Thai-German · 1999
About Jack Russel
Denim is a slow business.
Jack Russel has been cutting denim since 1999, out of a Thai-German house that grew to 40 doors across Thailand. The workshop still grades patterns by hand, which is slower than the alternative and is the reason a pair holds its shape after the first year.
The range is built in three tiers rather than seasons. What separates them is construction, not decoration: the cloth gets heavier, the finishing gets more work, and the indigo gets rawer as you go up.
This storefront serves Suriname. Everything on it is the same denim that leaves the same benches.
- Klassik
- The entry to the range and the pair most people wear most. Comfortable from the first day, sized to fit a broad range of bodies, and priced to be worn hard rather than saved for good.
- Handwerk
- Heavier cloth and more work in the making. Handwerk is where the construction detail steps up: the stitching, the finishing and the fabric weight are all a grade above Klassik.
- Meisterwerk
- The top of the range. Raw indigo that fades to the way you wear it, made in small numbers for people who want a pair that ends up unlike anyone else's.