The strongly-tapered 019 fit from Pure Blue Japan now comes in a 14oz “smokey blue” denim, whose warp threads are dyed with a mixture of indigo and sulphur dye. This subdued, slightly lighter shade of blue evokes some of the lighter-hued denim that was popular in the 1970s, though it comes with an uneven texture and slightly rough hand that is unmistakably PBJ.