overshirt
100% Cotton
High Quality Japanese SASHIKO fabric
has been inspired by a 40’s classic suit pant
shaped waistband handcrafted on back
pocket watch on back
chain loop on front
the classic reviewed in our sartorial rough view
produced in Italy with Japanese fabric
Sashiko (刺し子, lit., "little stabs") is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery or stitching used for the decorative and/or functional reinforcement of cloth and clothing. Owing to the relatively cheap nature of white cotton thread and the abundant nature of cheap, sashiko has a distinctive appearance of white-on-blue embroidery, though some decorative pieces may also use red thread.
First coming into existence in the Edo period (1615-1868), sashiko embroidery was first applied to clothing out of a practical need, and would have been used to strengthen the homespun clothes of olden times. Worn out clothes were pieced together to make new garments by using simple running stitches. These clothes increased their strength with this durable embroidery. By the Meiji era (1868-1912) sashiko had been established enough that it had evolved into winter work in northern farming communities, when it was too cold to work outside.
