Well it’s Chinese New Year.
This year is the year of the pig.
The most appropriate jeans for the year of the pig would be the pig brand… Studio D’Artisan.
Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous year!
Archive for February, 2007
Kung Hei Fatt Choi (恭喜發財)
Saturday, February 17th, 2007Momotaro Versus Oni (桃太郎 VS 鬼)
Thursday, February 15th, 2007Momotaro is a Japanese fairytale…
The legend is that a boy was born from the stone of a large peach. (Momotaro means Peach-boy).
Together with a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant, Momotaro defeated the three-eyed, three-toed, people-eating oni demons who were terrorising the mainland from the nearby island of Shikoku.
Read a more complete story here.
Here is a reading book version of the story on a Nintendo DS lite.
The battle of Momotaro against the Oni Demons is still being waged in the denim world, with…
VERSUS
Big Names in the Denim World (updated)
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
There is very little information available, especially in English, on the people who have played key roles in the denim revival. Here are some of the big names…
Hidehiko Yamane (山根英彦)
Born 1959. Started Evis in 1988, and founded Evisu in 1991.
Yoshiyuki Hayashi (林芳淳)
Born 1956. Launched the Denime brand in 1988.
Hitoshi Tsujimoto (辻本仁史)
Born 1960. President of Real McCoys. (I don’t have a full understanding of his background)
Shigeharu Tagaki
Designed jeans for the Studio D’Artisan brand in 1982 .
Mikiharu Tsujita (辻田幹晴)
Established the Fullcount brand in 1992.
Toshikiyo Hirata (平田俊清)
Established the Kapital brand in 1995.
Jean Touitou
Started A.P.C. (Atelier Production Creation) in 1987. (thanks Patrick)
Maria Erixon
Founder of Nudie Jeans in 1999. Designed the Regular Ralf.
Rogan Gregory
Played a key role in starting the current Premium Denim trend. Started the brands Rogan 2001, Loomstate 2004, Edun 2005.
I’m afraid that that is all the information I have. Let me know if you have some other big names who should be included.
Chuck Yeager (video)
Monday, February 5th, 2007Okay, so I’ve worked out how to post YouTube videos. I’ll try to not get carried away posting non-related videos.
Here an old news story on Chuck being the first man to break the sound barrier in horizontal flight.
Yeah, there’s no denim, but it looks like Chuck is wearing an A-2 flight jacket in the second half.
Ryoko Hirosue – Jeans
Thursday, February 1st, 2007I use to like this song a long time ago.
I didn’t realise back then, that the title of the song is “Jeans”. Online translators didn’t exist back then.
Ryoko is kinda enchanting in a goofy way. My friend, Nelson, calls her the man-child which is actually a good description. Nice to see that she’s wearing some raw denims.
