WATAKUMI White Shirts｜NAGOYA TAKUMIYAGE

WATAKUMI White Shirts

“WATAKUMI” has a history of 400 years. Using the original Chita Cotton developed based on the traditional hand towel and yukata fabric "bleached", we have created the soft and highly absorbent white shirt.

Takeuchi Hiroshi Shoten Co., Ltd.

Chita, Aichi

Found in 1953, we hold a history of 65 years as a fabric wholesaler and make an effort to become the bridge between dyeing and fabrics. Besides, we have tried to maintain a long relationship with the woven Chita Cotton. The Chita Cotton has been spun for 400 years in the area of Chita, Aichi. For the purpose that you can feel closely, touch and see the Chita Cotton, we have created Antenna Shop of Chita Cotton in the hometown of Chita Cotton. As a fabric wholesaler, we manufacture and sell products by utilizing the knowledge and network we have cultivated so far.

生地問屋として、これまで培った知識とネットワークを活かし、商品をプロデュースし販売しています。

The cotton woven in the Chita area of Aichi is generally called Chita Cotton. Chita Cotton has gained high evaluation as "white cotton". The history carried to Edo can be traced from more than 400 years ago. Called as “the No.1 goods in Japan for sending to Edo”, the “quality” and “whiteness” have been highly evaluated both now and in the past. In the Chita area, even today the shuttle looms made in 19th century still weave fabrics slowly. Therefore, without causing burden to the cloth, a unique soft texture is created.

知多木綿は、「品質」と「白さ」を高く評価され、全国の染職人さんから愛されています。

Chita Cotton Antenna Shop "478" is renewed from the former Naka-Shichi Cotton Main Store in Okada, Chita. All the products in the store are made from Chita Cotton. The process of dyeing cotton is actually very difficult, the base white cotton is required to have the cleanliness of the weave and the wash. Chita Cotton is highly evaluated for its "quality" and "whiteness" and is loved by dyers all over the country.

The cotton of "WATAKUMI" pursued the possibility of narrow fabrics is original Chita Cotton by improving the traditional hand towel and yukata fabric for shirts. Due to the width of traditional fabrics, it is narrower than ordinary clothing and is only 38 cm wide. Therefore, we devised a pattern and used up the fabric without any waste. We aim to balance the traditional fashion with modern beauty by sticking to the collar, buttons, and back view. White shirt which is durable soft and with good absorbency. There are 4 types of designs (capri, stand, fly front, button down).
Under the supervision of the button specialty store "kususu", we also select the best matching buttons according to the concept and fabric.

Specification

size		Common (Fly front・Capri・Button down・Stand) Unisex SS/S/M/L/LL
material		Common:Chita Cotton 100% Fabric width about 38cm plain weave
Capri	Cloth	Chita Cotton Tokuoka(original) No.30 weft x No.30 warp
Capri	Button	Ovalshell(white)
Fly front	Cloth	Chita Cotton Tokuoka(original) No.20 weft x No.20 warp
Fly front	Button	Wood type(Yellow)
Button down	Cloth	Chita Cotton Tokuoka(original) No.30 weft x No.30 warp
Button down	Button	Shellfish(a rare type with legs that have different gloss and luster on the surface)
Stand	Cloth	Chita Cotton Tokubun(original) No.20 weft x No.20 warp
Stand	Button	shape Pinctada margaritifera
Sewing		Common:Domestic factory