Making Sense
Select pieces from our mens collection is featured in the December 09 issue of Japanese magazine Sense.
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More from the Far East
Contemplating Japan from this vista
Mike Hodis walking around Tokyo
We raided Mike’s iPhone and found some more pictures from his trip to Tokyo. Japan offers some great meals it seems and the company he kept this time must have nourished his hunger for deep conversations about denim. Among the people he met with are Nobu of Hollywood Ranch Market and Atsu of Stevenson Overall Co.
With Nobu and Atsu, Food and Drinks
Seafood Delicacies
With Atsu in United Arrows showing off a pair of Rising Sun Yukon jeans
Land of the Rising Sun
Our tireless proprietor, Mike Hodis, has just returned from Japan. He spent his time there making sure all our delivered goods are perfect in the stores, absorbing the local culture, working with master retailers, and contemplating denim with others who immerse themselves in the subject. It is our philosophy that just producing and delivering a product crafted with passion, pride, and hard work is not enough. Our dream is to share the knowledge we have obtained along the way that have inspired us to instill rare details into our garments. We hope to get the world excited about authentic stitches from vintage sewing machines and ingenious seam constructions forgotten by the modern minds of mass production. We may seem a bit obsessed with our work but you can be assured every Rising Sun piece is designed and produced with the utmost regard to detail and quality.
The last Rising Sun Ranch Hand jacket at United Arrows
Mike Hodis with Rising Sun Yukon jeans in Hollywood Ranch Market
Hollywood Ranch Market in Tokyo
Rising Sun Featured in Workwear (Mono) Magazine Book
Workwear is one of those amazing Japanese magazine-books (“mook”) published by Mono of Mono Magazine fame. This tome is a must-have for denim and workwear lovers. It showcases vintage catalogs hawking durable clothing for workers, old adverts proclaiming the best valued overalls, and interviews with designers keeping this flame alive.
We are honored they have dedicated so many pages to tell the world a bit of the Rising Sun story. There is so much more we want to share and hope you will continue to follow our blog. Thank you for all the support so far.
Rising Sun Featured in Free & Easy
Rising Sun & Co. has been featured in Free & Easy (September 2009), the quintessential Japanese workwear magazine. The fine people who run the periodical are such lovers of vintage Americana that they built a shrine of sorts dedicated to the subject: The Rugged Museum. If you ever are in Tokyo we highly recommend you check it out.
At The Rugged Museum you will see rare vintage clothing on display along with new stock that pay homage to the craftsmanship of yesteryear. That is right up our alley.
Made With Double Pride
We have been in full production mode for the Japanese market. It is gratifying creating products for customers who genuinely appreciate the details we so painstakingly labor for. To ensure everything is done properly we do it all ourselves. If anything goes haywire we have no one else to blame. We work doubly hard to provide quality and allow ourselves to be extra proud of our work. One of our goals is to show that excellence still exists in domestic garment production. We do it by producing in small batches in our own shop. We support American-made and hope you do too!
Pictured here are belt loops being sewn in long straps by our single needle machine. After this process we hand cut them for placement on the jeans.
This practice of sewing beltloops without a “cookie cutter” folder device is unheard of in today’s mass-production factories. We make our beltloops this way to preserve the look and tradition related to jeans made in simpler times. Plus, we enjoy doing things the hard way.
