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Vintage Summit 11: A Vintage Summit of the industry's leading eccentrics discussing vintage clothing.

After a year's absence, Vintage Summit, a discussion of vintage clothing among vintage enthusiasts, is back after a long absence. Tomohiro Konno, Michihiko Kurihara, Fujihara Yutaka, and Takashi Abe, four regular members who boast the best personal collections and overwhelming knowledge in the scene, will bring in items and categories that they are interested in recently, or topics they want to share with the members, and will dig deep into them while digressing as usual. They will dig deep into the topic with their usual digressions.

Photo_Fumihiko Ikemoto

Text_Takehiro Hakusui

Edit_Yosuke Ishii

Fourth lecture
Takashi Abe
When I saw the tag, I just had to buy it."

'30s CARHARTT SHOP COAT

Abe:Following in the footsteps of Yutaka, I too found a "Carhartt" store coat from the Heartmark era. I found it at a vintage clothing store in Koenji a few months ago, and it was in good condition, so it was reasonably priced, but there was one thing I was a little concerned about...

Fujiwara:What is it?

Abe:I think it could go either way, but I think it would be Carhartt Canada, not the U.S.'' In the 1930s, the Toronto factory had already been established, and I think there were products made in Canada as well as the U.S. on the market.

Fujiwara:It seems to have been a fairly large company even back then, and in addition to Detroit, where the brand was founded, it also had a presence in New York, Toronto, and Europe.

Abe:Yes, yes. There is a bandana a little later than this one that has ENGLAND on it, which I thought was a bit curious. However, there is also a union ticket (a fabric ticket sewn onto the product of a unionized or recommended brand at that time), so I think it is either American or Canadian....

Kurihara:It doesn't matter either way at all (laughs).

Abe:(Laughs) But if it was made in the U.S., I would be even happier.

Kurihara:With other brands, it is possible to tell whether a garment is made in the U.S. or in another country by the details and tags (e.g., Levi's), but with Carhartt, it is true that the criteria for determining the difference are not so clearly defined.

Abe:I knew it.

Konno:If you knew it was Canadian-made, you wouldn't have bought it?

Abe:No, I bought it (laughs).