12 stores · curated ORBIS register
Japanese denim shares the selection with independent menswear at The Bureau Belfast, a specialist clothing retailer in Belfast. Howie Nicholsby's 21st Century Kilts uses denim in modern kilts, alongside versions made in leather or traditional wool. Blackhorse Lane Ateliers makes selvedge and organic-denim jeans at its Walthamstow factory, established in East London in 2016. The maker also offers free lifetime repairs on its own denim garments and fittings through its London shops.
Belfast / Northern Ireland / Online
Northern Ireland's heritage destination — the Belfast shop, expert curation, and the UK retailer that punches above its weight in Japanese denim selection.
Best for Japanese denim and independent menswear in Belfast
Colmore Row (The Grand)
A clothing shop in The Grand on Colmore Row dealing in menswear and accessories with an emphasis on denim, workwear, and classic tailoring. It carries heritage-leaning labels rather than fast fashion.
Best for Denim and heritage menswear
Edinburgh
Howie Nicholsby's modern kilts — denim, leather, camouflage and traditional wool. Kilts for the 21st century worn by Vin Diesel and Robbie Williams.
Best for Modern kilts.
Edinburgh
Veronica Rose Kilts, trading as Rosekilts from Studio 24, Coburg House, Edinburgh, has over 25 years of experience making bespoke handstitched kilts and carrying out alterations, remakes and restoration in tartan, tweed, leather, denim and cotton.
Best for Bespoke handstitched kilts and repairs
London, UK
Founded in Walthamstow in 2016, Blackhorse Lane Ateliers makes selvedge and organic-denim jeans in its own East London factory alongside chore jackets, shirts and related ready-to-wear. Shoppers can try the jeans at Coal Drops Yard, Soho or the Walthamstow factory outlet, and Blackhorse Lane offers free lifetime repairs on its own denim garments.
Best for Selvedge Denim, Jeans
Online / brand-level record
Marques'Almeida is a London-based label designed by Portuguese-born Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, known for raw-edge denim and unfinished construction. The brand also runs a kids' line and periodic exclusive capsule collections.
Best for Raw-edge denim and Portuguese-designed ready-to-wear
Marques'Almeida is a London-based luxury label designed by Portuguese-born Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, who built the brand's identity around what its own site calls a "raw, disruptive" approach to fashion. Denim runs through the collections as a signature material - the site organizes an entire dedicated category, "M'A Denim," around boyfriend trousers, corset tops and frayed, patch-pocket pieces - alongside dresses, knitwear, outerwear and tailored separates that carry the label's characteristic unfinished hems and raw seams. Beyond womenswear, the brand runs a kids' line, M'A Kids, extending its aesthetic into dresses, knitwear and swimwear for children, and periodically releases smaller capsule collections positioned as exclusives distinct from its main seasonal drops. Marques'Almeida frames its design process around conscious fashion, and the brand has expanded into shoes and accessories alongside its core ready-to-wear. The label ships internationally, with free shipping offered on orders above €400, and maintains an editorial arm on its site, M'A Stories, covering the brand's collections and design references. Marques'Almeida's positioning - raw construction details built into expensive, richly finished pieces rather than sanded away - has become the throughline across the label's ready-to-wear, denim, kids' and accessories lines alike.
UK
London skate/streetwear label; flagship shop at 26 Brewer Street, Soho (opened 2015) sells the brand's Tri-Ferg graphics, seasonal drops and skate hardware.
Best for Evisu denim skate polos
Palace Skateboards grew out of London's skate scene into a streetwear label built on limited seasonal drops and its Tri-Ferg triangle logo. It opened a flagship store at 26 Brewer Street in Soho, London, in 2015 - a shop carrying skate decks and hardware alongside the brand's ready-to-wear. The label has since added flagship shops in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo, run through the same drop-based retail model that built its following online.
London / Online
Rivet & Hide sells Japanese selvedge denim and heritage menswear from 11-12 Old Burlington Street in Mayfair, where it moved in December 2024. A Manchester store trades at 59 Thomas Street. Founded in 2012 as a by-appointment service, it stocks small-batch jeans from makers such as Iron Heart and Pure Blue Japan alongside leather jackets and bench-made boots. Jewellery and a vintage hemming service round out the offer.
