Hi Y’all,

As promised I will be posting more Chinese New Year related stuff this and next week and we’re just getting started. New Lunar Year means a new beginning and  to celebrate this people often purchase new gear. I mentioned this in my past post so pardon the follow up but in celebration of this joyous and auspicious celebration we are throwing The Year Of Tiger Promotion. Welcome the new lunar year in style and make use of the 13% discount you can get by using coupon code NDH-CNY10 at the checkout. The coupon code is valid from 5th until 15th of February 2010.

Art by Simon Birch

Remember The Year Of The Golden Tiger is bound to be an auspicious one. I’m excited about this upcoming holiday season. Stay tuned for more, drop us your comments and questions. We love to hear from you. Gong Hei Fatt Choi, Gong Xi Fatt Cai, Happy Chinese New Year. I will say repeat these words again and again, but you have to start the wishes early enough. Cheers, I’m out…

Hi Y’all,

Although it does not really feel like a new decade, we’ve journeyed through one tenth of this century, ain’t that something. Well busy week behind all of us, needless to say more about that. But don’t get me wrong, busy is good.

Without further due, we’re throwing a little New Year’s promotion in celebration of the newly started year 2010 and the approaching year of the tiger. Use coupon code NDH-NY10 at the checkout to get 10% off from all of your purchases at Nordic Denim House.

Earlier I mentioned that New Year also means new products, not just from our existing brands but we will have two new brands available as soon as next month. I will get into more detail about these brands soon but below just a little sneak preview of what’s coming ahead.

Another thing worth mentioning is that we’re getting a re-stock of Momotaro Jeans Vintage Label 0201 -jeans shortly and if you would like to get these jeans in a special size just contact us for details at info(a)nordicdenimhouse.com.

Check our blog for updates on the newcomers as well as all the other stuff we feel is post-worthy. Another dynamic week is about to begin, so hope you’ll all get a fresh start. Be easy everyone, I’m out…

Hi Y’all,

Hope you have had a chance to give your vote on my next big denim project (see the poll on the right).

Four more nights till Christmas Eve. Splendid! Few more days of work followed by a long weekend full of seasonal celebrations. Christmas is a season of sharing and giving, but also like someone from my family mentioned about receiving. It’s true, as nice as it is to give presents it’s also nice to get a few surprise gifts.

Well if you are still in search of that perfect gift, we can truly help you out. You can give a person a gift that makes them go little something like this:

We are throwing a little Xmas promotion for all y’all, lasting from today until the 27th of December. Just use coupon code
NDH-XMS09 at the check out to get 15% off all your purchases.

On that note, I am pleased to let you know we just received a batch of very, very special jeans. Of which I will share a few lines as well as photos. But let me tell you, photos do not do these jeans justice. I have seen a number of very nice jeans in my life, but these are something else.

These jeans from The Year Of… Dog -line of jeans feature a deep indigo dye making them look almost black. The denim is that rigid heavy oz denim the brand is known for but instead of the traditional gold and silver selvedge associated with the brand, these jeans feature a “rainbow selevdge”. That is the line in the selvedge has number of colors giving it a pretty nice look. The brand started off with this particular type of selvedge and only the later designs from 2006 have that gold/ silver selvedge.

The embroidery is very detailed and simply amazing. I took a good while to check the jeans in detail and although every pair from the brand is special these are probably my personal favorites.

The self proclaimed New York answer to Hello Kitty from 2006 is also featured in the leather patch. Below are few different alternatives of the patches from the Dog Years.

The jeans will retail for 269 euros and will become available through our online store after Christmas but the pre-orders are being processed and if you want a pair just contact us for details.

That’s all I have for this sneak peek-update-promotion-holiday-edition. I will share a few more lines on Little Brooklyn upon the launch of the design on our site. But indeed that’s all for now. Remember to vote for my next project. Next year means a lot of things, including my new denim project so vote vote vote and make sure the design of your choice wins the honor of being the most worn pair of jeans in 2010 (at least for me myself and I).

Be easy and how did Frank Sinara put it, The weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful since we have no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…

Hi Y’all,

It’s black Friday, that special day following Thanksgiving that also celebrates the start of the Christmas Shopping season. “The term “Black Friday” originated in Philadelphia in reference to the heavy traffic on that day.” (Wikipedia). Well, I’m pretty sure folks have started the shopping already way back, but if you haven’t here’s one reason more to get started.

You can get 20% off your purchases from Nordic Denim House by using a special Black Friday -coupon code: BLCK-NDH09
Please note that the coupon code is valid from 27.11. to 30.11.2009.

That said, we will continue making moves and getting ready for the weekend ahead.

Life’s great, shining bright even on the Black Friday. Stay fresh and be on a lookout for more updates from the Nordic Denim House.

I’m out, peace.

Hi Y’all,

Happy Halloween!

It’s again the time of the year when the freaks come out. Halloween, the classic holiday that has its roots in the Celtic harvest festivities and Christian All Saints Day falling around this time of the year. Finland is still only adopting this holiday as a great reason to throw a party. Still it is amusing to see kids going trick or treating in the neighborhood dressed as ghosts and vampires. Just few years back folks usually didn’t have candy or any treats for the kids and ended up getting tricked. Well today I would imagine folks are more prepared and won’t get their house egged, heh.

