Evisu 2000 No.2 first wash

Xmas Break

I've been busy with the lead-up to xmas. I haven't had much time for posting to the blog.

This week I'm heading off to Malaysia and Hong Kong for a break.
I've selected these two pairs of jeans for the trip.

Both are still unwashed, but they'll probably need it after the holiday.

Pocket Blowout (updated)

I'd been noticing a lot of front-pocket blowouts on the superfuture denim forum... just like on my Samurai-Geishas.

Here are some stolen pic examples which I don't have permission to post (post a comment if you want me to remove your stolen picture).

watchman's eternals


ordo's eternals


polishmike's sams


dickdanger's sams

Admittedly my own pocket blowout was partly caused by my keys, but the common occurrence made me think there could be a design flaw.

Anyway, I noticed that my Japanese Evisu's actually have some substantial re-inforcing sewn to the inside of the front pockets. It's quite strong without being annoying.



I had a quick look at some of my other denim for something similar. Most have no protective strip. Nudie & China Evisu have an additional strip of pocket lining, but it's quite thin compared to the Evisu version. Nice functional detail Evisu!

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Anonymous has posted a comment that WeSC jeans do have protective strips on the front pockets.

These WeSCs I just got have reinforced pockets, as well. They are a women's
28 in Raw Selvage.

Thanks for the comments and pictures Anon.

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I'll update this post as I find more jeans with protection.

Evisu Japan 2000 No.2 (1 month)

At the Evisu Tailor store in Daikanyama the staff are incredibly helpful. They have shelves full of blank jeans. You select the style (2000, 2001 etc.), the size (32, 33 etc), the denim grade (No.1, No.2, No.3 etc), and then you can select what colour and which pockets you want the Evisu seagull painted.

You can even select no gulls. After 2 days you can pick up your jeans with the gulls painted. The denim is nice, and features "Tiger Selvedge" - a yellow line and a black line.

In Japan, you can get denim jeans with red tabs made by companies other than Levis. So, these have an awesome Evisu red tab. These jeans have had less than one month's wear.

Impressions

The Japanese Evisu jeans are much nicer than the China made Evisu that was originally available outside of Japan. I suspect that China has improved their denim techniques in more recent years, the more recent Evisu jeans that I have seen are quite different to previous years.