Designed based on 100-year-old fabrics
The fabric sample book, created in France in 1907, contains a large stock of wonderful fabrics that were actually produced more than 100 years ago.
We dismantled a few of these precious vintage fabrics in order to analyze the types of warp and weft yarns and weave structures. By disassembling the fabrics, such as the thickness of the threads, the presence or absence of irregularities, and the method of dyeing, we can learn the depth of manufacturing at that time.
Once the analysis is complete, we decide how to incorporate the results into the original fabric. We have many discussions with the craftsmen about how to make the fabric a little thicker than vintage, how to improve the texture, or how to create a new color scheme that has the atmosphere of the time. This is a very valuable opportunity for us, as we sometimes come up with ideas during our discussions.
The weaving process is based on a design, which is like a blueprint showing how the threads are to be applied to the loom. Thanks to our many years of expertise, we are able to faithfully reproduce the atmosphere of those days.
This is a color scheme simulation of the fabric. Vintage fabrics only come in beige, but we repeated the simulation many times, imagining a fictional story of what would happen if there had been other colors at that time. This time, we ran more than 10 color simulations and finally decided on the above color scheme.
We then actually dyed the yarn to check the colors. Once the colors were determined, a trial weaving was next conducted.
In this way, we take our time to carefully develop original fabrics, and we invite you to take a look at the atmosphere of these 100-year-old fabrics in our hands. At first glance, it looks like a simple check pattern, but it is characterized by subtle color stripes and an uneven pattern.
In this way, we take our time to carefully develop original fabrics, and we invite you to take a look at the atmosphere of these 100-year-old fabrics in our hands. At first glance, it looks like a simple check pattern, but it is characterized by subtle color stripes and an uneven pattern.
