With a brand name derived from the Japanese words "kuyuan," "distant past or future," and "eternity,"〈〈〈〈KUONThe company's name is "KOJIMA". We continue to create timeless and reliable products while incorporating the history and culture of old clothes and fabrics that exist around the world.
HOUYHNHNM has featured it several times, and each time there has been a great response.
https://www.houyhnhnm.jp/news/243385/
This time, it is a special order with "WISM," a T-shirt that has not been released inline, but with Quon's unique stitch weave.
¥11,000+TAX Same as below
. The point, as you can see, is the sleeve line expressed in a checkerboard pattern.
This check pattern was developed in the 1930s and has existed as a weaving pattern since ancient times in Japan, and the difference between the yarn count of the base and the yarn count of the stitching part is kept to the limit to create a three-dimensional unevenness.
It is quite unusual to incorporate this much weaving into a T-shirt.
They say that skilled craftsmen create them as close to hand-woven as possible, and that it takes one week for one piece of fabric. Craftsmen with such highly difficult skills are now getting older all over the world.
Quon" is concerned about this situation, and its philosophy is to pass on and preserve the skills of craftspeople. For more details, please refer to this blog by Mr. Horike of "Wism.
http://horike.blog.houyhnhnm.jp/entry/2019/05/23/192301
Quon's philosophy, "What is new may become old, but what is beautiful will always be beautiful," is somehow easier to understand than the word "sustainable," which we hear so often these days. I believe that brands that can move people's hearts in any way will be the ones that survive in the future.
Text_Ryo Komuta
WISM Shibuya
03-6418-5034
WISM Shinjuku Store
03-5361-7760
WISM Horie Store
06-4390-4050
