Up for sale here is a pair of pants from the Sunny Sports label. Sunny Sports is another one of those Japanese labels strongly influenced by vintage Americana and work wear. They run a pretty wide gamut of clothing, where they do their own iterations of military, work and sportswear, but like many they filter classic design through their own aesthetic. Quality and detailing is pretty respectful of the originals, while the silhouettes are often slimmed down for a more modern look.
In this case we have Sunny Sports’ take on the classic denim jeans. It is a pretty straight cut, just a hair slim in my opinion. Fabric is 100% cotton in a standard year-round weight, my guess would be about 10 to 12 oz. The twist here comes in the dyeing, where the pants have been overdyed in gray. The tag lists this as an indigo dye, where indigo often comes in a number of shades beyond the classic blue. The dying gives the denim a pleasantly uneven shade of gray throughout, and with wear and time the denim should nicely fade and develop. Details include a zip fly, very cool and nicely detailed custom waistband button, contrasting green thread on the interior and asymmetrical rear belt loops.
Sunny Sports has extremely limited international distribution at the moment, where they are currently stocked by only three shops outside of Japan (two in California and one in New York as far as I can tell). It’s a bit surprising in that they are actually one of the bigger “American casual” labels in Japan at the moment. Either way, you can be sure that these pants were produced in very limited quantities and were pretty much impossible to find outside of Japan.
Size is unlabeled as far as I can tell, but these should work well for a 32 or 33 inch waist. I measure the waist at 32”, inseam at 32” (unaltered), rise at 10” and leg opening at 7.5”. 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.