Up for sale here is a sweater from Japanese label Dry Bones. The Dry Bones brand, like a number of smaller “American casual” Japanese labels, is pretty strongly influenced by vintage workwear. Where Dry Bones is a bit different, however, is in their application of influences. They’re very strongly rock-and-roll influenced, and equally likely to incorporate more traditional Japanese imagery into their designs. What you end up with is the quality, detailing and workmanship Japanese labels are known for, but also a pretty unique vintage-influenced design aesthetic that’s pretty strongly their own vision.
This is Dry Bones’ take on the classic cardigan. Design seems to be pretty strongly vintage inspired, although there are some interesting little details added. Material is an 83% cotton, 13% polyester, 4% rayon blend giving it a pretty unique feel. I would consider this to be a standard sweater weight, where the poly/rayon addition gives it a bit of a softer feel than a standard cotton.
Details include military style expansion gusset pockets on the front, as well as a nicely contrasting ribbed section on the rear bottom of the sweater. Tonal gray buttons are used throughout, making for a pretty unique take on the cardigan here. Like a lot of the smaller Japanese labels, Dry Bones produces in very limited quantities, with limited availability even in Japan. They operate a handful of shops themselves, and as far as I know they’re not distributed to any other shops in Japan. They’ve got very limited distribution abroad as well. This sweater retailed in the $200 range in Japan (would have been more abroad if you could find it) and is now long gone. Get it here while you can for a fraction of that.
Size is labeled a small and fits true. I measure the chest at 19” / 48cm, shoulders at 18” / 45cm, length at 25.5” / 64cm from the base of the neck, and sleeves at 23.5” / 59cm from the shoulder. The sweater comes lightly used, very good shape with no holes, tears or stains. Made in Japan.
Shipping from Japan to anywhere will be $26.
