{"product_id":"tcb-jeans-working-cat-hero-jeans","title":"Working Cat Hero Jeans","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIt was 2020 when we put our hands on this project.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIt was also when Ryo joined TCB and right after he joined (he may be cheeky), he showed me his vintage Wrangler jacket telling me \" Hajime, let's make this jacket that John Lennon loved!\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIt seems his love towards the Beatles and John Lennon comes from his dad.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHe's now our guy to spread the attraction\/ charms of what we make globally but his motivation to study English in the first place was to understand the Beatles lyrics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRyo's dad visited New York in 1981 to pray for John after John Lennon left the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIn front of Dakota House, he bought a post card of John Lennon and he stills cherishes the photo till today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eI myself love the Beatles and John and used to collect the Beatles records.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYou might know this if you have visited us because our store is full of the Beatles records.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eJohn was my icon and Wrangler jacket worn by John always looks fresh and cool.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eI feel there's some charm in Wrangler that Levis don't have.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBy the way, 2020 was the 80th anniversary year for John's birth, and the 40th anniversary after his death.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eForcefully linking myself to this anniversary year, it was when I turned to 40 year old so I felt almost destined to make Wrangler repro then.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe result is so TCB but it took more than 2 years to release though...\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFabricWe have developed many Levi's repros and one Lee model so far but it was actually first time for TCB to produce left-hand twill denim fabric.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWe could not make use of the accumulated know-how, knowledge so far so we started the product development from the scratch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWrangler is the big 3 brands in the American denim history but compared to the other 2, the history is relatively shorter, starting from 1975 under the name of Wrangler.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWhile I was doing a research on their vintage, the ads, etc, I found an interesting page on the Gimmie Book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA kid dressed in the cowboy style says\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\"Mom likes 'em 'cause they're sanforized, says they're so easy to wash.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThis was a proof that Wrangler's fabric is sanforized so thanks to this little kid, we have done the fabric right!  It's a left hand twill, 11.6 oz fabric with yarn count 9 for both the warps and wefts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAccording to my research, the Wrangler's art number for this model, 11MW, comes from the fact that the fabric used on this model was 11oz.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBecause it's left hand twill, the angle of the weaving becomes a bit steeper than right hand twill because of the construction of the vintage shuttle loom machines, which will lead to rather some waterfall fade (vertically faded) than dotty fade seen on Levis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSpeaking of the sanforizing process, it consists of 3 different processes: Anti-twisting, anti-shrinkage, and singeing (burning the fluffy hairs on the surface of fabric).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLooking at the vintage Wrangler of the 50's, the legs twist strongly so we have only done the anti-shrinkage process for this fabric.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSo, it's like half unsanforized and half sanforized!\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDetail\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSpeaking of John and Wrangler jeans, there are not so many pictures of John wearing a specific model of Wrangler so this time I have picked up the rarest and the coolest model released so far from Wrangler.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIt's the proto type jeans\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003emade in the late 40's that we referred to for the reproduction this time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eI assume some would say it's a pity but the selvedge is not used on this pair because the out seams are finished with the lap seams like overalls even though the fabric itself has the selvedge. (if you see the jacket, it proves that the fabric itself has the selvedge).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYou might find it a bit boring but as you wear it's going to show the strong puckering fade so you can enjoy the fade there in a different way!\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLooking at the rivets on these jeans, they are attached from the inside. (Usually we attach any rivets on any jeans from the outer side because it's much easier) Maybe this was also a part of differentiating Wrangler from the pioneers' riveting  such as Levis' concealed rivets or Lee's thread rivets but it is indeed more difficult to do from the inner side so that I've found many Wrangler vintage jeans with the rivets attached in the wrong place as I studied more for this reproduction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBy the way, I've had many complaints from our crews too reg this rivets saying it's harder than it looks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eI have studied old ads too and have found out an unique sewing detail that can't be seen on any Levi or Lee.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePlease look at the picture  No: 5, you see the lap seam on the back yoke and the back body there.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFor most of the jeans,  the back body sits on the yoke but on this Wrangler jeans, it's the opposite: the back yoke sits on the back body.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePlease check the lap seam there on all the jeans you have.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eI think most of the jeans are not sewn in the way it was sewn for Wrangler.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThen, why did Wrangler do this?\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWrangler was the work wear for the real cowboys so each detail has its own reason like the ones of military wear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe little gap made by the lap seams work as drop-proof when riding a horse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDue to the difference of the construction, it makes the look a bit more sharp than Levis or Lee? but this might be subjective though.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe ads also put an importance on the more useful coin pocket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe placement of the coin pocket is higher and the opening is much wider for the Wrangler coin pockets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe aim was of course for cowboys.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWrangler did this detail thinking about the usability when riding a horse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLooking at the finish on the crotch or on the fly,  the overlock stitch is common for jeans but all the finish on Wrangler jeans is very neatly done, not showing a single overlock stitch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIt doesn't make a difference for the durability I guess but people must have had a good impression on this since it looks so neat inside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWrangler was a later comer to the scene so this might have been another differentiation point for Wrangler.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSize Chart\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe size chart is in the picture section.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWe have taken the measurements from the actual jackets after the factory wash.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSurpriseThis is the first denim product to be released in our 10th anniversary year so we wanted to do something surprising for our customers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUnfortunately, John's not with us anymore so we can't hear his words about jeans or Wrangler but there's a perfect person to speak about the Beatles \u0026amp; Fashion\/ John Lennon \u0026amp; Wrangler.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIf you are a Beatles fan, you of course have heard of his name but we have done an interview with Mr.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTony Bramwell.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFor those who don't know him, Tony Bramwell grew up in Liverpool with Beatles George, Paul and John.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHe was always a key Beatles insider, working first for manager Brian Epstein at their management company NEMS and then for The Beatles at Apple where, amongst other projects, he organized the Magical Mystery tour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHe is also, like so many of that generation, a key denim fan, who’d source American denim from wherever he could.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHe was the perfect person to speak about his friend John’s iconic Wrangler jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e”If you want to know anything about The Beatles, ask Tony Bramwell.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHe remembers more than we do.\" Paul McCartneyAs for this interview, we plan to post it on our blog on 24th April.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTCB is just a small denim brand of 10 people in the very rural town, Kojima, so even we have never expected that something like this would happen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWe are very grateful for the connections and the relationship which making jeans have brought to us!!\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSpecial Thanks\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMr.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eChristian Erickson, the master of meow-related puns!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"TCB Jeans","offers":[{"title":"28","offer_id":52907912200471,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"29","offer_id":52907912233239,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30","offer_id":52907912266007,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"31","offer_id":52907912298775,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"32","offer_id":52907912331543,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"33","offer_id":52907912364311,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"34","offer_id":52907912397079,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36","offer_id":52907912429847,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"38","offer_id":52907912462615,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40","offer_id":52907912495383,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/5994\/1143\/files\/L1009818_6d8460e2-0c28-4f04-a052-283b7e6fa141.jpg?v=1777147875","url":"https:\/\/therightgarment.com\/products\/tcb-jeans-working-cat-hero-jeans","provider":"The Right Garment","version":"1.0","type":"link"}