Up for sale here is a pair of pants from the Burgus Plus label, the house label of the Hinoya shop out of Ueno, Tokyo. Hinoya is well known as being one of the go-to places for denim in Tokyo. They stock many of the heavy hitters, and Burgus Plus themselves have collaborated with some of the big names like Warehouse and Oni among others. The Burgus Plus line, as you might expect, skews pretty strongly to the denim and workwear side of things, although they do produce a full range of clothing as well. Their pieces are pretty substantial and very well-made, easily rivaling the big names out there. Burgus is still largely under the radar, but puts out some top quality stuff.
So here we have the Burgus Plus version of the classic chinos. They call this model the “button fly modern jazz nep herringbone trousers”. Retail is about $150, not especially cheap but a bit better than what some of the big boys charge. As the name implies though, this is definitely a high quality pair of pants, easily rivaling any of the heavy hitters out there. I’ve handled chinos from most of the Japanese workwear brands, and the quality here matches any of them. It’s the sort of piece that will age very well, perfect if you want to mix things up with the denim. Fabric is listed as a 70% cotton, 17% acrylic, 13% polyester blend. Material is a sort of tweed herringbone, although not done in a heavy wool in this case. Still, this is a substantial fabric. It’s not a super heavy duty wool, but this is a good all-rounder and much easier to wash compared to a wool.
Details here include button fly, black cotton canvas pockets and fly lining, reinforced diagonal side pockets with horizontal rear pockets, interior label, and very high quality construction and stitching throughout. Like the best workwear, these are built tough and made to take a beating.
Size is labeled a 32 and fits a bit loose, better for a 34. I measure the waist at 34” / 86cm, inseam at 32” / 81cm, rise at 12.5” / 32cm and opening at the bottom of the leg at 8.5” / 24cm. The pants come in lightly used, very good shape with no holes, tears, stains or visible signs of wear. Made in Japan.
Shipping from Japan to anywhere will be $30.