Air-spun yarn and loopwheel T-shirt
NagaoDaisuke 4pm, along the Charles River.
Walking through the brick streets
The back of a man passing in front of me caught my eye.
Slightly faded denim and a white T-shirt.
Even though it's just an outfit
For some reason it's memorable.
He was walking
Cambridge bookshops.
From the Harvard campus
A slightly remote area.
In the window of a secondhand bookstore
Turgenev paperbacks and
TIME magazine from the 1980s.
On the cobblestones of the old pavement
The shadow cast by the white T-shirt is beautiful.
armi's standard T-shirt is
It's a photo that blends naturally into the scene.
The material is American air-spun yarn.
──In the past, workwear and university co-op
It was also used on T-shirts
A rugged and reliable thread.
The interesting thing about this thread is
It's in its "roughness."
1950s America, Post-War
This was the era when mass consumption began to take off in earnest.
In college, jeans and white T-shirts
It functioned as the "rebellious backbone of the intellectual class."
Throw off your expensive suit
Dress more freely and casually
accepted students.
What they liked
It was a T-shirt made of air-spun yarn.
It's never superior.
But it won't wear out even if you wear it every day.
It can be washed vigorously in the washing machine.
Above all, the shortness of the fibers
The unique dry touch and rough texture
It adds a touch of humanity to an intellectual look.
That thread
Made on a loopwheel knitting machine in Wakayama, Japan
Knit carefully.
Old-fashioned machines
Take your time and let the air
Fabric that is woven into the fabric.
The result is a tough yet soft
"Philosophy" is added to air-spun yarn.
Wear this T-shirt
Walking the streets of Boston.
Brick wall, smoky afternoon light
A little sour coffee.
The look is basic.
But your whole body becomes part of the scenery
It feels like this.
Extremely basic.
But there is an argument.
That quiet self-assertion
It won't work unless it's highly complete.
The king of basics.
This isn't just a white T-shirt.
It's one answer to everyday life.
Not the elegance of silk
High quality as functional beauty.
Not gloss, but texture and airiness.
In that sense
This T-shirt is an everyday item with a philosophy.
armi's white T- shirt
It's on the other side of consumption.
By wearing
This is a piece that deepens the meaning of making choices.
This summer too
With the wind blowing in from the Charles River.
This shirt that doesn't say anything
It just quietly blends into the scenery.