Heavyweight Long Sleeve Tee Pigment Dye Navy

Dubble Works Thick Long Sleeve Pigment Dye Navy T-shirt

• 100% cotton / 9oz
• Straight fit
• Crew neck
• Long sleeves
• Pigment dye
• "loopwheel" tubular construction
• Reinforced single stitching
• Made in Japan

Dubble Works was founded over 10 years ago by the Japanese label Warehouse & Co. and is now under the direction of Sankei Meriyasu. Historically, it is a knitwear company founded in 1926, renowned for making very high-quality sweatshirts and t-shirts. Indeed, to make their cotton jerseys, they mainly use old circular knitting machines from the 1920s called "loopwheelers".

For this piece, Dubble Works chose another industrial machine, also old and circular, called "Standwheeler", originally designed and created in Wakayama, Japan. Rare and difficult to operate, only a handful of craftsmen can operate it. The cotton jersey produced by the Standwheelers is very different from the classic loopwheel t-shirts. Indeed, these machines allow spinning a much thicker yarn than the norm. This results in a fabric that is both thick and sturdy yet remains breathable. Additionally, the Japanese label incorporates shorter fibers from fiber scraps during the combing process. This addition provides texture and irregularity. It is the Raffy yarn, historically the first made from recycled cotton.

The Navy shade is obtained through a pigment dyeing process, applied after the garment is made, which gives the fabric a washed look and an uneven color that will intensify over time and with washes.