Pure Blue Japan XX-012 Deep Indigo – Just Released
Having been over three years in the making, the Pure Blue Japan XX-012 Deep Indigo is finally on shelves at Blue In Green. Pure Blue Jeans (PBJ) is a Japanese company who heavily focus…
6 Pairs Of Raw Denim Between $200 And $350
At a certain level near the top of the raw denim industry are a number of real standout denim manufacturers. From the still relatively speaking low 200 dollars to the closer to premium…
DC4 – The Purveyor Of Japanese Denim In Berlin
DC4 is a premium denim shop in Berlin, Germany that has been offering the best of Japanese brands since 2004. Daniel Cizmek, the man behind the store, embarked on this project due to…
Fade Friday – Pure Blue Japan XX-005S (13 Months, 3 Washes, 1 Soak)
Pure Blue Japan has been well-represented lately for Fade Fridays, and for good reason. Many of PBJ’s jeans are constructed from denim woven on a manipulated single-shuttle loom that creates a slubby, uneven texture that…
Fade Friday – Pure Blue Japan XX-007 (1 Year, 0 Washes)
P.B.J. Any denim-head worth his (or her!) salt knows that those three letters hold much more significance than a childhood favourite food. Within the major Japanese denim labels, Pure Blue Japan has made…
Fade Friday – PBJ XX-013 (14 Months, 5 Washes, 2 Soaks)
Today’s Fade Friday comes from SuperFuture user hirzirr. Having worn the jeans for 14 months, he admits that the effective wear is only about 10 or 11 months, which makes this pair all…
Raw Denim For Women – A Brief Overview
The world of raw denim used to have a major gender bias. For a long time it was a major challenge for ladies interested in untreated denim. Until a few years ago, most…
Fade Friday – Pure Blue Japan XX-007 (3 years, Washes Unknown)
Putting Pure Blue Japan back in the spotlight after taking up two spots in 5 Pairs of Raw Denim Done Differently, here’s an example of why you should consider Pure Blue Japan. The…
5 Pairs of Raw Denim Done Different
Think Different. The slogan introduced by the late Steve Jobs when Apple was reinventing itself in the 90′s. It spoke about thinking outside the box (remember those clunky old computer cases?) and pushing…
5 Pairs Of Black Raw Denim (Part 1 of 2)
The standard image of jeans is good ol’ indigo-dyed, 5-pocket jeans. But not all jeans are standard “blue jeans” (e.g. Naked & Famous‘ Pomegranate-dyed jeans). In today’s post, we’d like to shed a…
Raw Denim Accessory – Pure Blue Japan Tote Bag
As we haven’t featured a raw denim accessory in quite some time (see Part 1 and Part 2 of our series on raw denim accessories), we thought we’d dedicate today’s article to an…
dutil. – The Quintessential Denim Haven
dutil., the no-nonsense-nothing-but-denim shop founded by Darrin Kenigsberg and Eric Dickstein, has had a hella busy last 5 years. After debuting in 2006 in Gastown, Vancouver, the boutique has quickly become a denim haven…
