Japanese artisanal textiles + Brooklyn design

warashi-ko uses hand-dyed Japanese textiles, that are dyed with hand-cut paper stencils. Each line (whether straight or plaid or curved) is hand-cut by an artisan. This incredible process is over 100 year old and called "chusen", involving highly skilled stencil-making + hand-dyeing works.

warashi-ko works with 3 textile makers, all of which "chusen" technique to hand-dye the textiles.

Todaya is 145 years old shop with thousands of variety of "chusen" textiles. Sankatsu is 123 years old shop, which specializes in high-end summer "yukata" kimono. They use the same drawing that was created over 100 years ago to recreate the stencils. Ahiroya is owned by a contemporary designer Yuki Noguchi. Ahiroya's textiles are all designed by Noguchi, and dyed in the traditional "chusen" technique.

warashi-ko's line of products include: baby + kids + adult JINBEI casual kimono, ZUTTO pants, and AZUMA tote bags.

warashi-ko are also available on Etsy.

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#715 ryo-komochi ZUTTO

#715 ryo-komochi ZUTTO

$140.00

#715 ryo-komochi ZUTTO pants

*The actual product uses "ryo-komochi" textile on all sides (instead of "kurage").

Textiles are hand-dyed by Japanese artisans, using hand-cut paper stencils at a historic store (100+ years) in Tokyo, Todaya. This means that every lines you see in "ryo-komochi" textile is cut out by hand. The material is the highest quality cotton, and is super durable, incredibly light, and fast-drying. All these features make this pants perfect for the summer season or for the resort.

Zutto means all the time, and for a long time.

This pants is made with similar principles to kimono making. It's based on rectangular parts and straight stitches. So, the pants actually can be as wide as 120cm around the waist, and 65cm around legs. It has elastic on the back of the waist, and a set of strings in the front for adjustment. It's loose, comfortable, airy and cool to wear. You'd love it.

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elastic on the back, strings on the front for adjustment

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