Okayama Spirit 4
The Okayama Spirit series pays tribute to the decades-long attention to denim craftsmanship in Okayama. The Okayama Spirit 4 is made to wear and fade beautifully, which goes all the way back to how the individual yarns are spun. To create such a richly textured fabric, the individual cotton yarns need to be spun at different speeds: slow speeds yielding thickness or ‘slubs’ in the yarn and faster speeds yielding thinness. These warp yarns are rope-dyed in indigo vats over and over again until they achieve a dark shade of indigo, but because of the shape of the yarn, the indigo doesn’t absorb evenly. Then master craftspeople using low-tension weaving on old shuttle looms turn the yarns into rolls of Japanese selvedge denim. All of this labor to create denim that, with time and wear, can demonstrate the beauty of the full range of indigo hues that reflect the life lived in denim. The Okayama Spirit 4 is Sanforized to remove the guesswork in sizing. The super thick 10oz natural veg tan leather patch will darken with time, evolving with the indigo denim.
Available Friday August 7th 2020
Available at The Following Retailers
Canada
Altitude Sports – Weird Guy
Canook Trading – Super Guy, Weird Guy
Dutil Denim Vancouver – Weird Guy, Denim Jacket
Dutil Toronto – Super Guy, Denim Jacket
Dutil Calgary – Easy Guy
Gerhard Supply – Easy Guy
Jaisel – Super Guy, Weird Guy
Jeans Jeans Jeans – Weird Guy
Mars Clothing – Super Guy
Muttonhead – Super Guy, Weird Guy
Over The Rainbow – Weird Guy
Tate + Yoko – Super Guy, Weird Guy, Easy Guy, Denim Jacket
USA
Artisan De Luxe - Weird Guy
Blue Owl – Super Guy, Weird Guy, Easy Guy
Crimson Serpents Outpost – Weird Guy
Deep Ellum Denim – Super Guy
Division & Co – Super Guy, Weird Guy
Franklin & Poe – Weird Guy
James Dant – Super Guy, Weird Guy
Mild Blend – Weird Guy
Naked & Famous Denim NYC – Super Guy, Weird Guy, Easy Guy, Denim Jacket
China
Danning Lab (Taobao, WeChat)- Weird Guy, Easy Guy
Lusso – Weird Guy
France
L’Athentique – Super Guy, Weird Guy, Denim Jacket
La Station – Weird Guy
Flaneurs – Super Guy
Mondenim – Super Guy, Weird Guy
Royal Cheese – Weird Guy, Easy Guy
Germany
Thomas I Punkt – Weird Guy
Switzerland
DeeCee Style - Weird Guy
Japan
Grande Magazzino - Weird Guy
Netherlands
Baretta Jeans – Super Guy
Russia
Zefear Shop – Weird Guy, Denim Jacket
South Korea
Mode Man – Super Guy, Weird Guy
Taiwan
Blue Beach Denim – Super Guy, Weird Guy, Easy Guy, Denim Jacket
Thailand
Pronto – Super Guy, Weird Guy, Denim Jacket
UK
Jean Store – Weird Guy
Online
Cultizm – Weird Guy, Easy Guy, Denim Jacket