Product Introspection: Kasezome

Natural indigo dye, featured many times in our previous collections, possesses an uneven, textured appearance. This is brought about by many difficult-to-control elements, like variations in temperature, chemical properties of the dye itself, and irregularities rooted in the idiosyncrasies of human touch.

Thorough use of a technique called Kasezome(skein-dyeing), artisans are using synthetically produced indigo dye and attempting to replicate, or perhaps even improve upon, the unique unevenness found in natural indigo dye.

Kasezome is a technique that has been used for many years in Japan. Yarns are wrapped into a loose coil called a Kase, or skein, and dipped into a container full of dye. This method preserves the original texture of the yarn while still deeply coloring each yarn to its core.

These days, Kasezome has gained popularity as a dyeing method, but the majority of Kasezome is performed by machines that churn out flat, evenly colored yarns.

We are employing a Kasezome hand-dyeing technique, which is extremely time and effort intensive, in order to create richly colored fabrics that can proudly stand side-by-side with fabrics dyed in natural indigo.

Of course, simply hand-dyeing something does not automatically make it good. It is crucial to have a deep knowledge of indigo, and years of accumulated experience.

Synthetic indigo was originally meant to be quick-dyeing and even - typically considered to be desirable traits - but we thought it'd be interesting to use the dye to an opposite effect. If the end goal is not clear, it is impossible to think creatively in this manner. This is an idea that didn't exist before in the world of indigo dyeing.

We have a passion for taking old methods and reinterpreting them in new and innovative ways, and are looking forward to making products together in the future.

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Supreme Paris II

Supreme Paris

Supreme Paris I

On Thursday, March 10th, Supreme will be opening its new shop in Paris. This will be the second Supreme store in Europe, and like its counterparts, will feature the entire collection including skateboards, footwear and all special releases.

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Abbey Road

1. Come Together

2. Something

3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer

4. Oh! Darling

5. Octopus's Garden

6. I Want You

7. Here Comes The Sun

8. Because

9. You Never Give Me Your Money

10. Sun King

11. Mean Mr. Mustard

12. Polythene Pam

13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

14. Golden Slumbers

15. Carry That Weight

16. The End

17. Her Majesty

First issued on 26th September, 1969 Abbey Road was the final Beatles album to be recorded but not their last to be released. 'Let It Be', though mainly recorded in January, 1969 was finally released in May, 1970 alongside the film of the same name.

Following the 'live' nature of the 'Let It Be' recordings, for Abbey Road, The Beatles returned to the North London studios to create carefully crafted recordings with ambitious musical arrangements. Interestingly, 12 of the songs that appeared on the finished album were played during the filmed rehearsals and sessions for 'Let It Be' back in January.

For the first time on a Beatles album, the front cover contained neither the group's name nor the album title just that iconic photograph taken on the zebra crossing near the entrance to the studios in London NW8 in August 1969.

Abbey Road entered the British album chart at no.1 in October and stayed there for a total of seventeen of its 81 weeks in the chart. In the US, it spent eleven weeks at #1 during its initial chart stay of 83 weeks.

The Talks VIII

Alejandro Inarritu: "There is no way you can stop"

In hindsight, would you choose to do a film like The Revenant the same way again?

I don't regret having done it at all. i think everything that I went through was worth it. I am very proud. But I would not do it again. It was extremely difficult. Extremely, extremely demanding. It became an act of survival, honestly. As a filmmaker, I was in moments that were very difficult and challenging.

How do you find hope in those moments?

Sometimes when you lose faith and you understand that something will never be possible the way that you dreamed, but you keep trying, suddenly one thing flips and everything re-accommodates. And suddenly what was not working totally flow. When you are in a very, very, tough moment of a day and a lot of frustration because nothing is happening right - but you don't give up - and suddenly that happens! That's almost a transcendental thing.

The Talks VII

Leonardo Dicaprio: "I am a lot calmer now"

How important is it for you to challenge yourself even further with every film that you do?

That really depends on the role. It's always this grand search in the industry to find good material. Whenever there is good material they all jump on it and it's like a food fight to get it made. That's why so many things take years and years to develop because it all shows up on screen. If there are holes in the story structure, if it's not a compelling, moving narrative, that shows on screen and the movie fails.

You seem to be winning the food fight, considering the material that you get.

It's been director driven. I have to say that whatever decisions I make, I really do think that movie making is a director's medium. They are the people that ultimately shape the film and director can take great material and turn it into garbage if they are not capable of making a good movie. So that is why I have chosen to work with directors that I feel can transport themselves in the audience's mind. The truth is that I always wanted to be an actor; it was always my dream.