Evisu Paris No.1461 Jeans with Red Big Gull Paint and Cargo Pockets, Indigo, W34

A pair from Evisu's Paris line, with the bull-and-crest leather patch, a broad red gull painted across the seat and down the legs, and cream gulls on the cargo pockets.

The Piece

Evisu was founded in Osaka in 1991 by Hidehiko Yamane, a tailor and obsessive collector of pre-war American denim, who set out to rebuild the jeans of the 1930s and 1940s on old shuttle looms. Its signature became the seagull, or kamome, hand-painted across the back pockets, and the brush-drawn figure of Ebisu, the god of fishermen and good fortune, who gives the house its name. In the early 2000s the house opened in Paris, on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and issued a line under the Evisu Paris name with its own charging-bull leather patch.

This No.1461 shows the Paris line at its most graphic. A single broad gull, painted in brick red, spans both back pockets and runs down to the backs of the knees, and cream gulls are painted on the patch cargo pockets set on the outer thighs. A red woven tab sits at the yoke.

The leather patch reads Evisu Paris France, Faubourg Saint-Honoré, No. 1461, Taille 34 x 34; the hem has since been shortened to an inseam of about 78 cm. Details include a five-button fly with shank buttons, copper rivets and yellow stitching.

A comfortable straight leg in mid indigo with gentle fading, more relaxed than the Japanese lots and easy to wear every day.

Details

• Designer: Evisu (Evisu Paris)
• Season: Attributed to the early to mid-2000s
• Model / ref: Evisu Paris No.1461, red big gull paint
• Material: 100% cotton denim
• Colour: Indigo with red and cream paint
• Made in: Not legible on label; attributed to Japan
• Tagged size: 34 x 34 (hemmed)
• Measurements: Waist (flat) 43 cm · Hip (flat) 54 cm · Rise 33 cm · Inseam 78 cm
• Included: Jeans only

Condition

• Pre-owned in good condition, graded AB.
• Hems shortened from the original length.
• Leather patch worn and roughened at the edges; text legible.
• Paint is complete with light softening; mild fading overall.

Condition grade AB on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.

Authenticity & Care

The labels, materials, stitching, hardware and construction are examined together and documented in Japan before dispatch; anything that cannot be confirmed is stated plainly in the description. Every piece carries the Japonista authenticity guarantee. Wash inside out in cold water and dry flat to protect the paint and patch.

Delivery from Japan

Packed by hand in Japan and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything before you buy, and see our published policy.

Every figure above is taken by hand with the pair laid flat, in centimetres. Measure jeans or trousers that already fit you the same way and allow a centimetre or two of margin, the quiet safeguard on a final sale. Our jeans and trousers size guide reads waist and inseam in inches and centimetres, and for anything it leaves open the curator team replies within one Tokyo business day.

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