Heavyweight Short Sleeve Tee Sumikuro

Dubble Works Sumikuro Thick T-shirt

• 100% cotton / 9oz
• Straight fit
• Double stitched round neck
• "Loopwheel" tubular construction
• Reinforced single seams
• Made in Japan

Dubble Works was created 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, known for making very high-quality sweatshirts and t-shirts. Indeed, to make their cotton jerseys, they mainly use old circular looms from the 1920s called "loopwheelers".

To create this piece, Dubble Works chose another old circular industrial machine called "Standwheeler", designed and originally made in Wakayama, Japan. Rare and difficult to handle, only a handful of craftsmen are able to 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 robust yet remains breathable. Moreover, the Japanese label incorporates shorter fibers from leftovers following the combing process into the weave. This addition provides texture and irregularity. It is the Raffy yarn, historically the first made from recycled cotton.