Archive for February, 2007
Kung Hei Fatt Choi (????)
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!
Momotaro Versus Oni (??? VS ?)
Momotaro 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 [...]
Big Names in the Denim World (updated)
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 (????) Born 1959. Started Evis in 1988, and founded Evisu in 1991. Yoshiyuki Hayashi (???) Born 1956. Launched the Denime brand in 1988. Hitoshi Tsujimoto [...]
Chuck Yeager (video)
Okay, 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 [...]
Ryoko Hirosue – Jeans
I 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 [...]