Prps is a New York

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

-based luxury fresh denim

Denim

Denim is a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. This produces the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric, which distinguishes denim from cotton duck. Denim has been in American usage since the late 18th century...

 brand which was established in 2002, and was founded by former Nike

Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

 designer, Donwan Harrell

Donwan Harrell

Donwan Harrell is founder and creative director of the New York-based luxury denim line Prps. He is also one of the former top 10 designers at Nike. Harrell is the founder and Creative director of the urban clothing line Akademiks. -References:...

. The brand motto is "Bruised, never broken".

Prps jeans are manufactured in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The denim used for the manufacture of the jeans, is organically grown in Africa. The Japanese manufacturer of the jeans uses looms from the 1960s similar to the type that were used to produce denim for Levi's.

The leather jackets that are produced for PRPS in Italy.

Harrell says that the manufacturing process was inspired by denim worn by workers before it became popular as an everyday fashion . The designer launched a women's range in the US in September 2008 and will be launching in Europe and Asia in January 2009.

Some of the distinguishing features of Prps jeans include a folded back pocket, the purple tab on the back pocket, different colored buttons on the fly, and purple line selvage.

External links

• Jeans Engineering Rob Walker, NY Times Magazine, About PRPS, mentions True Religion, G-Star and 7 for All Mankind
• Official PRPS Website