There are products that fall to the wayside as temporary fashion trends, and then there are products with longevity that acquire more charm and character over time. What is the difference between two products? The answer to this question can be found by looking inside of a product.
Items that are imbued with love throughout the design process, made with natural materials and dyeing techniques, and designed not from the pattern nor from the fabric, but all the way down from the yarn. The hard work put into our products during the development stage will see them age beautifully over time.
Bark cloth was widely used in America from the 1930's to the 1960's, primarily as a fabric for interior furnishings and Hawaiian shirts. The name 'bark cloth' is said to have come from the bark-like texture of the fabric, which has an uneven weave pattern and fibers that stand up and do not cling to the skim. Bark cloth is traditionally considered a summer fabric so we thought it would be interesting to use the fabric as one of the symbolic materials in our fall and winter season. The natural color is achieved by using a traditional mud dye technique from Amami-Oshima, an island off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.
Mud dyeing entails using the tannin from the sharinbai tree and mixing it with mud found in Amami-Oshima; the tree tannin and iron from the mud create a chemical reaction that turns the dye into a dark brown color upon oxidization. Although the demand for mud-dyed kimonos has decreased and many artisans have lost work, we have used this technique for a long time and have made many mud-dyed products as a result. The classic cowboy print was screen-printed to the bark cloth using over ten different patters. The inspiration and production of this custom fabric spans the entire globe, and the end result is truly unique.
We developed an original melange fabric made from rope-dyed wool, silk, cotton, and polyester. The idea behind this blend was to create a dry, rough fabric that stands in contrast to typical silky high-end materials.
The irregularity from the difference in dyes gives the fabric tremendous visual depth. Many of the items in our collection that are made from melange wool also use a variety of randomly arranged custom buttons, further adding to the unique, vintage-like nature of each product.
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