Eternal Shirts

[Brian SD]

I came across some newer shirts from Japanese brand Eternal that I'm really fond of. I stay away from overly Asian-influenced clothing, but from this company (and with this shirt), it's a bit of a different story.

http://image.rakuten.co.jp/bears/cab.../lls1-gara.jpg

 

[minya]

I've totally contemplated buying those. They're indigo-dyed.

I also love Studio D'artisan's shirts.. can't go wrong with shirts w/ pigs on them.

 

[Brian SD]

Indigo-dyed shirts are pretty common. I dabbled in it a few months ago with my buddy and I plan to mess around with it again this summer. Hopefully I'll like come up with something I like this time. For stuff available on NA, I know that 5EP makes indigo-dyed shirts, and I'm pretty sure 45rpm does too. I've seen quite a few more that I just don't remember right now.

 

[minya]

Cool, count me in as a definite indigo shirt customer.

 

[nairb49]

Brian-i'm in.

Where does one buy indigo? Does it come as a powder, etc etc?

 

[Brian SD]

Originally Posted by nairb49

Brian-i'm in.

Where does one buy indigo? Does it come as a powder, etc etc?

You buy it in little clay-like bricks (at least natural indigo, which is what we messed around with before). The hard part is getting the indigo to oxidize correctly. It requires a vat, which is a fun project in itself. I'm gonna try and build a vat entirely by hand.

And I'm not entirely sure if I'm planning to make a selling opportunity or anything out of it. I've always done a bad job on the business end.

 

[mass]

chikiriya make some really nice looking things also, but you might think they're overly asian. http://www.rakuten.co.jp/hinoya/119721/

 

[Brian SD]

Originally Posted by mass

chikiriya make some really nice looking things also, but you might think they're overly asian.

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/hinoya/119721/

Nice. Some of the less subtle ones are way cool

 

[KingKongLives]

wow those shirst are awesome.