DOUBLE KNEE INDIGO DENIM PANTS

アメリカのワークウエアを代表するデニムの実用品を背景にしたプロダクト。丈夫な綾織り生地は仕事の動きや摩擦を受け止め、着る人の身体や作業内容によって色落ちの位置が変わることから、一点ごとの履歴が最も表れやすい素材のひとつとなった。

縫い目や端部の擦れ、身体の動きに沿った色の濃淡など、長年使われた古着にしか生まれない不均一な表情がこのアイテムの大きな特徴として読み取れる。持ち主の生活や用途が後から服に刻まれたような状態を先に想定し、その“時間の痕跡”まで含めて新品のプロダクトとして組み立てている。

膝を二重に補強するダブルニーは、摩耗の激しい作業に対応するための純粋な機能。デニムでは補強部分と一枚部分で色落ちの速度が変わり、穿き込むほど構造そのものが模様として浮かび上がる。

Material / COTTON 100%

This product draws inspiration from practical denim workwear, a hallmark of American workwear. The durable twill fabric withstands the movements and friction of work, and because the fading patterns vary depending on the wearer’s body and the nature of their work, it has become one of the materials that best reveals the history of each individual piece.
The uneven character—such as worn seams and edges, and variations in color depth that follow the body’s movements—which can only be found in vintage clothing that has been worn for many years, is a defining feature of this item. Anticipating in advance that the garment will eventually bear the marks of its owner’s lifestyle and use, it is crafted as a brand-new product that incorporates even these “traces of time.”
The double-knee reinforcement is a purely functional feature designed to withstand tasks involving heavy wear and tear. In denim, the rate of fading differs between the reinforced sections and the unreinforced areas, so that the very structure of the garment emerges as a pattern the more it is worn.