Edo Damashii is a small Thailand-based designer that sells their creations on Ebay. They are part of a growing number of fashion designers who have chosen to use Ebay as their primary storefront, going for a direct-to-customer business instead of the traditional struggle to get their clothes featured in boutiques. I’ve been watching this growing demographic for a while, ever since I bought a hand-made hat on Ebay two years ago. Since then, I’ve purchased a number of different items of clothing from Ebay designers, and now I’d like to spotlight my favorites.
Edo Damashii’s primary creation are their “Kimono Jeans” which are handmade from distressed denim and Kimono-cloth that has a wide variety of Asian-themed prints. The jeans at the right are the actual pair I purchased from Edo Damashii. The cut of the jeans is very similar to the classic Levis’ 501 jean, and at first I thought they were actually made using vintage pairs of 501’s, but when they arrived, I noticed that the rivets were all marked “Edo Damashii” and were fairly new. Therefore, I think these jeans start life as 501 copies.
The jeans have some pretty cool hand-made distressing. Three lightning-bolt-shaped holes in the front are sealed with black patches behind the holes and then stitched over with white threading. On the left leg, there is a cool silkscreen print of a dragon. Even the leather patch on the pack of the jeans is customized with Edo Damashii’s logo.
Overall, the wash of the denim leaves a bit to be desired, as it’s very regular, and I’ve never been a huge fan of the 501 cut in general as I find it a bit boxy and traditional. In some places there were loose threads, so I’d suggest Edo Damashii step up the quality a little bit. However, these jeans are unique (browse through their Ebay store and you’ll see every pair is unique!) and they only cost $29.00 plus shipping from Thailand which was actually quite reasonable. Shipping time to my NYC address was about three weeks. For the price and unique look, these jeans can’t be beat! They also have some very cool t-shirts, customized motorcycle jackets, and biker-style wallets.
More pics and details after the jump…
Edo Damashii needs to work on a baggy fit, or an american fit if they want to succeed, I love buying jeans and clothing, thats not likely to been seen in your local neighborhood, some of the clothing I own, you can’t find in the US.
I thought the Edo brand would be next on my list, but after buying a beautiful pair on ebay, size 38/33,I was disenchanted when they didn’t fit, in fact they were so tight on the leg that you could have confused them for girls booty jeans, If you are a man and you are stocky, or have any type of muscle or shape to your legs or rear end,then Edo Damashii is definetly not for you, when I contacted the ebay seller in charge of the Edo brand, and explained the problem with the jeans,all they could say was,we might look into making a baggy fit,and they can’t make me a custom order,all of my jeans are the same sizes A.D.-Artful Dodgers, RW,Coogi’s and Red Monkey and Parish fit perfectly 38/33- Edo Damashii needs to step their game up or stop playing.
Fashionably yours-The Artful Dodger
wow i’m surprised that your Edo Damashiis were a tight fit. mine were 33/32 and are pretty baggy overall, similar to Artful Dodger jeans and other streetwear/hiphop cuts. I think Edo Damashii hand-make all their jeans so there’s probably some variation in the sizes. they should have refunded your money at least. I agree they have to step up their game a bit in terms of fit & finish if they want to compete with real streetwear fashions, but for $30 I paid for my pair, I felt like they were a good value for the money.
where can i find these at
I saw these jeans a year or two ago, but they have since disappeared.
Anyone know where I can find them?
The Edo Damashii seller deleted their account of eBay, so I don’t know where to find them now. When I ordered mine, they came in the mail from Asia… you should make your own! i don’t think it would be all that hard.
Anyone interested in selling a used pair?