"Selvedge" is a characteristic of Japanese denim fabrics as said "Japanese denim = Selvedge". "Selvedge" is edges of fabrics, and many of you guys are aware of it because it is easily recognized by the color of the warp yarns (basically lines on a white background). Selvedge is often thought to be unique to denim fabrics because of well-known "red...

We sometimes have an inquiry that "All jeans in JAPAN BLUE JEANS are dyed with natural indigo?". Actually most of our jeans are dyed with indigo.   However there is a piece that we use natural indigo, so we would like to tell you little bit about natural indigo dyeing, "AIZOME", in Japan.   First of all, "AIZOME" is... a...

We shared about "Rope-dyeing" with you the other day,  today we will tell you "the preparation for weaving process" which is at the end of dyeing process.   Click the image below to read about "rope-dyeing".   Rope-dyeing ⇩ Yarn splitting Yarns are separated by a splitting machine and arranged like sheets. The yarns become tangled and lumpy after dyeing...

Have you ever heard "rope dyeing"? There are various ways of dyeing denim such as rope dyeing, slasher dyeing, and skein dyeing. JBJ's denim are dyed with "rope dyeing" because that have good texture and aging.   Rope dyeing is a method of dyeing yarns in bundles (ropes) of a certain number of threads. That features... Color irregularities are less...