Halloween has also had its impact on fashion just like movies, literature and so many forms of culture. Every time I think of Halloween I think of a song from Geto Boys called Mind Playing Tricks On Me.

Not sure why, I guess it’s the bit in the song where Bushwick Bill rhymes, “this year Halloween fell on a weekend me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treating. Robbing little kids for bags, till an old man got behind our ass…”

Nevertheless it’s not just music but the season is rather popular launch time for scary movies. Fashion-wise, for the past few years symbols such as skulls have become rather popular and widely used as patterns or even brand logos. Yes, I know skulls are more tied to the Day of The Dead (El Día de los Muertos) where the skull or calavera is a traditional symbol for the holiday. But there are certain tie between these holidays, like the timing and the All Saints Day.

Of course Halloween symbols like Jack-o’-lantern are all over fashion pieces as well but I would still argue it’s more about the skulls.

Well, in celebration of this Holiday, we’re throwing off a Halloween promotion with all of The Year Of… products available at a special promotion price. The promotion will last until 17th of November.

We have more Halloween related blogging on its way, but this is all for now. I am off to trick-or-treating. Happy Halloween, peace.

Hi Y’all,

Another Sunny Friday. October has started all well, though it’s as cold as ice out there. I am sure many would disagree, but personally I find close to 0 degrees Celsius weather cold. We’ve got some changes on the site look coming along very shortly so be on the lookout for that. In celebration of Autumn and the seasonal changes, we’re throwing off an Autumn Promotion to y’all. Since it’s getting cold out there, it’s a good time to get a pair of fresh jeans to keep you warm. So until 19th of October, all of the jeans for Men and Women (plus few additional products) will be available at a special promotion price.

So be on the lookout for the fresh Autumn look and I’ll be back shortly with another update on a follow up photo-shoot, without hail storm this time. Oh, and we’ve got number of new products available on the site shortly. As always if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Stay warm y’all and I’ll be back with more shortly.

Hi Y’all,

Hope your week has started in a peaceful yet energetic fashion.

Schools are starting in different locations and kids and adults are getting ready for another season of education.

To celebrate this “joyous occasion” (I am sure many kids would surely disagree) we are having promotion for all Momotaro (Men & Women), Kato and KIKS TYO products. So plenty of high quality products up for grabs at special price.

Although majority of people first think of schools when you talk about teaching and learning but it’s not just schools that teach you stuff, life itself is one non-stop educational experience. Absorb the information from around you and never stop learning.

Prosperous week to everyone.

Hi Y’all,

Weekend’s done with for now and we’re feeling fresh and ready for a new week ahead.

Keeping it real, we’re throwing off an August promotion with products from True Religion, KIKS TYO and The Year Of… now available in special promotion prices.

Do check out the promotion and I’ll be back with more updates shortly.

Until then, have a prosperous day and week ahead. I’m out.

Hi Y’all,

The Midsummer is over and everyone is getting (or already have got) back to routines. Funny enough, it’s like everything just froze for the past few days. Nothing against that though. It’s nice to realize that you had not missed all that many emails and such, heh. There are always few but hey it is what it is.

Sometime back I posted stuff about Veja, a French brand specialized in eco-shoes. Today I thought of jotting down few words on another set of alternative kicks; Koyuk hemp-shoes.

Hemp is one of nature’s wonder plants, a fast growing, sustainable weed and one of the fastest growing biomasses used in many ways, such as textiles, paper and of course  from paper, to textiles, and biodiesel. The plant has a slightly questionable reputation due to its relation to marijuana. However in Japan for instance, the plant has been historically used as paper and a fiber crop where as the seeds were eaten. Hemp is also portrayed in traditional Japanese Kimono as a beautiful plant.

Enough of the history lesson, Koyuk shoe comes in various colors. Kayuk is not the only brand around using hemp though. Many denim brands have also taken the initiative to use this hemp as a part of their organic denim production. Denim producers have mixed cotton with fibres from plants such as hemp and sugar cane to create a natural high quality fabrics.

Well I guess this is enough of that. Another thing I wanted to mention was that I would like to extend my thanks to all readers out there. Thanks for the feedback and for your interest. I will keep the text flowing. Much respect.

To reward all our readers, NDH is handing out a promotional code worth 10% (valid until 10th of July). Just include the coupon code “BLOG-NDH10″ at the checkout for the discount. Since it’s summer, we also decided to continue the KIKS TYO Tee-promotion until 10th of July. Midsummer is now done with but since it’s all so crazy let’s call it Midsummer madness. To quote the great Jackie Moon, “In the anals of history people are going to be talking about three things: the discovery of fire, invention of the submarine, and the Nordic Denim House Midsummer madness.” Haha…

Enjoy the warm summer days and keep grinding. I’m out but have no fear, I will be back in no time.

All Momotaro Products at a special promotion price until 15.04.2009.

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