Momotaro Jeans’ Mini Denim is slow and steady becoming an internet phenomenon. It’s great to see so many sources writing about these tiny jeans. The jeans are a great example of Momotaro Jeans’ workmanship. Standing 15 cm tall, the jeans are not just tiny but packed with details you would expect from a pair of Momotaro Jeans. Made by hand, without compromise. I have yet to see the Mini Denim in person but this if something is a collector’s item. I have the Daruma sitting next to Mini Denim, and that gives a good idea of how small the jeans really are. If my memory serves me right, the guys have also produced a “giant” pair of jeans or was it a jacket? I have to check back my archives. Nevertheless, well done Momotaro Jeans.

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Little Aladdin on a Denim Carpet as one of my friends put it. Rather nice way to describe the latest visuals for the Northern Denim Co. Lot 3010. You might have seen the lead visual on our site but now you can see the original picture in a new German magazine called The Heritage Post. We’re still waiting for our copies (available through NDH) but a spread featuring Northern Denim Co. got online yesterday and it has been “liked” rather nicely.

Picture courtesy of Tilmann Seipp.
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Last year we started a dialogue with 3sixteen brand from the US. A relatively new brand established with the core ideal, “what we make is who we are. Long before we decided what to produce, we knew what we wanted 3sixteen to be: a company we could believe in, whose practices exemplify both a pursuit of honesty and a commitment to excellence in our business. We strive to apply our core values to everything that we do.” (3sixteen)

High quality, yet affordable jeans produced in the USA. Pretty good combination. Although our dialogue started while back already, it sometimes takes time to get things moving. However recently we received a pair of 3sixteen SL-100x straight leg jeans from the brand, which give a good idea about the attention to detail 3sixteen is all about.

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It happens to any and every pair of jeans at some point. The stitching gets loose, the small tear in the denim develops into something bigger and suddenly your jeans need fixing. Now we’ve shared one or two ways you can fix the jeans. DIY and tailor made touch ups, but what about darning? According to Rawrdenim, ” darning involves weaving (and blending) in new threads.” The end result is somewhat different from your traditional patch sewing. Below feature features Andrew Chen, the co-owner of 3sixteen brand of jeans and Self Edge NYC store.

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Railcar Fine Goods is all about hand made denim produced using only vintage tools. Like an ultra rare vintage Union Special 1 needle chain stitch machine. According to Railcar, “The machine is so old, it doesn’t have any internal oiling system and has to be oiled manually every time used.” Maintaining such old tools can be challenging. If something goes wrong it takes bit more than making a quick call for a spare part. Finding the right parts and taking time to fix the damaged tool can take time and will also have an effect on the production process. But that’s just part of the meticulous production process that ensures a high quality, hand made pair of jeans. No shortcuts, no easy way out. All done manually. Below few images from the Railcar Workshop. The images and below video shor how the selvedge edge seam is sewn on the Railcar Fine Goods selvedge style jeans. “Railcar jeans first gets sewn then pressed open to reveal the selvedge edge line when the bottoms are cuffed.” (Railcar)

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The Northern Denim Co. Lot 3010 jeans have been put through quite a test in the past 2 months. The jeans ave traveled from Japan to the tropical humidity of Malaysia and from there to the cold, dry winter in Finland. Hours in traffic jams, airplanes, baby food, snow, dust, sand and the list goes on. The good thing about the jeans is that they seem to be getting better by the day. The denim has softened and the surface of the jeans is showing plenty of fine lines resulting from the continuous wear. The jeans are definitely weather proof, comfortable in the hot and humid weather and dry and cold one as well. The denim stretches a bit after wear as do most of the regular weighed jeans.
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It’s all about attention to details. Every step of the production process of Railcar Fine Goods is handled with utmost care. Every pair is individually sewn and in the latest video from Railcar we can see the chain stitching of the bottom hem at the Railcar workshop in Arcadia, CA. Every Railcar jeans are sewn just like this, one at a time and square knotted to help prevent unraveling. Pretty awesome if you ask me.

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Sunday was a laundry day. Mainly because we just came back from a trip and needed fresh clothing. No jeans were washed but if you are about to wash your jeans, remember to wash your jeans like real people. Shout out to Fredrik from Sivletto/Unionville for pointing us at this video. It’s great!

Wash Your Jeans Like Real People from John Moessner on Vimeo.

Did anyone notice that nobody on the video turned their jeans inside out though?
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It was one week ago that we launched the little project/brand world now knows as Northern Denim Co. The brand is not just any denim brand, but a Finnish brand. The brand was kick-started and the first products ever to carry the title were also designed in Finland. I guess it also adds to the Finnish factor that the Founder is Finnish. However, what sets the project apart from many other Finnish brands is that the products are 100% produced in Kojima, Okayama in Japan. Yes, this world-renowned location for high quality fabrics, especially denim.

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I have to say I love these little clips posted online on the Railcar Fine Goods production. I mean it’s all about authentic jeans produced with the right tools and right mentality. I won’t spend too much time talking this time around, let the videos do the talking.

Oh, but I do need to mention the limited edition 002 Viper Brown Denim for ladies, for which we are still taking pre-orders.

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