Best for Japanese selvedge denim with expert fittings and hemming in Mayfair and Manchester
Rivet & Hide began in 2012 as a by-appointment service built around Japanese selvedge denim. The company behind it was incorporated in London on 15 November 2011. It opened a London shop in 2014 and added a Manchester store at 59 Thomas Street in the Northern Quarter in 2019. In December 2024 it moved its London flagship from Fitzrovia to 11-12 Old Burlington Street in Mayfair, a short walk from Savile Row and three times the size of the old shop. The stock-in-trade is small-batch jeans and jackets from Japanese mills and makers, among them Iron Heart and Pure Blue Japan, Momotaro Jeans and Studio D'Artisan. Around the denim sit made-to-order leather jackets and flannel shirts, together with bench-made boots from Viberg and Tricker's. Knitwear comes from Dehen 1920 and hand-cast jewellery from Good Art Hlywd. Much of what it sells is strictly small run. The shop favours brands that build modern styles with old-school construction. Both stores offer a vintage hemming service. The shop describes its style of service as unhurried and knowledgeable rather than a hard sell.
London / Brick Lane / Online
East London's denim hub — the largest Japanese denim selection in the UK, expert staff, chain stitch hemming, and the Brick Lane shop for heritage workwear and raw denim.
Best for East London, largest UK selection, chain stitch, Brick Lane.
Wales, UK
Founded in 2011 in Cardigan, Wales, by David and Clare Hieatt to revive denim-making jobs after the town's factory closed in 2002, Hiut Denim's small team of 'grand masters' hand-sews around 100 pairs of jeans a week — its stated singular focus.
Best for Handmade Welsh selvedge denim
Hiut Denim was founded in 2011 in Cardigan, Wales, by husband-and-wife team David and Clare Hieatt, who had previously built the eco-conscious clothing label Howies (founded 1995) before selling it. Cardigan had been a denim manufacturing town for decades, home to a factory that once employed around 400 people and produced roughly 35,000 pairs of jeans a week, until it closed in 2002 and the specialist skills of local machinists went idle. Rather than trying to recreate that scale, the Hieatts built Hiut around a small, deliberately slow model: a limited crew they call 'grand masters,' each an experienced denim maker, producing about 100 pairs of jeans a week by hand, prioritizing quality and craft over volume. The company has publicly framed its identity around doing one thing only — making jeans — rather than diversifying into a broader clothing range. More recently, David and Clare Hieatt stepped back from day-to-day leadership, handing the company to new investors who came on board in a transition reported in trade press.
UK
Marshall Artist is a British menswear label that has traded for almost two decades. The range centres on outerwear, with jackets, coats, overshirts, hoodies, polo shirts, denim, knitwear. Collections run under the names Siren, Marchio, Stampa and Active, and a separate Outdoor Tailoring line covers quarter zips and track tops. The label ships within the United Kingdom and abroad.
Best for British menswear outerwear and the Outdoor Tailoring line.
Marshall Artist emerged from East London in 2001, founded by fashion designer Neil McLaren in collaboration with Paul, who previously worked at Hardy Blechman's influential Maharishi label. The brand synthesizes high-quality contemporary menswear with streetwear aesthetics, combining functional design and distinctive detailing. Marshall Artist initially gained prominence through innovative outerwear—jackets and over-shirts featuring unconventional dyeing techniques—while blending terrace-wear silhouettes with refined tailoring. The brand's philosophy centers on innovation and craftsmanship, merging classic styles with modern aesthetics. Marshall Artist has attracted high-profile wearers across sports and music, including David Beckham, Kasabian, and Kendrick Lamar. The label remains a significant player in UK menswear, known for bold styling and its approach to casual wear that respects heritage while embracing contemporary edge.
UK / Japan
William Kroll’s slow England — hand-woad-dyed denim and brass of railway-heritage obsession.
Best for Natural dyeing, hand weaving
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