Designed by Yoshiki Ando, refomed incorporated in 2020 after the designer graduated from Vantan Design Institute in Tokyo. Yoshiki-san’s goal is to develop collections that include various categories like workwear and traditional Western and military garb.
This “Kinchaku” anorak is constructed from a highly uneven linen thread, characterized by a bumpy surface and supple firmness to the pull. The name references the popular drawstring bag used to carry personal possessions in JP, here used as a detachable version for extra shirt storage. Most of the B.D. Shirts have a wide cut to them, dropped shoulders, four tucks on the backline providing a more voluminous silhouette, wide armholes for layering sweats and knits, and come in a variety of materials including organic ripstop cotton, chambray made of rope-dyed white cotton threads known for changing over time like denim, and an oxford material woven with threads of different counts in the vertical and horizontal directions; characterized by its lightly piece-dyed color.
