Olé Denim: Japanese Selvedge Denim From the Prairies 2015 Lookbook
Keep an eye out for this rising Canadian brand.
Up-and-coming Canadian brand Olé Denim is a master at producing fine Japanese selvedge denim. The team behind Olé hails from Saskatoon and Winnipeg, and they’ve been perfecting their craft over the past two years to debut their inaugural denim pant, the 306, which pays homage to the area code of the young label’s prairie home. The “9-to-5” pant is a slim taper silhouette with a medium rise and is offered in two styles: Sanforized 13.2 oz vintage selvedge denim and 15.3 oz selvedge denim. Both feature a front selvedge coin pocket, reinforced rear pockets and pocket bags, a chain stitched bottom hem, a 35” inseam, a black antique copper flat cap button fly, and black antique rivets. Each pair of Olé Denim jeans is also branded with a handcrafted genuine leather patch created by Vancouver-based leather artisan Ken Diamond.
Olé only sources rope-dyed fabrics from the prestigious Kuroki Denim Mills in Okayama, Japan, and each garment is proudly designed in Canada and ethically manufactured by high quality machinery and craftsmen in the U.S. The Olé Denim 306 is now available for purchase at select retailers and online at a price of $210 CDN (approximately $170 USD) for the 13.2 oz and $260 CDN (approximately $211 USD) for the 15.3 oz.
