Design of Samurai Mode Pants II with Hakama motif
How the Pants evolved into the Pants II and the differences.

This is Tak, the designer.
Thank you for always loving KUDEN clothes with Kimono-philosophy and for supporting my dream of “employment for the handicapped” where I will work with my son in the future.

Samurai Mode PantsII is a Hakama-inspired design that adapts the Hakama to the modern lifestyle. The fabric was also carefully selected at the design stage to create a supple and comfortable 2-way pant.
In fact, as the name suggests, these pants are the second generation.

KUDEN's clothes are different from other brands in that we release clothes when we have a design that can be loved for 10 years, beyond fashion trends.
Another feature of KUDEN is that we upgrade our designs from the initial design to better designs based on customer feedback and actual products.
The Samurai Mode Shirt and the Samurai Mode Pants introduced here have been upgraded so far.

How Pants evolved into PantsII and the differences

The biggest design difference between the original Samurai Mode Pants and PantsII is the waist adjustment feature.
We came up with this mechanism based on two customer feedbacks.
One was from a customer with martial arts experience who purchased the first Samurai Mode Pants and asked us if we could make pants that could be worn on the waist like the original martial arts hakama.
This would make them more similar to Japanese hakama and easier to wear and move around in.
The first Samurai Mode Pants were worn like normal pants.

The other comment was that they wanted to wear pants but could not because the buttocks were caught, even though the leg and waist sizes fit them perfectly.
We were at a loss to find a design solution to both of these problems.
We came up with the idea of having a large slit on each side of the hakama, like a traditional hakama, so that when you put it on, it opens wide to wrap around your hips and cinch in at the waist.
The slit is then opened to the waist, and three buttons are used to adjust the size of the waist at various levels to allow the wearer to wear it at the waist and hips, which are different widths.

After several months of sample sewing and trial and error, the new PantsII was born.
The three-button waist adjuster allows for two different ways of wearing Hakama: at the waist, which is the original way of wearing Hakama, or at the waist.
Furthermore, a feature that has been inherited from the first generation, tying the hem with a string changes the silhouette from Hakama Style to Ninja Style, which looks like a field hakama or sarouel pants.
Thanks to this mechanism, the silhouette and the way of wearing can be changed according to the mood and the styling of the wearer, and the pants can be worn for a long time without getting bored.

KUDEN's clothes are made with the highest sewing techniques in Japan, and we want to pay fair wages, not beat down prices, so the prices are inevitably higher.
Therefore, we put our heart and soul into designing our clothes so that you can enjoy wearing them for a long time without getting tired of the designs and fabrics.

You can play with 4 different silhouettes with one pair of pants.
・Hakama Style worn at the waist
・Hakama Style worn at the belly button
・Ninja Style worn at the waist
・Ninja Style worn at the belly button

Other Features

Hakama-inspired Koshiita Parts
****We have incorporated parts of the waist plate of a hakama as an accent. It is made of soft material so that it does not hurt even if it is directly against your waist.

Pockets
****Pockets are not originally included in Hakama, but we have added pockets on the left and right sides to accommodate modern lifestyles.

KUDEN's Kimono clothes are designed not only to be worn in Kimono Style, but also to be worn with your everyday clothes.
Only KUDEN allows you to enjoy both traditional and innovative kimono styles.
Please create your own unique style.
We would be glad if you could tell us how you wear it.

Designer Tak