Raises an interesting question – is it possible to ‘rock’ anything from Uniqlo?
Yes, the Japanese selvedge denim jeans I bought from them a little while ago are superb. The very first pair of Uniqlo jeans I bought were £70, really pretty heavy indigo unwashed selvedge denim, with button fly, and I should have bought another pair, because they’ve never produced them again. I bought several pairs of their cheaper £35 selvedge denim jeans, in a pre-washed lighter blue, and they were very similar in fit and cut to the Levi’s 501 shrink-to-fit jeans I bought in the late 60’s.
The most recent ones I bought are dark indigo unwashed selvedge Japanese denim, and I made the mistake of ordering in my regular size, 32”x34”, the mistake being all the previous pairs I’d had to buy 34”x34”: I was delighted to find they’ve adjusted the sizing, and they fit really well, the straight leg style is exactly like my original 501’s, and they’re about the same weight of denim as well.
They even came with the bottom hem turned up and pressed to show the selvedge! They’re also totally anonymous – there’s no fancy stitching, ‘distressing’ (😖), not even any sort of label or patch on the waistband. They cost £35 a pair! So yeah, if you like quality jeans that don’t follow the latest tragic ’trend’, and will likely last years, these rock!
Uniqlo flannel shirts are lovely things too, really soft and great to wear over a tee shirt.
