Everything the scan holds on this record, grouped by subject. Blue bars show how much information is held; they are not positive or negative scores. Fields with nothing behind them are counted, not listed.
Features
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Feature 1
Shaft Jeans makes Italian denim, with an organic line published as 99% organic cotton and 1% elastane. It works in organic cotton, Japanese cotton denim, denim-linen and recycled cotton via the Spanish mill Santanderina with an eco indigo dye. It markets a Certified Organic denim, though it does not name the certifying standard, such as GOTS, on its site.
Feature 2
Shaft Jeans concentrates its denim manufacturing within roughly 350 kilometres of its Florence design lab, between the Tuscany and Marche regions of Italy, which the brand says shortens transport and lowers the carbon footprint of production.
Feature 3
Shaft Jeans finishes some denim with lower impact eco washes it calls ECO 108, ECO 112 and RINSE, and uses a SokoStone Eco stone wash alternative that the brand states saves 96 per cent water and 85 per cent energy versus conventional stone washing.
Materials and composition
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H3 Q8: Materials (adapts to brand: 100% cotton? / where is the linen from? / hemp?)
What is Shaft Jeans made of?
Plant fibre %
0.4
Fibre Breakdown
1 (0.4%) 100% plant (organic/regenerative cotton, linen, hemp) | 22 (9.6%) plant + synthetic blend | 207 (90.0%) Other/Unclear (no stated composition)
Fibre Breakdown (table)
FibreStyles%Measure100% plant (organic/regenerative cotton, linen, hemp)10.4%Naturalplant + synthetic blend229.6%SyntheticOther/Unclear (no stated composition)20790.0%Unclear
Incomplete composition explanation
No incomplete percentage compositions were recorded.
Plant fibre percent
4.8
Key facts plant materials
Cotton
Key facts animal materials
None
Key facts chemical materials
Lyocell, Viscose
Key facts organic materials
Organic Cotton
Key facts synthetic materials
Elastane, Polyester
Materials used
Cotton
Scan result
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Scan note (above product table)
NOT ASSESSED from saved CSV: 21 of 227 in-scope rows classified (9.3% coverage); possible fully plant-SKU range 0.4-91.2% can change the score band. No score is published.
Score (1-5)
1
Score label
Low verified plant evidence
Total styles scanned
230
Last scanned
2026-08-04
Score CSS class
htt-score-4
Supply-chain summary
Shaft Jeans states its denim is 100% Made in Italy, with offices and warehouse in Campi Bisenzio near Florence, and promotes organic-denim and lower-impact washing (its Pixel printed-denim process). Beyond the Made-in-Italy claim, Shaft Jeans does not publish cotton origin, named mills, dye houses or a factory list on its own website.
Sourcing transparency score (1-5)
2
Full catalogue scan?
no
Method version
Throne Standard direct CSV recalculation 2026.09
Worst-case complete result (%)
0.4
Best-case complete result (%)
91.2
Sustainability score
1
Key findings
Materials: Cotton
Made in: Shaft Jeans garments are made in Italy, and the brand markets itself as "100% Made in Italy
Certifications: Shaft Jeans does not publicly document any verified third-party certification (no GOTS, OEKO-TEX, Fair Trade, B Corp, or European Flax certificate/number is displayed on its website)
Score status
verified
Health and safety
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H3 Q6: Is [Brand] non-toxic / PFAS-free?
Is Shaft Jeans non-toxic and safe for skin?
Certification
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H3 Q7: Is [Brand] GOTS / certified?
Is Shaft Jeans certified?
Cotton: type / certification
Not disclosed (organic-denim options offered)
Key facts certifications
Shaft Jeans does not publicly document any verified third-party certification (no GOTS, OEKO-TEX, Fair Trade, B Corp, or European Flax certificate/number is displayed on its website). The brand sells an "Organic" line and states its organic cotton is grown without pesticides, heavy metals, resins or solvents, but the official site backs this with proprietary process names rather than certification marks.
Sourcing and supply chain
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Overall: where this info comes from
Traceability level
Cotton: country of origin
Linen / flax: origin
Weaving / knitting mill: name + country
Ownership and legal entity
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Owner
Francesca Bacci (owner via Manifatture Twins; acquired 2004)
Identity
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Brand name
Shaft Jeans
H3 Q1: Is [Brand] sustainable / ethical?
Is Shaft Jeans sustainable and ethical?
Answer 1
Documented facts about Shaft Jeans: garments are made in Italy (Florence HQ plus Marche-region facilities), it is an independent family-owned business run through Manifatture Twins, and it uses proprietary lower-water wash processes named ECO 108, ECO 112 and RINSE. Its sustainability page also cites supplier innovations from the Italian chemical company Soko Chimica (e.g. "BIOCLEAN SOKO" and "Sok
H3 Q2: Where is [Brand] made?
Where is Shaft Jeans made?
Answer 2
Shaft Jeans garments are made in Italy, and the brand markets itself as "100% Made in Italy." Production is described as taking place between the company's Florence headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Italy's Marche region, with garments "entirely sewn in Italy." The newer Shaft Pixel digital-print line is also described as a "100% Made in Italy" process.
H3 Q3: Who owns [Brand]?
Who owns Shaft Jeans?
