Event Report : King Pins Show, Hong Kong

On June 8th-9th 2011, Our good friends at Sober Denim Co. was invited to the King Pins Show at Hong Kong. If you're wondering what is King Pins Show, here it is :

Our show is about casual wear. We desire to attract buyers who produce or market sportswear, be it jeans or any casual apparel. Specializing makes the show not just about textiles but a global supply chain. Our first Kingpins had hardware people attend, a laundry attends and today the same exists including chemical companies and fiber companies who have new, innovative products. Kingpins will always specialize in the casual area and seek to invite global players, leaders in their fields so that anyone who produces a casual wear garment will find innovation at our show. That’s a value for our customers.

Kingpins today is a show of 12-15 suppliers, and is always presented in a comfortable setting. We treat all guests as if they were coming to our home. We absolutely believe that Kingpins must feel comfortable to exhibitors and customers. Unlike the other shows that charge for water or a sandwich we feed and serve everyone, which creates a kind peace and calmness to our exhibition. One night of each show we serve a large dinner where everyone has a chance to get together and talk over drinks (NOT CHARGED) and relax to music.

This year King Pins Show was participated by Kurabo Japan and China, Knitindigo, Cone Denim Burlington, and several Denim Producers from Thailand, India, China, Italy, Korea, and also participated by Lycra, CoolMax and Cordura. This 2 days event was for invitation only, so thank you to Sober Denim Co. for sending us the event report and showing us pictures of beautiful denim such as Kurabo denim and selvage Okayama denim.

All Pictures by Mr. Agus Indra

PMP Overalls - Material Sneak Peek

While ago we talked about how Indonesian Denim Brands are getting pretty serious for this year. Well lets take a look here, a sneak peek preview from Pot Meets Pop for their PMP Overalls Project. You must be drooling for these stuffs :

14 Oz Indigo (Tradional Left Hand Twill - Unsanforized Selvage Denim),
14.5 Oz Black (Slub Yarn Right Hand Twill - Zimbabwean Cotton - Sanforized Selvage Denim),
15 Oz Indigo (Slub Yarn Right Hand Twill - Sanforized Selvage Denim).

They also brings the interesting Herringbone Sanforized Selvage Hickory Stripe material. All of those material above are all shipped from one of Japanese's best known for Denim Materials, Okayama.

For More details, just log on to Pot Meets Pop official website, HERE.

Lighthouse : Shrink to Fit Chambray Work Shirt

Just got an interesting email today, it is from a new Workwear brand called Lighthouse. For their first collection, Lighthouse will be releasing their Chambray work shirt. Lighthouse is serious on this one, they are using serious stuffs like Japanese Selvage chambray from Okayama, with amazing rainbow texture combined with amazing details like selvage on collar. Lighthouse chambray work shirt will be available within 3 different colours, Charcoal, Salmon and also Rainbow.

If you are interested in this brand, you can check them out at Indonesian Denim Group's annual event, Wall of Fades 2010 on December 18th-19th 2010. You better be quick cause dope shit like this won't last long.

FUCT SSDD 2010 S/S Denim

90's brand, FUCT which is created by American designer, Erik Brunetti has just released their 2010 spring / summer collection, and one thing that interesting is they are releasing their own denims, using Okayama Selvage denim material. Okayama known for producing one of the most superior denim in Japan. They offering a prewashed (dirty wash) jeans and also a raw pair too. Available only in Japan.