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Sashiko Chore Jacket

Reinforced with 1 million high-strength stitches, using the ancient Japanese art of sashiko.

CHF 795

Model is 6ft 2 / 189cm with a 40 inch / 101cm chest, and wears size Large.

  • Made with Japanese indigo-dyed material
  • Entire jacket reinforced with 5.5km of meta-aramid thread
  • Garment-washed for a faded look

Reinforced with 1 million high-strength stitches, the Sashiko Chore Jacket pioneers a completely new approach to creating highly durable clothing, inspired by the ancient Japanese art of sashiko. The technique of sashiko, or ‘little stabs,’ is a highly resilient form of embroidery developed during the Japanese Edo period, where worn out garments were repaired using decorative hand stitches. Clothes would be mended again and again as they passed down the generations, getting stronger as they got older.

Rather than waiting until an item of clothing needs to be repaired, we’ve simply applied sashiko-style stitching in super-strong meta-aramid thread over the entire jacket at the start of its life. With a design based on early workwear jackets, it combines heavy-duty Japanese indigo cotton with 5.5 kilometres of high-strength stitching for comfort and durability.

100 Year T Shirt

Built with military grade material, it’s designed to outlive you.

CHF 145

Technical Details

Material made in Japan: 60% cotton, 40% polyamide (Cordura)
Highly abrasion resistant
Fast drying
Rib collar
Material weighs 160g/m2
T shirt weighs 165 grams
Machine wash 40°C
Constructed in Portugal
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A t shirt made to outlive you

The reality of most cotton t shirts is that after a few years they start to break down, then they’re thrown out. The 100 Year T Shirt is different. While it looks like a regular cotton t shirt, and feels just like a regular cotton t shirt, it’s made from a material so strong it was originally developed for military combat uniforms.

Built with Japanese Cordura, the 100 Year T Shirt is 14x tougher than a regular cotton t shirt.

Built with military grade Japanese Cordura

To build the 100 Year T Shirt we’ve worked with a military grade Japanese material that combines soft cotton with Cordura. As a high tenacity Nylon, Cordura is normally found in protective panels on motorcycle gear and hiking boots, not in t shirts. But we’ve found a way of incorporating enough high strength fibres to radically enhance the performance of the t shirt, but without losing the softness of the cotton.

Our 100 year range is the toughest gear we make

For our 100 Year range we use advances in material technology to make clothes with a longer life expectancy than the people wearing them – it’s clothing designed to make its way to your grandkids, not to landfill. That’s why all our 100 Year gear is made from materials with properties that normal clothes simply don’t have – from fire resistance to extreme strength. 

Size + Fit

The 100 Year T Shirt is designed with a regular fit.

SizeXSSMLXLXXL
Fits chest83 - 9091 - 9899 - 106107 - 114115 - 122123 - 130
Fits waist71 - 7676 - 8181 - 8686 - 9191 - 9696 - 101
SizeXSSMLXLXXL
Fits chest33 - 3636 - 3939 - 4242 - 4545 - 4848 - 51
Fits waist28 - 3030 - 3232 - 3434 - 3636 - 3838 - 40