Full Count 2107XXW 15.5oz Selvedge Denim Type 1 Jacket Indigo

About this product

The Type I is the original denim jacket, with origins dating back to the early 1900s, when it was originally designed and produced as workwear for the American labourer - ranchers, miners, and blue collar workers of all sorts adopted the workwear 'blouse,' as they were known up until the late 1930s, when the Type 1 was showcased in a ranchwear catalogue as a jacket. Officially introduced in 1905 by Levi's, the Type 1 was a more finished, structured version of the pleated workwear blouses that came before it, featuring a boxy shape and a pleated front with a single chest pocket and a rear buckle-back size adjuster.

This 15.5oz Japanese selvedge denim is Full Count's heavier weight alternative to their original 13.7oz selvedge, woven from thick, textured #6x#6 Zimbabwe cotton yarns, which gives this fabric a bit more weight, texture, and roughness relative to Full Count's original selvedge denim. Zimbabwe cotton is quite popular amongst Japanese denim makers due to the traditional qualities inherited by a jean made from its yarns, ageing and feeling like a true pair of vintage denim would. Woven at a low tension on vintage shuttle looms for a classic texture, this mid-heavy weight fabric holds up excellently while ageing incredibly, offering some beautiful vintage blues and texture as the jeans are washed and worn. The heavier nature of this denim serves well on chillier days, while remaining a very wearable year-round weight and with a satisfying break-in.

100% cotton fabric & thread

2107 Type I Denim Jacket

Classic Type I denim jacket silhouette

15.5oz Full Count original selvedge denim fabric

Action pleats at the front

Single flap pocket on the chest and a buckle back size adjuster

Copper riveted at stress points for durability

Hand picked Zimbabwean cotton

Made in Okayama, Japan

Size up from your usual size