SUGAR CANE JEANS are uniquely Japanese denim made from — you guessed
it- sugar cane. For many years, Sugar Cane Jeans were a ferociously
guarded Japanese secret but today the brand is attracting global
attention. Interestingly, Sugar Cane prefer to use the vintage term
‘dungarees’ in preference to the term ‘jeans’ to describe their product:
“The word ‘jeans’ has become the vernacular for faux denim fashion wear
that masquerades as the tough, classic waist overalls history made
famous.”
ORIGINAL SUGAR CANE DENIM FABRIC
Sugar Cane Jeans are constructed of fibres derived from the plant
that gave rise to the brand name SUGAR CANE. Sugar is made from sugar
cane, which seems simple enough, but not everyone knows that sugar cane
and its byproducts contain essential amino acids and enzymes necessary
to fuel and rejuvenate our bodies. Likewise, byproducts from sugar cane
are used to fuel automobiles in Brazil in order to have a less harmful
impact on the environment rather than found in burned fuels of a purely
fossil origin. Following these facts in a rather philosophical approach,
the textile specialists at Sugar Cane were the first in the world to
produce a selvage denim fabric made from woven cotton yarns and sugar
cane fibres .
WHAT MAKES OUR JAPANESE DENIM DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS?
Sugar Cane original vintage denim jeans were developed from the
accumulated results of more than 20 years of research and experience of
vintage jeans reproduction. The features of our jeans are that they do
not resemble any other pair of manufacturer ’ s jeans. The jeans we make
are based on ‘ 5 Pocket Denim pants with rivets ’ that the great
forerunners made but are not just a copy of their external appearance .
Sugar Cane Jeans are cut from original and truly outstanding
Japanese selvage denim. Japanese selvage denim is arguably the finest in
the world and is made on old style shuttle looms rather than modern
projectile looms. In simple terms this means that the cross thread goes
back and forth during the weaving process. Modern looms shoot each cross
thread through individually, hence the edge of the cloth is frayed
rather than clean. No shuttle looms have been made for over 40 years as
they can only make cloth about 30 inches wide whereas projectile looms
can make cloth 60 inches or even wider for much less money.
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