For sale here is a shirt from Japanese manufacturer Shuttle Notes. The label is interesting in that they’re actually a part of a Japanese textile mill (Ueyama) – they supply fabrics to a number of other Japanese labels, but they also started their own line with Shuttle Notes fairly recently. They’re probably best known for their shirting (and rightfully so), where they take pretty familiar silhouettes and do some really crazy stuff with their textiles. Being their own mill, they can produce some fabrics that very few other labels are able to even come close to.
As you might expect the fabric on this shirt is excellent. Material is a light weight indigo dyed paisley pattern, still a dark shade of blue. I’m not sure exactly how they pulled something like this off, but I would guess it’s something like a discharge print onto the already completed fabric. One of the properties of this kind of fabric is that it will pleasantly fade according to how it is worn. That’s part of the fun with these kinds of indigo pieces.
There is a lot of other detail incorporated here as well. You’ve got selvedge side gussets with chain seam run off, double and triple needle construction throughout, really cool art-deco style vegetable ivory buttons, and several tags including a union-made style tag hidden on the interior.
Shuttle notes is one of those labels that is pretty hard to come by outside of Japan. Retail is typically around $200 abroad if you can find Shuttle Notes, although this model is now long gone.
Size is labeled a large and fits slim, more like a medium. I measure the chest at 20” / 51cm, shoulders at 16” / 41cm, length at 28.5” / 72.5cm from the base of the neck, and sleeves at 24” / 61cm from the shoulder. The shirt comes lightly used, very good shape with no holes, tears or stains. Made in Japan.
Shipping from Japan to anywhere will be $24.
