[HN Gopher] Japan's Kojima, with its proud Jeans St, draws fans ...
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       Japan's Kojima, with its proud Jeans St, draws fans of vintage,
       deep-blue denim
        
       Author : Geekette
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2024-10-06 19:08 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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       | mepian wrote:
       | TIL Kojima isn't just a surname (of a famous game designer), but
       | also a town.
        
       | zelias wrote:
       | Has Hideo confirmed this?
        
       | ffujdefvjg wrote:
       | Big John (mentioned in article) uses Levi's old selvedge denim
       | looms and their jeans are fantastic. Also, I believe William
       | Gibson referred to them in _Pattern Recognition_.
        
       | dangerboysteve wrote:
       | This reminds me of a video I watched about a jeans maker in
       | Japan.
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myqcURxxs40
        
       | hatthew wrote:
       | I've always wondered about how much the quality of the
       | manufacturing matters. I've had probably a dozen pairs of jeans
       | in as many years, and on average they fail after wearing them for
       | 100-200 days of light usage (e.g. office, not gardening).
       | However, despite them not being particularly high quality
       | manufacturing, the part that always fails is the fabric itself,
       | not the seams/edges. Is that the expected lifetime of denim?
       | Would jeans that are 2x the cost have denim that lasts 2x as
       | long? Does the quality of craftsmanship matter if the fabric is
       | what fails first?
        
         | denimnerd42 wrote:
         | Denim in $150-300 japanese levis stye reproduction jeans is
         | 50-100% heavier duty than department store jeans. 12-25oz per
         | square yard vs 6-10 in department store. I get 3-5 years before
         | I start getting holes. I do white collar and home improvement
         | in mine. I imagine the toughest users would get 18 months-2
         | years before crotch or wallet/phone holes appear. Holes can be
         | darned or repaired anyways.
         | 
         | The construction isn't always better depending on brand. Some
         | maintain reproduction details like 100% cotton thread. But the
         | denim is definitely better. The price is in the denim, details,
         | and 3rd construction for most brands. Some brands have
         | extremely high end in all 3 and those are the ones at $325+
        
         | papaver wrote:
         | i've worn my 13oz raw denim everyday for 2 years and they still
         | look new and are incredibly soft. the only tares are along the
         | cuff where i folded them and where my buckle corner rubs
         | against the jeans. conversely most levis or similar will fall
         | apart within 6 months for me.
        
       | philip1209 wrote:
       | For those interested in this, I highly recommend the book
       | "Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style" by David Marx. It talks
       | about how Japan appropriated American prep fashion, then exported
       | it back to the USA.
        
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