Short Sleeve Tie Dye Border Tee Beige/Khaki

Dubbleworks Short Sleeve Tie Dye Beige/Khaki T-shirt

• Material: 100% cotton (Jersey)
• Weight: medium
• Fit: straight
• Color: Beige/Khaki
• Crew neck
• Short sleeves
• Knitted from a "Standwheeler" machine
• Tie Dye dyeing
• Made in Japan

Dubble Works was established 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 manufacturing high-quality sweatshirts and t-shirts. Indeed, to make their cotton jerseys, they primarily use old circular loom machines from the 1920s known as "loopwheelers".

To create this piece, Dubbleworks did not use this process, but another old and circular industrial machine called "Standwheeler". This machine was originally designed and created in Wakayama, Japan. Rare and difficult to operate, only a handful of craftsmen are capable of running it. The cotton Jersey produced by the Standwheelers is very different compared to the loopwheel t-shirts. Indeed, these machines allow spinning a much thicker yarn than the norm. This results in a fabric that is thick, flexible, and soft to the touch. Moreover, the Japanese label incorporates shorter fibers (coming from offcuts of certain cotton fibers during the combing process) during the knitting, allowing them to achieve texture and irregularity. This is the Raffy yarn, historically the first made from recycled cotton (short fibers).

This piece features a tubular construction (no side seam). The result is a cotton Jersey t-shirt of medium thickness that is robust against wear and washing. Additionally, this t-shirt will not twist over time. Finally, the strength of the collar, rather wide with thick ribs, is appreciated.

Here, Dubble Works presents this long-sleeve t-shirt in Beige/Khaki: beautiful shades of color achieved with a "Tie Dye" dye. It is an artisanal dye that uses a particular technique which involves tying some parts of the piece with a string ("to tie") before coloring ("to dye"). The result is a vintage-inspired garment, reminiscent of the hippie spirit during the 1970s.