

[zhangchunqiao]

kapital th zipang 4-5 years - my pandemic era jeans

 

Edited August 31, 2025 by zhangchunqiao

[julian-wolf]

Sneak peek…

[julian-wolf]

I remember probably a decade+ ago learning about Century Denim reading the old Bandana Almanac blog. There were a bunch of great posts—one in particular about a couple of French dudes in full Century Denim suits, looking like complete assholes posing all tough w/ their guns & their cigarettes, and somehow also looking so damn cool (????). I think from that point on I had some inkling that I wanted to dress like that to get married. A couple of years later, they discontinued the TH fit, at least for Century Denim; that was their only non-skinny-seeming cut to begin with, so I wrote the idea off and stopped thinking about it much for a slew of years. Anyway, a couple months ago the time came to start figuring out what I wanted to wear; after feeling out a few options, this came back up in my mind, and I couldn't shake it, so I figured why not give the whole thing a shot? Bought the pants a couple sizes large (tag size 38 in the Monkey Cisco cut) to get enough thigh room and figured I'd take them for alterations after shrinking. Turns out, I didn't need to: they shrank like crazy. They're still slimmer than I tend to like, and quite a bit more tapered through the lower legs—but overall I think the look came together great. I sized up on the jacket too (tag size 6) and I'm glad I did.

Anyway, I'm posting a few more photos of the event in general to the other thread, but thought I'd be doing a disservice not to keep the brand-related write-up here. Obv. planning to beat the hell out of the set going forward—plenty more updates to come.

feat. Feaw frames, Yoko Sakamoto shirt, vintage bolo (prob. Navajo), Duke belt, Moto derbies. Partner's set hand-made by a close friend.

[CSL]

The cut of those pants looks really good on you.

[MJF9]

@julian-wolf class wedding garb

[julian-wolf]

Thanks, both! Agreed @CSL—I really lucked out big time with the shrinkage. My old no. 7s Rider jacket from ca. 2019 hardly shrank at all, and I was expecting the same from this set. They didn’t lose much width (perfect for me), but the waist came in a bunch, like probably a full 3” or so (also perfect, not to mention the extra freebie adjustability from the cinch…), and likewise the length. I only ended up chopping around an inch off the hems, and the waistband barely scrunches at all. Not sure whether they’ve changed the recipe in the last few years, or whether the shrinkage is just quite different between different dye jobs, or what? Maybe I’m just misremembering how it went w/ the Rider jacket? Anyway, couldn’t be happier with how it turned out, overall—it’ll just be a bit of a challenge to style this much slimmer of a cut than I’m used to.