"Machine wash cold, gentle or delicate." "Tumble dry medium." "Do not dry clean."
I cried as I read the washing label. Finally, a nice wool shirt that works for my cleaning style. I've been waiting for so long, and this Japanese brand, KANEMASA PHIL, did it just the way I like. Just like the name suggests, this is the ideal shirt.
It's made from non-mulesing wool, meaning the sheep are happy and I am happy. Knitted at high density into a typewriter weave using a bespoke 36-gauge circular knitting machine, and crafted from 1/60 super120 wool, the fabric was dyed and went through a fulling process (a finishing process for wool that densifies the structure and entangles the fibre ends to create a felted texture). It is then tumble dried during the dyeing process to reduce shrinkage.
Then, it's sewn as a dress shirt using the finest stitch length possible for wool knit, utilizing techniques like lap seams and lock stitching. I'm not sure anyone will read all of this, but yo, KANEMASA PHIL, as a factory brand, they've been doing crazy things, and they deserve to be seen.
