Naked and Famous Denim is one of those denim brands I always bring up when friends and family who have never heard of raw selvage denim ask me what jeans to try. At full retail price a basic pair of Naked and Famous jeans can be purchased for $135 at easily accessible department stores, boutiques, and e-tailers.
What Naked and Famous does better than almost every other denim brand selling unwashed jeans is pack in a lot of value for a very low price. The fabric is interesting and the construction is solid. Garments are made Canada with Japanese fabric, often selvage and usually provides a novelty factor to talk excitedly about.
Their Fall collection features a collaboration with Japanese denim label
Big John and the Japanese artist with a cult following
Rockin'Jelly Bean, who designed the artwork for it. Retail price is expected to be $265 at
Barneys New York,
Tate + Yoko, and
Blue Owl Workshop in September. This jean has been featured on other blogs earlier this year but I wanted to give a better idea of what you can expect.
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| 14.5 oz sanforized Japanese selvage denim. Light and bright indigo shade reminiscent of some early Big John jeans from 1960's which featured a lighter indigo shade. |
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| Example of early Big John jeans: M1002 PROT0 MODEL from Big John's website. On Big John's company history webpage this jean from 1967: "In parallel with sewing the Canton jeans of Oishi Trading, produced jeans of the BIG JOHN brand using the fabric imported from Cone Mills (U.S.A.) (M1002 PROTO MODEL)." |
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| Artwork by Rockin'Jelly Bean. |
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| The artist Rockin'Jelly Bean has a quirky persona much like the Naked and Famous brand. |
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| Features labels from all three collaborators. |
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| Big John buttons. Chain stitched waistband but not all around and tucked. |
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| Single needle belt loops offer a cleaner look. |
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| Hidden rivets at back pockets. |
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| Selvage coin pocket. |
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| Selvage detail at side seam and chain stitched chem. |
