The SOGA fabric is highly textured 15oz denim made of Texas cotton and botanically dyed with a combination of saffron and turmeric. The yellow-ish colour gives this fabric its name. Soga-iro is a slightly muted yellow colour as to be found in the blossom of the chrysanthemum flower.

This colour was named after Emperor Ninmyo, who greatly liked yellow chrysanthemums during the Jowa period (834-848). Soga is a corruption of the word Jowa and is sometimes read as “Jowa-iro“.

As mentioned above, Emperor Ninmyo loved yellow chrysanthemums and planted them everywhere in the palace, and is said to have worn them as part of his wardrobe.

The botanical dye makes for a stiff fabric at first but with some wear, it will become smooth like all our fabrics.

This is a very limited run - we only got one item per size