こんばんは。みなさん、
Today I would like to share a little piece of Japan that exists right here in New York. The Japanese are well known for taking many American inventions and improving on them (カメラとテレビとくるま）but maybe you do not know that the Japanese are renowned for making denim jeans (ジーンズ） as well. Japanese companies typically make jeans the old fashioned way: by hand, one at a time, and sometimes dyed with natural plant indigo. Some companies have even gone so far as to purchase and refurbish the shuttle looms used by Levi's in the 50s to make the iconic 501 jean. Japanese denim is considered to be some of the highest quality in the world, and many European fashion houses like Dior and Paul Smith use Japanese denim for their jeans.
Luckily, there is a store on Greene St. in Soho that carries Japanese jeans (one of only two stores in America) called Blue in Green. I like the name because it is a triple entendre. First it references the fact that their blue jeans shop is located on Greene St.; Secondly, it refers to a Miles Davis song off the album "Kind of Blue"; thirdly, and this one is pure speculation on my part, it references the fact that the Japanese use the same word for blue (あお）as they do for green (あお), hence "Blue in Green".
Anyway, its a great little shop and I recommend that you stop by if you are in the neighborhood, if only to chat with the owners Gordon and Yuji who are very friendly and extremely knowledgable about jeans.
Blue In Green
8 Greene St. (btw Grand & Canal)
7 comments:
とてもおもしろいトピックですね！
ニューヨークで日本のジーンズの
お店があるなんてしりませんでした。
こんどSOHOにいったときに
ここでジーンズをかいたいです。
おんなのこのジーンズもかえますか？
Thank you for the information. I like the shop in Chelsea, "Comme des Garcons of Japanese designer Rei Kawabuko, although I cannot afford anything there. And, in Korean, 푸르다(blue) also refers 'green' like the usage of "aoi" in Japanese.
Btw, this is my second comment on your blog, but I cannot find my first comment. It seemed to be deleted...
JETtameni gambattekudasai-
Oh man, I was gonna say the same thing about the Korean word for blue/green that Miyojo san said. haha
But in reference to the jeans, とてもおもしろいいですね〜
And btw, fellow smoker...Have you heard there's a new type of Camels cigarette out there? It's supposedly has a cool pack and there's this thing in the filter. If you pinch it, the cigarette then turns menthol. AHHH. I thought it was cool. I wanna try one.
Anyway, feel better~ You sound like you have a cold.
ははは Hey glad to know that you watch jap えいが as well. hmm, yeah Inever saw the movie that you were talking about but i guess I can try it out...it sounds intensely scary. はは!
さようなら！
Yes. I agree with you.
It is interesting to find out :)
パスタくんは
こわ〜いですね
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