![]() ![]() I mean.there's not much left, we're talking about a pair of pants. Made in North Korea? (What happened with that anyway?) Old master operating shuttle loom, but only when it's not too cold or too hot? (Yeah, apparently there's more than one!) The market seems so saturated with denim brands and different hypes at the moment, one does wonder how you would differentiate yourself or generate enough interest to launch a brand?Ģ0+ oz denim? (Oh hey, the magic number is 38 oz now!) Yes, it's obvious that the marketing is not aimed at uber-hobbyists or super-pedantic people like us.īut then, if I were launching a big denim brand, I wouldn't market to people like us either - you just wouldn't sell enough pants. Sorry for the long post just like to call out what is imo bullshit and if everything I've said is true but it turns out to be run by some western guys, man would that actually be the icing on the cake. And i'm weirded out by how western-forward this japanese brand is in terms of language-proficiency, marketing angle, collabs, "cuts". Oni is just a personal thing but to me is also lame. ![]() Lastly, to me the collabs with Oni and OSB are just icing on the cake: just read about gnome's shitty OSB experience cutting corners to look legit. a lack of information because these brands are japanese and maybe don't speak english, or the overseas retailers aren't interested in disseminating every step of the production, or aren't focused on overseas sales, is HUGELY different than a brand (who's english is suspiciously perfect) saying they won't tell you anything about them, before anyone's even asked. Last thing, I really disagree with the notion that Tanuki is no different than other brands who we might not know everything about. For me to say that Tanuki looks as good as FH, SDA, WH, etc is in my opinion a high compliment. I have really high respect for most brands of jeans, even though I love flat head everything it's not because I think they're objectively better, it's just that when it comes to the look and ethos I like them better. But to do it in such a goofy, heavy-handed and obvious way is just said and it makes me facepalm.Īnd I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt, I said they're no better or worse than any of the other brands many of us like here. But to purposefully try and stir up that mystique is no doubt lame. It's true that to some people are more attracted to things purely for the reason that they're unknown or hard to get, which i think is silly. I'm ignoring the Denim Hound's review which has equally ridiculous statements. I wanted to find their actual website to criticize it, but I couldn't find anything so I had to use Blue Owl's copy. How can they say this with a straight face is gnomes is correct, and the rise on a "36" (really a 38) is fucking 10.5". " This results in strange fit issues like pockets that do not work, or rise that is too short, or lack of flexibility in areas where a person moves." Seriously, what makes these jeans special? what is next level? I'd love to see some truly special jeans, different from anything else, but at this point I think that it is impossible unless you want to go into the super gimmicky realm of weird shit (glow in the dark, scratch n sniff etc) and that doesn't interest me at all. " With decades of cumulative experience in denim manufacturing, the “super-team†behind Tanuki is able to manipulate shuttle looms to create unique fabrics, sewing them into jeans that elevate Japanese denim to yet another level." Maybe I wasn't clear enough, the lameness purely comes from the marketing tactics which you can definitely see without owning them. ![]()
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