Selvedge Regular Fit Jeans (men's)
About Uniqlo’s jeans: Mass-market basics with one surprise: a Kaihara Mills selvedge line that's roughly a quarter the price of comparable selvedge anywhere else.
Price check
Our take
This is the jean denim forums point newcomers to: real Japanese selvedge from Kaihara — the same mill that supplies several labels charging three to four times more — at a price that competes with mass-market stretch jeans. Because it's sanforized and sold pre-shrunk, owners get a wearable fit straight away without the soak-and-shrink ritual that scares people off raw denim. The trade-off reviewers flag is that the fades, while real, are tamer than fully raw selvedge, and the silhouette is deliberately conservative. Hardware is the weak point most often mentioned — the button and rivets feel lighter than the fabric deserves.
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The details
- Material
- 13.5oz selvedge denim woven by Kaihara Mills, Japan. Sanforized (pre-shrunk).
- Fit
- Regular straight, mid-rise. True to size; sits between slim and relaxed. As rigid cotton it gives almost no stretch with wear, so buy the waist you actually want.
- Quality
- Honest where it counts and economical where it doesn't — flat-felled seams and solid stitching, but lighter-gauge hardware that some owners eventually replace.
- Best for
- Anyone curious about selvedge who doesn't want to spend $200 to find out whether it's for them.
- Care
- Wash inside-out cold and infrequently; hang dry. Wearers chasing sharper fades go months between washes.
Why this vs. competitors
How Uniqlo jeans hold up overall
Reviewers consistently call the jeans line an outlier for the price: the selvedge and premium pairs use Japanese Kaihara denim, and one editorial review judged the quality higher than similarly priced mall-brand offerings and comparable to denim costing roughly three times as much. Long-term owner reports back this up — a documented 22-month wear of the stretch selvedge produced heavy, even fading with no failures reported, and on-site customer reviews say things like there being no better pair at the price. The main gripes are that fabric details are poorly described on the product pages and that the unsanforized selvedge shrinks and fades with washing.
- Strengths
- Japanese Kaihara denim and solid construction at a fraction of boutique selvedge prices; holds up to years of wear
- Watch out for
- Fabric specs are poorly described online, and the unsanforized selvedge will shrink and fade — factor that into care and sizing
- Sizing
- The regular fit actually wears slim with a slight taper; the slimmer fits run very tight and need sizing up
About Uniqlo's jeans line as a whole. Sources: In Review: UNIQLO Denim - Dappered · Uniqlo Stretch Selvedge (22 Months, 2 Washes, 11 Soaks) - Fade of the Day - Heddels · Reviews for Selvedge Straight Jeans | UNIQLO US
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