Denim & Workwear in Tokyo
18 stores · curated ORBIS register
Bed J.W. Ford draws on workwear and military clothing for its Japanese menswear, giving functional garments a place within its designs. Harajuku's Berberjin specialises in vintage American denim, with pre-1970s Levi's represented alongside other pieces of workwear. Its authenticated vintage selection sits alongside the newly designed clothing represented here, offering two different approaches to workwear.
Bed JW Ford is a Japanese menswear brand combining workwear and military influences with refined construction.
Harajuku vintage-denim specialist with a deep selection of pre-1970s Levi’s and other American workwear, known for authenticated pieces that have influenced Japanese reproduction brands.
The luxury heritage quarterly — higher-end than Lightning, craftsmanship focus, factory visits, artisan profiles, and the Japanese magazine that treats denim as haute couture.
Tokyo denim since 1947 — rainbow selvedge and the jeans that pioneered Japanese washing artistry.
Tokyo denim label FDMTL, founded in 2005 by designer Gaku Tsuyoshi, applies traditional boro patchwork and sashiko stitching to jeans and outerwear made start-to-finish in Japan; its Meguro flagship opened in 2009.
One of the Osaka Five denim makers, with Japanese selvedge denim and workwear reproductions crafted with obsessive attention to vintage details.
Heavyweight denim specialist. 21oz+ denim, ultra-durable construction. Favoured by motorcycle riders worldwide.
Kapital's most extreme line — the Century Denim programme, natural indigo, mud dye, boro patchwork, and the Koenji/Daikanyama shops where denim becomes art. Each piece is unique; no two are alike.
Kapital's dedicated denim outpost with their boro patchwork, distressed jeans, and bohemian interpretations of American workwear.
Yuki Yagi's skinny denim — the rock aesthetic, the slim silhouettes, and the Tokyo brand that brought Japanese denim to the music and fashion crossover crowd.
Independent vintage store focused on originality and one-of-a-kind items. A mix of remade upcycled clothing, unique denim, and artistic vintage.
The seven-panel jean — seven different vintage Levi's panels sewn into one pair, the Needles flagship, and the Tokyo brand that treats denim reconstruction as high fashion.
Founded in 1991 by Masahiro Shimura, who had helped set up The Real McCoy's before striking out on his own with the L-2B flight jacket repro and the Stormy Blue denim line.
Slub-textured denim in deep indigo, woven and sewn in Japan. The irregular yarn is the point, not a flaw.
Hayashi's slim straight — 1960s Levi's inspiration, one-wash, and the Resolute model that captures the post-war American denim moment with Hayashi's lifetime of vintage knowledge.
Japanese gardener-workwear poetry — botanical utility clothing of Tokyo cult status — famously no site of its own; via stockists like Blue in Green.
Affordable vintage chain known for well-organized racks and fair pricing. Huge selection of denim, workwear, and basic vintage staples. The Shimokitazawa location is the largest and best-stocked.
Tokyo motorcycle-Americana label founded in 2005 by Masaki Egawa; garments are made entirely in Japan, including its 'Dirt Denim' fabric woven on old power looms in Ibara, Okayama, sold from the Trophy General Store in Shibuya.