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NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- New York based fashion brand, HIROMI ASAI, ( ) has been trying to revive the essence ...

Japanese jeans tend to be high-end ... including military clothes and obi sashes for kimonos, as well as the cotton and indigo-dyeing native to the area. That’s why the jeans are for life ...