DENIM TROUSERS C.1920'S
1920's jeans, Taiga Takahashi's iconic item.
Taiga Takahashi liked denim brands called "store" more than Levi's. Especially J.C. Penny, which had a brand called "Foremost". In particular, J.C. Penny, which had a brand called Foremost, started making denim that imitated Levi's in the 1920's, and gradually developed its own unique designs.
In the 1920s, he started making denim that imitated Levi's, and gradually developed designs with his own originality. After collecting these denim items, they tried to differentiate themselves from Levi's through trial and error, and their will was felt in every detail of the denim.
This 3/1 left twill, light-ounce denim is made of U.S.-grown organic cotton and woven on an old-style power loom in Okayama, Japan. The denim fabric is woven slowly on an old-type power loom, also known as a shuttle loom, which can weave at only 1/10 to 1/20 the speed of modern looms, leaving the original unevenness of the cotton yarns and making it uneven in a good sense. The warp yarn is indigo mixed with sulfide dye, and has a weathered green cast color.
The core is dyed white using rope dyeing. The weft yarns are custom-made nep yarn dyed to a yellowish, raw color that evokes the passage of time. By using these two types of yarns, we arrived at Taiga Takahashi's original dark and deep indigo blue. The finishing touch is a shrink-proofing process called "Sanforized.
The fabric is a "white ear" selvedge denim fabric, and the white ear is used in various places, including the back of the belt.
These jeans have a fairly deep inseam and a thick silhouette that falls straight down from the armpits to the hems. The rounded curved front pockets, rivets at the openings, and buckle backs on the back side were designed to leave the parts that should be kept.
The design leaves out the parts that need to be kept.
The custom-made engraved buttons and buckles are all made of iron and are not plated on the surface, so they will rust over time.
All details are reproduced exactly as they were made in the 1920s. The signature leather patches are mud-dyed in Amami-Oshima.