Thursday, April 9, 2009

IJIN MEETS HIS MAKER : JAPANESE MILL KUROKI VISIT THE IJIN HQ



Ijin Material was honoured to be added to the list of specially chosen denim labels that were to be visited by historic Japanese mill Kuroki, on their flying visit to Europe.The Kuroki mill supplies the standard rustic cloth that Ijin uses for all the key line products.
Here we see Ijin Phil presenting the Fall09 denim offer to manufacturing maestro Takashi Hirai & head fabric technician Yasu Adachi at Ijin HQ in Central Italy.




Ijin Phil proudly demonstrates the final product & all the beautiful patinas of the standard rustic Kuroki cloth, operated on all Ijin key line items.




How is it sewn.....? Takashi examines the perfectly straight sewing line on the new model Tuxedo Selvedge, which demonstrates the art of sewing a selvedge, completely intact, up the outside of the leg, perfectly matching across the yoke & with fully functional pockets.
Don't believe it either....? check out this new item for Fall09.




Ijin Phil explains the inner finish of the lined pockets , & the whereabouts of the hidden Ijin red tag on the workshop floor.




Deep in concentration: all Ijin denim thread counts & shades are scrutinised for authenticity.





Takashi , Yasu & Ijin Phil enjoy one of those denim moments in the intimate surroundings of the Ijin private cloth warehouse.



Italian Kuroki agent Adriano Giardinieri blags the rarest item in the Ijin archives: the Ijin Irregular Indigo Jacket

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi, very interesting post, greetings from Greece!