+ Levi's ripstop-trimmed mid-rise straight-leg jeans
Classic blue Levi’s, rerouted through cargo logic and Junya’s love of functional oddity.
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Story & heritage
Vogue reports that Watanabe’s Comme des Garçons MAN line debuted with a collaboration with Levi’s Japan in 2001, a relationship that became one of the clearest expressions of his method: take an authentic original and push it somewhere unexpected without erasing what made it desirable in the first place. This current pair keeps that tradition alive rather than treating it as archive cosplay.
NET-A-PORTER’s editors’ note says the jeans rework classic denim through a utilitarian lens, using a mid-rise straight-leg silhouette with ripstop trims for texture and functional edge. That sentence could practically serve as a compact definition of Junya’s menswear and denim work more broadly.
Materials & craft
NET-A-PORTER lists the jeans as 100% cotton, made in Japan, with zip-and-button closure, belt loops, five pockets, and cargo pockets. The blue denim body is interrupted by green ripstop side panels and pocketing, so the garment toggles between familiar Levi’s language and field-gear pragmatism.
The straight leg is important: it preserves the sense of an original jean even while the trims and extra pockets push the piece outward. Without that classic base, the utility treatment would not hit as cleanly.
How to choose & style
Let the jeans carry the look. A rib tank, white shirt, or boxy knit is enough; anything too layered muddies the side-panel story. Footwear should stay grounded — loafers, derbies, or a pared-back sneaker all work better than something futuristic.
Because the side trim widens the visual line, they look best with clean hems and compact tops. Think utility without costume: the charm is in how wearable the strangeness feels.
