On the surface, Momotaro‘s Tight Tapered Jeans are a great slim cut that allows you to flex your denim muscle while maintaining a modern look. And for many jeans, stopping here would be more than satisfactory. Featuring details like heavy-duty bar tacks, engraved black iron buttons, and a vegetable-tanned natural cowhide leather patch, you are covered in both the durability and style departments. Not to mention that iconic pink selvedge ID which calls back to the golden age of Levi’s.

Made from 14.5 oz denim, you can expect these jeans to hold up to anything you throw at them while the more form-fitting shape all but guarantees some fun fades. However, all that I’ve mentioned is just surface-level stuff. We haven’t even gone over what makes these jeans truly exceptional. With a warp made from Zimbabwe cotton rope-dyed indigo yarn woven on old-style shuttle looms serving as a foundation, it’s the weft made from silk yarn that we are losing it over. Resulting in a smooth skin feel and comfort level simply unmatched by any other jeans on the market, silkworm fades here we come!

Available for $541 from Redcast Heritage.