FDMTL "Arimatsu" Indigo Tie-Dye Ripstop Shirt

SH15C

• FDMTL Original Ripstop fabric
• 100% Cotton
• One Wash
• Tie-dyed in Arimatsu, Nagoya
• Slim fit silhouette
• Double chest pockets
• FDMTL Original resin buttons

The town of Arimatsu, just outside Nagoya, has been synonymous with Shibori dyeing for over 400 years, a tradition that began when workers arrived to help build Nagoya Castle in the early 1600s and left behind techniques that would define an entire region's identity. Today Arimatsu holds the distinction of boasting more distinct tie-dyeing techniques than anywhere else in the world, with over 100 individual methods of binding, stitching, pleating, and compressing fabric before a single drop of dye is applied. The craft was historically sold to travelers along the old Tokaido Road and favored by Samurai and merchants alike, and the town itself is now a designated Japan Heritage Site with its Edo-period merchant houses and dye workshops still intact.

FDMTL bring this living tradition into their latest collection in the form of a classic work shirt, with indigo dye applied using resist-binding techniques that produce the characteristic cloud-like blooms and unpredictable tonal gradations that no mechanical process can replicate. The untying of the bound fabric alone is among the most tedious stages of the entire process, with some pieces requiring three to four days to carefully remove all binding threads from a single bolt of cloth.

*Model is pictured wearing a size 2. He weighs 59kg (130 pounds) and is 178cm (5’11”) tall.