Sugar Cane ‘Denim Collectibles ‘SC19007’ 1946 Denim Jacket Indigo
‘Denim Collectibles’ is a new offering from renowned Japanese Denim experts Sugar Cane & Co. For this limited project Sugar Cane have collaborated with Shigeki Wakita, one of the original collectors of vintage American made denim in Japan and a leading expert in the field. Under his careful watch and guidance, Sugar Cane has developed new fabrics, specific patterns as well as parts to truly capture the essence of original, hard-to-find deadstock vintage Levi’s from Wakita’s personal archive.Â
The S149007 Jacket is a true reproduction of an original Levi’s made in 1946. The 1946 Jacket features many details that were present during war-time manufacturing (a period that saw strict US Governmental material control), but as restrictions started to lift there are details present on this 1946 model that show the shift in manufacturing.Â
Small details showcase war-time manufacturing, as well as original branded buttons (not laurel wreath or donut) and exposed copper rivets on the pocket & cuffs, while the model number does not have the ‘S’ at the start. The SC19007 also still has the four button front that was adopted in 1943.Â
The denim is similar to war-time fabric and captures the colour hue of oxidised indigo and the characteristics of the warp and weft yarn match that of late-war manufacturing. The fabric is from the Nihon Menpu mill in Japan and specifically woven for Sugar Cane under Wakita’s guidance & to his liking (he basically wanted Sugar Cane to reproduce his original jeans & jackets as his vintage pairs are rare and too precious to wear!) They even made a new loom to weave this 1946 fabric to create the imperfections & roughness in the fabric, making the output extremely slow and limited.
A selvedge placket and rear cinch back using a silver chrome buckle is present while the stitching throughout is ‘perfectly imperfect’ to re-create that era of production. The 1946 Denim Jacket is one wash. The original vintage versions of these jackets were made with a solid back in size 44, but the reproduction of the fabric wasn’t wide enough to make a 44, so they started at 46 with the T-back style (just like the vintage size 46 and up). So size 38-42 have a solid back while 46-50 have a T-back. There is no size 44 option.Â
- 100% cotton
- 13.75 ozÂ
- Sugar Cane’s new “Denim Collectibles’ 1946 jacket
- Specially woven by Nihon Menpu to create likeness to original deadstock pair from 1946
- Branded buttons used throughout
- Copper rivets
- No S before lot number (showing post-war production)
- One wash
- Boxy fit
- Rear cinch back
- Deerskin leather patch
- SC19007 1946
- Single chest pocket
- Four button front
- Selvedge placket
- Perfectly imperfect stitching throughout
- Made in Japan
