How Japan's coveted blue jeans are made
The Citizen|December 30, 2024
Call it an antidote to fast fashion; Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and woven on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs.

Unlike their mass-produced cousins, the tough garments crafted at the small Momotaro Jeans factory in southwest Japan are designed to be worn for decades and come with a lifetime repair warranty.

On site, Yoshiharu Okamoto gently dips cotton strings into a tub of deep blue liquid, which stains his hands and nails as he repeats the process.

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