Denim Demon A/W 2008

Their collection for autumn/winter 2008 is the Denim Demon brothers' first shot at making other garments than jeans.

The first addition and natural extension of the line is of course the denim shirt. This design is mostly inspired by one of Lee's old shirts, bar the pocket-flaps which are more reminiscient of 60's Wrangler shirts.





Another safe bet but always welcome piece is the sweatshirt. On the chest is a drawing by Anton of the type of drum that the Samian medicine men use. On it is doodled the demon, a drawing of their father's birthplace, traditional Samian symbols etc.
The cuff is extra wide for that 1940's groove.



There's also three non-denim shirts in this collection.


And, getting down to the nitty gritty, there are two new jean models for this fall.
The first one is Juvvie, 'belt' in Samian, and is decidedly inspired by Lee's 1930's Cowboy models, just look at the triple-stitch on the yoke. The fit is slightly looser than the Aajja.



One raw and two washed Juvvies.

There's also the new version of Sarves. This time it's a play on Levi's 1920's 201s, with the exposed rivets, cinchback and suspender buttons.
The cut is the same as that of the Juvvie and the denim is the same as the one being used in this season's Sarves.





The Aajja cut is of course carried over to the next season and is also expanded with three washes(Gunnar, Bengt-Erik and Anna-Britt) and a jet-black raw denim.









Denim chore jacket, Plaave. It will actually be made in the same unsanforized denim as Sarves but shown above is a sample of the coat in the regular Aajja denim.

Discuss!

Studio Zero

The latest Japanese brand to go international and join the fellow expats in Sweden is Studio Zero.

Studio Zero is a very small brand, even compared to other niche brand such as Samurai. A testament to this is the fact that every pair is sewn together by the same person. Each pair is also marked by hand - look at the left pocket bag.
Unlike Samurai the cut and detailing is not very close to vintage Levi's, but there is still some trace of heritage - (fully) lined backpockets, donut buttons in the fly and a 'Z' stitch at the top button which is a play on the 'V' stitch found on old Levi's.

The styling is not my cup of tea, actually it's quite far from it, but the build quality of the jean is very high, so I would not hesitate to recommend these jeans to someone who's more open-minded than I am.
The denim is 13.5 oz and will probably fade as well as that of any other Japanese brand.

Studio Zero can be found at Sivletto, where I went to take these pictures, Solo, Caliroots and Haberdashery.

Jeans for Europe

A new online store dealing with (Japanese) denim has just opened its doors. Even though the web is worldwide, jeans and trade isn't quite as globalised just yet.
This webshop is located in the UK, making it attractive to us Europeans as we will now be sure to avoid customs when buying jeans and can thus get the first good night's sleep in a long time.

The store is superdenim.co.uk and it currently carries Denim Demon, Studio D'Artisan and Kato, all of which you can get the background on on this blog.

Right now there is a also a special deal for members of ringxring.





And by the way, don't forget about http://www.ironheart.co.uk/, where you can find.. Iron Heart. This store is also located in the UK.

Samurai Contest end

So the Samurai contest ended some time ago. I finished second. Here are my jeans.

10 months effective wear, after one 40*C wash, before the second wash.







After the second, 60*C, wash.









Compared to my Flat Head 3003s.