Pure Blue Japan are back with an updated rendition of their popular "Greencast Indigo" Selvedge fabric, this time clocking in at 14oz. denim - ideal as your all-season pair. This special edition has seen PBJ take a welcomed turn from more conventional threads to more experimental denim series, which have provided a vibrant and refreshing uplift in contrast to their flagship models.

Barely worn this pair, you can see that there's barely any fading. Just a beautiful hue of glacier lake blue, very rare color depth that you just dont see in other jeans. Well stitched with high density threads in matching PBJ Orange & Yellow color schemes - helps to pop the color better.

These jeans are really slubby and has crazy texture. Lots of irregularities in the fabric and no one does slub better than PBJ. Please see the pictures to see what i'm talking about

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It’s hard to start with these jeans without talking about color and hue. This Greencast indigo dyed fabric is insane. In the past, my favorite hue is when indigo has faded and hits that ocean mid-blue electric color. These jeans start off there but turned up to 11. There is always an iridescent aura surrounding the fabric color and when the sunlight hits it right it shines in such a lovely way. It’s not a shiny color, but the hue has a lightness about it that’s just understated enough to work as a pair of workwear jeans and yet a unique brightness that makes it obvious this dye is something else. Pure Blue Japan states they mixed indigo and green dyes (sulphur, I believe) many times trying to get the right shade. I can believe that it must have taken numerous attempts to get this right as it is stunning.

The iridescence reminds me at times of rivers or lakes near glaciers that can glow iridescent blue because of the presence of rock flour. The blue has a cold, radiant, yet fresh look to it—you could equally call these glacier jeans (these are the closest photos I have, Google "glacial rock flour" for even better matches)!

The most detailed well-thought out stitching; a fabric that cuts right across the slub, stiff, uneven, supple, rigid category; a cut that to me, looks fantastic, and yet is so comfortable you don’t even realize you are wearing it. The fabric is light enough to wear for most summer days and I’ve worn it below freezing and felt fine. The color is unique, iridescent, but most of all just gorgeous. It’s a pair of jeans I could easily dress up or use as workwear. Pure Blue Japan’s GRE-019 is a sort of greatest hits of the defining features that make a great pair of jeans great, but now combined into a single pair.

The strength of American cotton combined with the coarser nature of Australian cotton and the texture imparted by the spinning and inclusion of 30% recycled fibers, gives a base that is already textured even before PBJ runs their magic balance of tension and slubbiness on looms partly imprinted by seasonal changes.

The retail price of Pure Blue Japan jeans are around $375 online, i'm offering this pair of virtually unworn PBJ jeans for just $250. Almost 1/3 off for a super mint jeans.

Charging a flat $20 fee for worldwide tracked shipping from Singapore, i'm absorbing any tariff costs. Embrace my new minimalist lifestyle so looking to move this on to a good owner!

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DETAILS:
• 14oz Japanese selvedge denim.The fabric is unsanforized, but the jeans have been one-washed, so no further shrinkage will occur
• 100% cotton
• Indigo warp with greencast sulfur dye, natural weft
• Woven on vintage shuttle looms at low tension
• Signature slubby, irregular PBJ texture
• 019 Relaxed Taper fit (mid/high rise, slight taper leg)
• Iron button fly
• Hidden back pocket rivets
• Chain-stitched construction
• Shoai leaf embroidery on back pocket
• Blue-line selvedge ID
• Lambskin leather patch
• 100% cotton
• Made in Japan
• Exclusive Self Edge Rinse Process (no shrinkage, at home style pre-soak already done for you)

Pure Blue Japan’s flagship ‘XX’ denim is woven at low tensions on vintage shuttle looms to impart a slubby and almost hairy texture. Ideal for anyone who’s into Pure Blue Japan’s artisanal approach but wants a taper fit throughout the leg.