This product will be available at the Porter Classic Ginza store and other retailers nationwide from December 20, 2012 (Thursday), a limited edition of 200 pieces.
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The special item with "Porter Classic" to be released this time is Mr. Katsuyuki Yoshida (CEO) of "Porter Classic" in the Watarase of Tochigi Prefecture (Watarase Eco Village, Chairman: Takeshi Machida), who sowed and harvested cotton seeds himself, It is a Japanese cotton stall made using 100% domestic cotton grown by organic farming.
This rare stole is made into yarn using old-fashioned gala spinning*1 and woven with a power loom*2 to create an item that maximizes the inherent flavor of Japanese cotton. In addition, the unique color and texture of the stole dyed with ink, and the attractive items that are embroidered by hand in the workshop of Porter Classic, are the ultimate items that truly embody Made in Japan.
Limited to 200 pieces× "Porter Classic Orgavits(R) Japanese Cotton Stole" will finally appear.
(*Mr. Yoshida's official notation for "Yoshi" is "Mouth to the soil")
*1 Gala spinning: Spinning is the process of stretching cotton and twisting it into yarn. The gala spinning machine was made in the Meiji era (Meiji 6) by spinning several threads at once from the ancient hand-spinning method. The name of the spinning came from the rattling sound of the machine during operation. There are only a few gala spinning machines in Japan that are still in operation.
*2 Power loom: This is an old-fashioned loom that weaves by passing a paddle called a shuttle to the weft yarn of the fabric. Compared to modern innovative looms (the method of passing yarn by air is the mainstream), it is possible to carefully weave yarn that is soft like this gala spinning yarn, has natural unevenness, and has no tension.
~What is the "Orgavits(R) Project" developed by Toyoshima & Co., Ltd.~
Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. What is the "Orgavits(R) Project"? ABOUT 15% OF THE INSECTICIDES AND 11% OF THE PESTICIDES USED AROUND THE WORLD ARE USED IN COTTON PRODUCED BY CONVENTIONAL CULTIVATION METHODS (*SOURCE: TEXTILE EXCHANGE), AND CONTAIN VARIOUS PROBLEMS SUCH AS SOIL CONTAMINATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. Organic cotton, on the other hand, refers to organically grown cotton on farmland that has not used any pesticides or chemical fertilizers for more than three years. The growing demand for organic cotton is expected to reduce the use of conventional cotton cultivation methods and to correct the above problems.
Currently, only about 1% of all cotton is organic cotton. In the "Orgavits(R) Project", in order to increase the demand for organic cotton without difficulty, only products that use 10% or more organic cotton purchased from Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. will be available as "Orgavits(R)". It is admitted to use the hang tag of.
■Product Overview
Product name: "Porter Classic × Ogavitz(R) Japanese Cotton Stole"
Size: Length: 176cm× Width: 19cm (190cm with fringe)
Color: Ink
Price: 23,100 yen (tax included)
Material: 100% organic cotton (domestic organic cotton)
"Porter Classic"
Katsuyuki Yoshida, who has produced many masterpieces of bags over the years and has enthusiastic fans all over the world, writer and photographer Reio Yoshida, who is also known as the original author of the movie "Honokaa Boy", and Akitoshi Yoshida, who has been active as a bag designer for many years, are the three people at the core, and this brand was created to reconsider attractive materials and the skills of Japan craftsmen around the world and return to the origin of manufacturing. He thoroughly works on the love of materials, such as making small items that are used to reuse scraps of fabric that appear when making bags and clothes, and sends out to the world that manufacturing that never wastes materials.
Porter Classic URL: http://porterclassic.com/
