Take a butchers at these World Cup Jeans.
Genuine RMC Martin Ksohoh, limited edition super exclusive design, dark indigo raw denim jeans. Embroidered World Cup and Fifa football with milti-colour tsunami waves back pockets. Embroidered ticket pocket and belt loops. Vintage cut, house selvedge, raw denim. Five pocket, button fly, copper rivets, printed pocket cloth, red tab.
A discussion including Duffer St George, KU USA, Luke 1977, Momotaro and Ed Hardy.
“yes, duffer had a store in london. he wanted exclusive which i gave him. then he didnt come to our stand one season, so i assumed he was moving on. i then sold to jones in covent garden (now gone). at that point, duffer did not pay me for my last shipment to them.
currently ku is only available in japan and at our store in los angeles. togged also carries some. we make 108 pcs only of everything so we sell out in our markets. i dont feel like building a big manufacturing/shipping company. i want to focus more on interior design and hand crafted items, some of which may be clothing.
ku started the ed hardy brand, and then we licensed it out. ”
KATO Jeans from the horse’s mouth. Take a butchers:
Are kato jeans worth the high price? seen some online but not seen them for real yet.
“simple answer is YES…..
but then I work with them!!
the price is sadly high due to the nature of the production and the cost on import, the short looming and the ZIM cotton and double harvest indigo all cost, with less producers on the cotton and the age of the weaver and dyer growing older there are simply higher cost and with the EU new import ‘issues’ with cotton and the higher tax in Japan on the processes..sorry am I boring….it just cost us more to produce a higher quality denim”
http://forum.kitmeout.com/talk-fashion/4155-kato-jeans.html
“many companies say the use Zim cottons, and most do, but the mass of it is from the Zimbabwe Cotton company, a company own by the government and selling ALL cotton from Zimbabwe, mixed together the many different strains and not paying the full price back to the growers, this is simply wrong, but you can still call it Zim Cotton, even though it’ll be a mix of long and short chain and not all organic.
the good thing about the ‘soil’ or should I say it location is the high above sea level, the chill winds and the clear skies. the raw cotton is strong and clean. if you buy direct you can be sure you money goes where it should. this is sadly not the case right now.
we will stop using Zim cotton after this batch is done and will source else where the same strain or better.
As for a ‘government doesn’t abuse and tyrannise it’s citizens’ I ask you all, now many pairs of nike do you own? or adidas or levi or any big brand for that matter, do you drink coke? do you drink at starbucks? all are using ‘bad’ production systems and damage more people.
there has always been an ‘issue’ with the regain and they will always will be, I’ve been I’ve seen and I’m not happy doing business with it. that said when i worked for much larger companies i saw worse in there factories
so please ‘boycott Zimbabwe cotton’ but keep up the pressure on all of this. As producers it’s our job to listen to our hearts and our customers. “
Nordic Denim House and Kitmeout are offering all Kitmeout users a chance to win a pair of Momotaro 0905 Classic Straight or ladies 8003-SP Natural Straight -jeans. All you have to do is send your name and address to ndh-competition@kitmeout.com and answer this simple question: Where does Momotaro Jeans –name come from?
0905 Classic Straight: “White lines are a Japanese tradition”
Going to war label is dyed only with darkest type of natural indigo. The jeans are 15.7oz of rigid denim with good fit and after wearing them for a short time, they will soon feel like a second skin.
8003-SP: “Original Japanese jeans for women”
Ladies line is woven with high quality cotton using hand powered weaving machine. The special long length fiber cotton gives you a flexible feel.
Momotaro uses only the best raw materials and dyes cotton with indigo blue for use on its weaving machine – all by hand. At Momotaro, the artisans have a saying, “Made by hand without compromise”. All you have to do is try a pair of Momotaro Jeans on and you will see for yourself, in the exquisite details and the rich indigo blue that Momotaro jeans are of superior quality.
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Good luck!