Jean Shop in New York with one location in Soho and one in the meatpacking district, is a private label jean maker that uses japanese raw selvedge denim, their jeans are great as well as their denim shirts, they will soften the jeans free of charge if you request. The reason is the jeans come very hard as they are raw but are meant for you to break in. Jeans are 260 US Dollars and go up if you want custom finishes. Shirts 180 and they have great leather jackets and small leather goods. Customer service is top notch also, and no I do not work for them by the way website is jean-shop.com