Friday, 24 February 2012

AW12 Preview @ Jacket Required

Here is a small selection of what is to come for coming for AW12. Fabrics are from Japan & Italy, All the shirts our made in our factory in Manchester, England and will be in limited edition numbers and available from September 2012 if not before

More denim for AW12. fabrics are from Japan & USA and are made in Japan, USA & England. All denims are either Red, White, or Blue selvedge, and come RAW. Available from September 2012 if not before

Our first pair of the JCXX01s. These are 2 year old and have been washed about a dozen times, without any chemicals. The fabric is a 13.5oz, red selvedge, from the NM mill and Made In Japan. Available in RAW only, from September 2010 if not before

Friday, 17 February 2012

One of the early Cone Denim Mills c1895


This is the White Oak weaving room at the Cone Denim Mills,North Carolina, USA  C1900 where Joe & Co use there fabric for there USA made denim. Some of these weaving machines are still in use today and in some cases more reliable then modern looms.

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Japanese Red Selvedge Detail.

Here are some detailed shots of our JCXXYO-01s Japanese Red Selvedge.












































Article by Dan

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Joe & Co Japanese Red Selvedge.

Altering a pair of Joe & Co Japanese Red Selvedge. The denim is made in Japan from the Yoshikawa Orimono Mill in Ibara, Okayama. This model is the JCXXYO-01s Red Selvedge, and they come in very limited numbers. Attention to detail means a lot to us, the button heads and rivets are made out
of copper, the button and rivet pins are embossed with theJoe & Co sewing machine logo and the waistband patch is made from a high grade leather. All the denim comes with chain stitch hems,
as you would expect from a any premium denim garment made in Japan.

As the jeans have a chain stitch hem they needed to be altered by a tailor with a chain stitch machine. These are very hard to come by and only a few tailors have the right equipment to do the job. Luckily enough we had one just on our doorstep, the Denim Doctor based in Manchester. We spoke with Michael (the Denim Doc) who took a few measurements then got to work. (images below)














Article by Dan

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Another fine piece


Steve wears 100% brushed cotton overshirt, with 13.5oz selvedge Zimbabwe cotton 'Made In Japan' straight leg denim.

Monday, 4 July 2011

13.5 oz Japanese Denim made from Zimbabwe cotton


From the Japanese denim mill NM & 'MADE IN JAPAN'
Dry Red selvedge denim, Cinch back,Copper buttons & Rivets, heavy duty 100% cotton heringbone printed pocket bag, hidden back pocket rivets

Saturday, 25 June 2011


Another fine piece of luxury oxford cotton shirting, this time executed with a penny round button down collar with contrasting buttons on the collar and neck band