check out my damn studio d'artisans!
apologies for my stomach. my dad (lol) disliked that my old Helmut Lang raws had a (fixed) crotch hole and wanted to get new ones; as I am currently in Tokyo and Tokyo is not the best place to buy raw I went with the classic SDA. this is the 101 cut which apparently is not sold in the US (or at least at Blue Owl) because it's too repro, but I wanted the widest cut they had. the denim is nice and hairy, and has fun details like a twisted left leg to show off selvedge, little woven "D'Artisan" tag on the watch pocket, beat up leather patch of the pigs pulling apart jeans, blue selvedge, interior tag that says "RECONSTRUCTION OF GREAT OLD THINGS - STUDIO D'ARTISAN SINCE 1979" with a Japanese flag between them, concealed back rivets, branded buttons, etc. Finally, I can get the fabled artful pool.
the store I got them from, M'arijuan in Harajuku, was also cool for selling mostly reproductions of 1920's clothing and only play Jazz age music over the speakers. here's the products shots that do them more justice than I could:
http://www.dartisan-onlineshop.com/SHOP/SD-101.htmlbonus:
EDIT: the best place to buy raws is Okayama!! I actually got to go to Kojima jeans street while I’ve been here but didn’t buy anything; Tokyo has a good selection of vintage raws but I wanted new and I had trouble finding other stores.