Woven with tightly twisted, indigo rope-dyed yarns in a double twill, it yields the sturdiest and most durable shirt fabric ever seen.
Using fine-count yarn, UES employed an old power loom to achieve solid thickness and a high-density weave. Consequently, it functions as a shirt, overshirt, or even a jacket, offering high rigidity that softens with wear and washes.
The shirt boasts superior-quality details and employs a unique, highly skilled sewing process. Main body seams are rolled and triple-chain-stitched, creating a robust garment meant to be cherished. Additionally, a piping process ensures a sturdy rolled hem, while buttons crafted from ivory palm nut exhibit a beautiful gradient tone.
This Japanese masterpiece features a slim cut and undergoes careful indigo rope-dying, resulting in impressive high-contrast fades over time and wear. It tends to run a bit small compared to American sizing. Along with their Japanese sizing, so we usually suggest going one size up from your regular American size. If you usually wear a size M in American brands, you'll find a good fit with this shirt in size 3 (L). However, as always, we recommend consulting our size chart for the perfect fit.
.UES is a small Japanese label founded by Chuji Matsumoto in 1994. UES comes from the English word ""Waste"", which means that Matsumoto-San wants you to make full use of each garment for as long as possible before discarding it. It is a small judgement of the concept of disposable wear that is so commonplace today in the world of fashion and from which Matsumoto-San disassociates himself completely.