The silhouette and details are drawn from a vintage pair of painter pants from the 1980s that we picked up along the way. We made an original pattern based on that pair, preserving the utilitarian bones that defined the American painter pant tradition, including the tool pocket, hammer loop, and the extra knee pad fabric layer that reinforces the high-wear zones on the legs. It is a genuinely functional cut that we felt deserved a fabric with enough character to do it justice. This is one of those combinations where the traditional Japanese fabric and the vintage American workwear silhouette bring out unexpected qualities in each other.
The pocket bags are lined with Takeyari Canvas Deadstock Indigo Block Check Sailcloth, a special fabric we have held onto from the now-defunct Takeyari factory. For those who don't know, Kojima was actually the largest producer of Hanpu (sailcloth) in Japan long before it became the epicenter of Japanese denim, and Takeyari was one of the most respected names in that tradition. Seeing this fabric live on inside an OD original piece feels especially meaningful. Brass hardware throughout, a metal zipper fly opening, and reinforced stitching construction round out the build.
