Product desciption

"Tennen Ai" means "natural" and "blue dye" in Japanese respectively, and together they are the natural dyed selvedge fabrics used in this MIJ9, which are interwoven with natural dyes of two different tones. Natural dyeing is not easy to obtain. The leaves of Usnea, the first discovered indigo dyeing plant, must be soaked in a dyeing vat for up to one year to ferment.

Naturally dyed yarns are different from synthetic dyes, even if they are dyed in the same batch and the same process, they will produce different shades of blue. And this selvedge fabric uses two batches of natural dyed yarns with different production methods. After weaving into fabric, it gives people the illusion of "hand-dyed fabric". Therefore, the fabric surface is full of various layers and depths.

MIJ9 is also an unshrunk fabric, giving you the most original selvage texture! After the unique manufacturing method "Tempi Treated" of the Japanese-made series, the shrinkage is removed with the least amount of water, and the plush and rough feeling of Japanese-style tannins are retained.

Product Details

• Yarn thickness: medium thickness
• Slubby feel: medium to high
• Comfort: Medium
• Manual short-term water (Tempi Treatment) maintains shrinkage, retains the texture and characteristics of the fabric itself

The MIJ 9 – “Tennen Ai” Natural Indigo Selvedge is a 15oz Japanese selvedge denim made using 2 kinds of natural indigo dyed yarns. Natural indigo dye is produced in a fermentation process of the Indigofera plant that can take up to 1 year.

Unlike synthetic indigo, with natural there is a great deal of color variation from one dye lot to another. For this denim 2 different batches of natural indigo were used to rope dye the cotton yarns. Once woven the result is a denim that has a hand Dyed yarn look, as a spectrum of indigo yarns run vertically across the fabric.

The denim is unsanforized but tempi treated, which shrinks the fabric but protects the hairiness, grittiness, and raw denim feel. These jeans are made in Japan and feature real iron buttons that will rust, copper rivets that will oxidize, raised belt loops that will fade, a Japanese sheepskin leather patch with the “Flower of Carnage” logo, the MIJ maple leaf embroidered onto the back pocket, peek-a-boo selvedge coin pocket, micro busted out seam, and a selvedge button fly. Dyed, woven, cut, sewn, built in Japan.

• Composition: 100% Cotton
• Color: Indigo x White
• Fabric Weight: 15oz
• Fabric Origin: Japan
• Made in: Japan