LOT.303 COVERALL JACKET

The Jacket originates from an unbranded American coverall from the 1910 discovered in a coal mine. Taiga Takahashi's coverall jacket is a fruit of our fascination for a vintage jacket added to Takahashi's collection after over a century. 1920s was the time when mass production and consumption began in the US. In the wave of massive transformation in industries triggered by the American capitalism, manufacturing departed from the tradition of craftsmanship characterized by meticulous attention to each work and shifted to a system enabling mass production requiring no skills. Workwear worn by laborers, the supporter of economy at the bottom of the hierarchy, are eloquent witnesses of the era. All design elements, from simplified linear sewing and flat patterns to resilient fabric and practical pocket shapes, are specifically purposed for durability. What we call "design" today is virtually nonexistent. This jacket, in particular, is more like a tool than a garment. While inheriting the original specifications, we took the fabric texture into account and reconstructed it with added shoulder slopes to improve the underarm fit. Our original fabric is made of slub, 100% American cotton (COTTON USA) woven on an old-type power loom. The snap buttons are customized to our original size and finished with matte coating mixed with ink.