Top 10 Japanese Selvedge Raw Denim

Think of blue jeans, and many will think of the US. But it’s Japan that keeps the true spirit of denim alive. Those brands you see today in America are only a shadow of the jeans that America gave birth to. Production of raw, unwashed denim was discontinued in the US in the 1960s, and now almost all you can get is pre-washed and artificial.

In Japan, however, the unadulterated spirit of blue denim is alive and kicking. True selvedge denim, produced on age-old looms and often featuring rivets and pocket stitching. Well, it is truly ironic that Japan’s strict adherence to low-technology that elsewhere in the world no one wants to use anymore, has made the country the world’s leader in denim production.

Anyway, Japan now has so many companies producing high-quality jeans that it makes your head spin. Some of the better known ones are what we’re mentioning here.

Here was the denim competition we did among our team last week to pick out the top ten Japanese selvedge raw denim worth investing your money in. The room was getting intense, all of us brought up the best pair we thought it would beat the others’. All the denim gurus were amazed enough and finally, here are the top ten pairs we got.


See all the ten pairs here at Denimfuture.com