HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wishing you all the best in 2024.   This is our first post for 2024, so we would like to get back to basics and write about selvedge denim.   In the case of denim fabrics, the warp yarn is often white & color to assert their presence. This is so-called famous "Red ear". (Red on white...

  16.5oz, 18gauze jersey fabric.     ”Inlay" have become representative of Japan Blue Jeans' tops. Inlay (knitting) is manufactured at a factory in Gifu. For those of us who have long been involved in the denim industry, our encounter with inlay was full of new discoveries. We will introduce our commitment to fabric production and its production background, which...

The selvedge denim used in JAPAN BLUE JEANS' standard jeans. What is selvedge denim, the foundation of JAPAN BLUE JEANS, which is based on a textile manufacturer? We would like to show you our commitment to selvedge denim.     It is a denim fabric with selvedges at both edge, woven on an vintage power loom called a shuttle loom...

Have you ever heard of "sateen"? It is one of the three fundamental weaves. Three fundamental weaves have plain weave (chambray, canvas ), twill weave (denim, chino), and sateen weave. Each has its own characteristics and is used for different purposes.   Sateen weave has fewer intersections between the warp and weft yarns, and more of either yarns appear on...

Hi, We'd like to talk  about the process of weaving selvedge denim today! Hope you will enjoy it.   It has been a little while since we last wrote about dyeing, and the preparation of weaving, so let us begin with a brief review.   Denim is  yarn-dyed fabric, so the yarn is dyed first and then woven. Japanese denim...