I came across this link in my “jean” research: http://www.reallynatural.com/archives/fashion/sugar_cane_jeans_yummy.php
Here’s the sales pitch:
“Think Undesigned’s bamboo denim is sweet? Try jeans made from sugar cane. Tokyo-based Toyo Enterprise Company makes Sugar Cane jeans out of Japanese selvage denim spun out of cotton thread and sugar cane fibers. According to The New York Times‘ Elizabeth Hayt, who had a blurb on Sugar Cane jeans in this Sunday’s Style section, the jeans are woven on slow shuttle selvage looms bought from American denim factories in the 1960′s. The jeans come in three styles – Okinawa, Hawaii, and Edo Ai. After 40 years in Japan, they’re now being imported to the U.S. And evidently, they smell as good as they look.”
No mention of price….but who would have thought?
I think that’s amazing.
There are a zillion ways to make a zillion things and this is just another one.
It sounds amazing and it could be a great way to rid of the extra bits of the sugar cane. Obviously, I don’t know much about them so they might be made out of the best parts of the sugarcane… anyways, it sounds fabulous.
I wonder how much they cost..