For sale here is a button down shirt from the Spellbound label, another in a long line of Japanese “American casual” labels. That is, Spellbound is strongly influenced by classic American workwear, although they tend to release their interpretations of workwear staples rather than simple re-hashes. As always with these types of labels, production runs are very small, with limited distribution even in Japan. Availability outside of Japan is even tougher, where only a handful of small boutiques stock them. Quality, however, is quite high. These are definitely painstakingly-made garments, done to a very high standard.
And that’s very much what you have here too. This is a very high quality shirt, done in a really excellent light weight plaid material. This is the sort of knit where each color is actually a different piece of yarn woven together to create the plaid pattern. It’s very much in the old school style, likely taking advantage of the vintage looms they have access to being based in Kojima (the center of Japan’s jeans industry). Other details include double and triple needle chain stitch construction, side gussets with chain stitch run off, white cat’s eye buttons, and a woven label along with a separate tag noting Kojima construction. Retail on this shirt was about $250 outside of Japan if you could find it, although it is now long gone. Get it here while you can at a fraction of the retail.
Size is labeled a 3 and fits a standard medium well. I measure the chest at 20” / 51cm, shoulders at 17” / 43cm, length at 29” / 73cm from the base of the neck, and sleeves at 27” / 67cm from the shoulder. The shirt comes in lightly used, very good shape with no holes, tears or stains. Made in Japan.
Shipping from Japan to anywhere will be $24.
