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Rising Sun Featured in Workwear 3

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 02:47:06 +0000

Rising Sun & Co. is featured in the Japanese publication Workwear 3. Their English headline “History Leading to New Design” hit the nail on the head.

Rising Sun Featured in SENSE Magazine

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:22:01 +0000

Rising Sun is featured in the June 2010 issue of Japanese men’s magazine SENSE. There is much love for our duck canvas fabrication, which Mike loves to work with.

Rising Sun in Safari

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:44:13 +0000

We have been featured in the Japanese magazine Safari. Check it out. Big thanks to all of the Rising Sun supporters in the land of the rising sun (don’t forget we already covered how our name came to be on our blog here).

Who’s Your Urban Daddy?

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:30:09 +0000

Urban Daddy, the online and email city guide, posted a neat story on our products in the San Francisco jeans temple AB Fits.

The House of the Rising Sun…Old World Craftsmanship for Your Denim

You like a bit of crazy now and then.

So when we heard about a denim designer so obsessed with craftsmanship that he went through gold mines to dig up the century-old jeans worn by the workers, we knew this was the guy you’d want cutting and sewing your next pair.

Namely Mike Hodis of Rising Sun & Co. Jeans, a cult label that crafts each pair of dungarees by hand in a three-man workshop in Pasadena, available exclusively at AB Fits.

When we say exclusively, we mean that only 18 pairs exist right now on the shelves. And when AB Fits sells one, the guys in Pasadena start making the next pair. Hodis designs all the jeans, which reflect authentic details of vintage workwear, and are crafted from his own custom fabric designed with one of the oldest denim factories in the country.

You’ll also be glad to know that instead of working in a factory using automated machines, each pair is meticulously cut and sewn by hand by Mike himself and then put together by a select team of tailors using vintage black-top sewing machines, just like they did in the 1800s.

Making them perfect for ringing in 2010.

Urban Daddy, the online and email city guide, just posted a neat story on our products in the San Francisco jeans temple AB Fits.

Read the article here.

If you are in the SF area be sure to check out the amazing store that is AB Fits.

AB Fits
1519 Grant Avenue
North Beach,
San Francisco, CA 94133

Denimology Blog Features Rising Sun

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:25:47 +0000

Today the popular denim blog Denimology posted a profile on Rising Sun. Thanks to Chris Nolan for doing the interview and listening to our story.

Be sure to check out the full story here.

Made it to 2nd

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:49:04 +0000

The Japanese magazine 2nd has featured Rising Sun. Our kanji is not very good but it seems to be mostly praise and spotlights the Blacksmith jeans, Cattleman jacket, vintage sack pocketing, and our special gift boxes.

2nd is published by the same folks who do Lightning magazine.

Making Sense

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:46:27 +0000

Select pieces from our mens collection is featured in the December 09 issue of Japanese magazine Sense.

Rising Sun Featured in Rose Magazine

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:17:57 +0000

Rising Sun & Co. is featured in the latest issue of Rose Magazine. They call our haberdashery a ‘tintype time warp” and Mike Hodis the “doyen of denim.” We are absolutely flattered.

Rose Magazine Features Rising Sun & Co.

The Rose Magazine is the features and lifestyle magazine of Pasadena Star-News, a local Pasadena paper.