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Edwin Denim

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  Edwin , a name synonoymous with great denim, has been at the forefront of their industry for almost 65 years now. Formed in Japan in 1947, Edwin founder Mr Tsunemi had a real passion and desire for denim, and unable to source it in his native home Japan, he looked to the USA. He begun importing used, dirty denim and laundering and mending them to then sell them onto his customers.   As the japanese manufacturing processes caught up in the late 50's and early 60's and the country began producing their own denim, Mr Tsunemi was unhappy with the expensiveness and the quality and was pushed to produce his own denim. In 1961, Mr Tsunemi created his first pair of denim jeans under the name Edwin and by 1963 he had produced the worlds heaviest ringspun denim (16oz) which featured Edwin's trademark rainbow selvedge which they continue to use to this day.  Since then Edwin have constantly been pioneering innovative new methods in denim manufactu...