IJIN MATERIAL

 

IJIN legs are recogniseable as jeans using a definitive vintage outer edge, but have an unconventional "soft centre" feature.

IJIN MATERIAL legs are cut folded to open identically, left and right, similar to the paper-chain man. Hence the "one half man" used as the registered logo. Sometimes they are cut to wrap a seamless outer leg.

Incorporating this "FOLDEDGE" cutting technique, pioneered by label founder Philip Goss, IJIN legs are cut as one single piece with the centres folded on the naturally stronger warp thread.

Crotch seams are reduced to a minimum and inseams are ambiguous, creating an optically slimmer shape to the real garment type.

waist seams fit to the back giving a slender snakey hip. Yokes are avoided or misplaced. The fly front is inserted separately.

IJIN MATERIAL - THE EVOLVED WAY!

 

THE REGISTERED IJIN LOGO IS DEFINED BY THE “ ONE HALF MAN”.

IJIN MATERIAL IS AN ORIGINAL PRODUCT ROOTED IN DENIM , BUT IS BY NO MEANS CONSIDERED JEANSWEAR. THE IJIN LABEL IS A TRUE INDEPENDENT, A RARE ARTISAN, AN INDUSTRY OUTSIDER, LICENCE - FREE, PREFERRING THE IDEA & THE RENDERRING , TO THE TREND & THE COMMERCIALITY.

WITHIN THE DENIM MARKET , IJIN MATERIAL IS THE BLACK SHEEP LABEL ,PREFERRING THE FREEDOM OF A SELF-FINANCED PRODUCTION, USING ARTISINAL ITALIAN MANUFACTURING, AND A FANATICAL ATTENTION TO DETAIL, INSTEAD OF THE COMMERCIALISATION, INHERENT PLAGIARISM & OVER-INDUSTRIALISATION ASSOCIATED WITH DENIM PRODUCE TODAY & OVER NIGHT EXPERTS TOMORROW. IJIN MATERIAL IS A PERSONAL PROJECT.

IJIN MATERIAL IS RETAILED THROUGH SOME THE FINEST GARMENT BOUTIQUES ON THE GLOBE AND IS REPRESENTED BY DISTRIBUTORS 21 CENTURY IN LONDON , STUDIO ZETA IN MILANO, VOX IN STOCKHOLM & SWIS IN OSAKA.

MUCH COPIED ALREADY ,FALL 05 WILL PRESENT ONLY THE FIFTH SEASON FOR IJIN MATERIAL.. IJIN MATERIAL IS COMPOSED OF A STAFF OF ONE. THE “ IJIN “ IS CURRENTLY KNOWN AS BEING PHILIP GOSS, AN ENGLISH “ FOREIGNER” RESIDENT IN ITALY.

EX .ST,MARTINS CLASS OF 87 , PHILIP HAS HAD NUMEROUS LIVES IN THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FIELD. AS FORMER CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF EVISU INTERNATIONAL, HE WAS REPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS HIGHLY SPECIALISED DENIM PRODUCT & ESTABLISHING THE COMMERCIAL SELLING LINES INTO EUROPE. PHILIP WAS REBORN AS THE “CRAZY FOREIGNER” - OR “ HENNA IJIN ” - IN JAPANESE. " BAPTIZED " BY YAMANE-SAN HIMSELF , PHILIP NOW DESIGNS A PRIVATE LABEL FOR EVIS GENES, OSAKA AVAILABLE TO THE JAPANESE MARKET ONLY

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