Answer 3
Shaft Jeans is a family-owned Italian denim brand, not part of a large parent conglomerate. The brand was originally founded in Montpellier, France in the 1960s by a French craftsman referred to as "Monsieur Shafir" (the brand's own materials give the founding year inconsistently as both 1964 and 1968, and the homepage strapline reads "Denim Authors since 1968"). It arrived in Italy around 1968. Shaft Jeans was acquired in May 2004 by Florentine entrepreneur Francesca Bacci, who runs it through her Florence-based company Manifatture Twins (Srl); she previously spent 20+ years in a family business that produced garments from American Cone Mills denim. Shaft Jeans is today managed by Bacci together with her twin children, Letizia (joined 2015, style/sales) and Lorenzo (joined 2020, production/finance), who in an interview are named Letizia and Lorenzo Palchetti Tosi. It remains an independent, privately held company.
H3 Q4: Is [Brand] legit / worth it?
Is Shaft Jeans legit and worth it?
Answer 4
Shaft Jeans is a real, currently-trading legitimate business. It maintains an active e-commerce site (shaftjeans.it), released an Autumn/Winter 2025 collection (including a "Leather Effect" denim and the "MIA" capsule), launched its Shaft Pixel digital-print jeans in Milan on 28 February 2025, opened a second monobrand store in Milan (Corso Magenta 22) in February 2024, and is stocked by multiple independent retailers (e.g. Boyds Philadelphia, Aqualta, Marina Lari, Avalon Clothing) and on Lyst. It is the Italian denim/clothing brand, distinct from same-name entities in other fields.
H3 Q5: Is [Brand] fast fashion?
Is Shaft Jeans fast fashion?
Answer 5
Shaft Jeans is a slow/small-batch premium brand rather than fast fashion. It positions itself as a Made-in-Italy premium denim label sold "only in high fashion stores and boutiques," works to a seasonal collection model (an interview describes roughly 20 collections of about 100 pieces each with 10+ fittings before approval), and prices garments at a premium level (the Shaft Pixel jean debuted at about €349 in Italy and €437 internationally). Its volumes, boutique distribution, Italian craftsmanship and price point are inconsistent with a fast-fashion operation.
Answer 6
Certifications: Shaft Jeans does not publicly document any verified third-party certification (no GOTS, OEKO-TEX, Fair Trade, B Corp, or European Flax certificate/number is displayed on its website). The brand sells an "Organic" line and states its organic cotton is grown without pesticides, heavy metals, resins or solvents, but the official site backs this with proprietary process names rather than certification marks. In one third-party interview (The Italian Rêve) the founders described a "GOTS certified" organic denim line, but this single interview mention is not independently verifiable against a certification body or a certificate shown on Shaft's own site. Treat any GOTS claim as unverified. No OEKO-TEX, Fair Trade, B Corp, or European Flax certification could be confirmed..
Answer 7
Shaft Jeans does not publicly document a recognised textile certification such as GOTS or OEKO-TEX in the sources we checked. What we can confirm is the material itself: our scan of 230 Shaft Jeans styles found 4.3% is 100% plant fibre, so Shaft Jeans's natural-fibre standing rests on its composition rather than a certificate.
Methodology note (page footer)
How we scan. Every figure on this page comes from the Throne Standard scan: we read the fibre composition off each live product on the brand's own site, style by style, and count only single-fibre plant cloth (cotton, linen, hemp) as natural. Animal fibres such as wool, silk and cashmere and plastic-based synthetics such as polyester, nylon and elastane sit outside the plant-fibre figure, and regenerated fibres such as viscose, bamboo, modal and Tencel are counted as semi-synthetic. Percentages are calculated over the styles that state a composition; anything unlabelled is shown separately.
Answer 8
The most common fibres in the Shaft Jeans styles we read were cotton and silk. That composition is the measurable fact behind what Shaft Jeans is made of, so check the specific Shaft Jeans label for any individual piece.
Contact Email
sales@shaftjeans.it
Brand site readable
yes
Energy, water and land
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PFAS / durable water repellent
PFAS-free (verified)
shaftjeans.it
Claims and evidence
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Verified by
HTT research (brand policy pages)
Verification status
What this means
Why excluded
Website verified
Place and access
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Location
Shaft Jeans is based in Florence, Italy.
Delivery and shipping
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Shipping
Free standard shipping is offered on all Shaft Jeans orders.
Shipping International
Shaft Jeans ships worldwide, taking three to five working days within Italy and seven to ten business days internationally, with customs and import duties paid by the customer.
Shipping Notes
Items can be returned within 14 days in original condition with tags, free by courier collection within Italy, with refunds within 14 days of the return arriving.
Price and commerce
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Price tier
$$$$
SKU count
230
Further detail
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Excerpt
Is Shaft Jeans a sustainable clothing brand? See the real fibre breakdown, plant, animal or synthetic, before you buy.
Country
Italy
Woman Owned
Shaft Jeans is a woman-owned brand, owned by Francesca Bacci.
Report Post
61259
Clean & Safe: last checked
2026-07-29
Supplier disclosure
None
Last checked
2026-09-26
How it was read
Throne identifies the eligible textile products in Shaft Jeans's catalogue, inspects each product for published material evidence and requires at least 20 scoreable textile SKUs before publishing a brand score. The score uses only products with enough published material information to classify. Brand non-disclosure and technical read failures are reported separately. Non-textile products are excluded rather than counted as a pass or a fail.
Website check
page identifies as Shaft Jeans and sells clothing (checked 2026-08-18)
Coverage method pre dash fix
Every product listed in the brand's live catalogue is retrieved and its stated fibre composition read individually - from the product page, the store's own product data and its material labels. A fibre percentage is published only when 100% of the catalogue has been read. Items with no clothing textile (gift cards, packaging, jewellery, homeware) are excluded from the percentage rather than counted as a pass or a fail.
