kato jeans

[Neil@kato]

Originally Posted by guzzle48

what is the soil special in Zimbabwe or something? why can't growers plant the same long strand cotton plants in some other country where the government doesn't abuse and tyrannise it's citizens?

simple answer is yes they can....but sadly they don't.


many companies say the use Zim cottons, and most do, but the mass of it is from the Zimbabwe Cotton company, a company own by the government and selling ALL cotton from Zimbabwe, mixed together the many different strains and not paying the full price back to the growers, this is simply wrong, but you can still call it Zim Cotton, even though it'll be a mix of long and short chain and not all organic.

the good thing about the 'soil' or should I say it location is the high above sea level, the chill winds and the clear skies. the raw cotton is strong and clean. if you buy direct you can be sure you money goes where it should. this is sadly not the case right now.


we will stop using Zim cotton after this batch is done and will source else where the same strain or better.


As for a 'government doesn't abuse and tyrannise it's citizens' I ask you all, now many pairs of nike do you own? or adidas or levi or any big brand for that matter, do you drink coke? do you drink at starbucks? all are using 'bad' production systems and damage more people.

there has always been an 'issue' with the regain and they will always will be, I've been I've seen and I'm not happy doing business with it. that said when i worked for much larger companies i saw worse in there factories

so please 'boycott Zimbabwe cotton' but keep up the pressure on all of this. As producers it's our job to listen to our hearts and our customers.

[honcho]

what region offers a good alternative?

[Neil@kato]

there are many, sadly most are not in 'happy' places.....

[dumb5]

what about hawaii where sugar cane gets its organic cotton and we all know sugar cane is the original japanese organic brand.

[BASS]

Cant Believe Theres Nowhere In The States??

[Neil@kato]

Originally Posted by dumb5

what about Hawaii where sugar cane gets its organic cotton and we all know sugar cane is the original Japanese organic brand.

Originally Posted by BASS

Cant Believe There's Nowhere In The States??

the US does have PIMA cotton which is good but due to the high level of farming the soil is not organic.

and Sorry to do this, but Sugarcane is not the 'original' organic brand skull did it way before sugarcane, even Evis did it before them but then it was not sure a 'thing' to be organic, there is a long history of organic cottons and processes in Japan, most of the older generation have always worked with natural fabric and processes, most of the more traditional seafood restaurants have a blue flag or door curtain made of 'natural' indigo and cotton to show their business, if you lucky enough to travel to the north or south of Japan you see people feeling the cloth to see the quality of the store....

Natural fabric and the ideals of Japanese life are closely knitted together...

Sugercane, Evis, Skull, Kato'...etc we've all looked to the history to produce good cloths and garments

[dumb5]

i thought sugar cane made the first organic jeans using organic 'sugar cane' interweaved with cotton?

[UK2004]

Peru is the fastest growing producer of Organic cotton, thank god a South American country experiencing rapid economic growth and snuffing out corruption, excellent for the disadvantaged people who live there, many brands are starting to change production to Peru and use their cotton, very high quality indeed.

P.S. Neil what weight is Kato denim as the jeans look ok but I don't like the rear pockets they look a bit strange and the dneim looks lightweight.

[Pringle]

Originally Posted by UK2004

Peru is the fastest growing producer of Organic cotton, thank god a South American country experiencing rapid economic growth and snuffing out corruption, excellent for the disadvantaged people who live there, many brands are starting to change production to Peru and use their cotton, very high quality indeed.

Tis always a good thing. Don't Paul Shark and Boss make alot of stuff down there now? I know Lacoste do.

[merle]

Have any of you tried texas cotton jeans? I have a pair of texas cotton samurais. They use shorrt length cotton to give unpredicted 'atari' fading. The outcome is great.