A complete change from the Cuban shirts we had been making up until now.
It has been re-released with a much simpler design.
backstyle.
There is one large pleat in the center of the back.
The fabric was found in dead stock.
Cool dobby woven textile.
The buttons are also notched.
It's pretty classic and cool, right?
Now let's learn about Cuban shirts.
For those of you who are wondering what a Cuban shirt is,
In simple terms…
Originally, as the name suggests,
It's a "Cuban shirt floating in the Caribbean Sea"...
actually
"A shirt commonly worn in Central America and the Caribbean, including Cuba."
That's it.
Apparently it was originally workwear .
Apparently there are still some areas where it is still used as a uniform by government offices...
Rather than uniforms,
It seems to have the image of being "relatively formal clothing" that can be worn for formal occasions such as weddings, funerals, and other formal occasions.
Also, in hot areas...
When it comes to secondhand clothing, the majority are in light colors.
Off-white, beige, lavender,
Pale green, lemon yellow, etc.
It's simply because "dark colors = hot"...
As Dry Bones,
I would like to create a darker color.
Also, many of the designs are overly decorative...
The beige used clothes above are
4 pockets with 5 buttons on the front
In addition, there are four pocket buttons,
In fact, the shoulder yoke and hem yoke
On top of that it has embroidery.
It feels more like a jacket than a shirt.
Most of the clothes are made of cotton and polyester, making them easy to wash.
There are quite a few Cuban shirts from the 1970s onwards,
There are very few examples from before the 1950s.
This is probably
Maybe it's because there aren't any natural materials left...
The bigger problem is that for political reasons,
I don't think there are any used clothes available.
In the midst of all this, I actually found something that looked like a Cuban shirt from the 1950s.
A Nassau jacket!
The material is rayon and acetate.
With an open collar,
The pocket details are just like those of a Cuban shirt!
The long sleeves give it a 1950s elegance.
The details are also quite simplified.
This was the design we aimed for for Dry Bones.
Thinking about it calmly...
The "Nassau" in the name "Nassau Jacket" comes from
It originally comes from the place name.
It is the name of the capital city of the Bahamas, located above Cuba.
The brown dobby Cuban shirt mentioned earlier is,
In fact, it's almost sold out already (sorry: ha ha).
