New Arrivals

This shirt distills so much of what Nine Lives is about: take a button-down shirt, give it raglan sleeves and a fitted silhouette, swap in snap buttons—and you've almost arrived full-circle at a western shirt. Cut mid-length to be worn out or tucked in, with hidden snap button sleeve plackets and a 3-dimensional exclusive jacquard-woven fabric designed by us...this shirt allows you to dial the volume way up or way down.

• Custom-designed and exclusive jacquard check pattern, 100% cotton
• 5 colors of thread carefully built into a classic—but gravity-defyingly complex—weave
• The colorways also reverse the fabric—the orange/bordeaux colorway sewn inside-out
• Raglan sleeves and darted for modern, sleek fit with strong shoulders
• Hidden sleeve placket snap button
• YKK hardware

The Nine Lives flannel is a real beautiful thing. 

Woven in Japan and finally available in Canada though The Shop Vancouver .

“Born from the DNA of a hard-day’s work—Japanese-made and tilting towards the world”

Nine Lives comes from a boozy night in Tokyo, when Kotaro Sato and Ian Segal found themselves talking about cats and their nine damn lives. Well, they said, we’re jealous of cats, so we are trying to live nine lives at once. And then figured they should make the clothes to match.

Nine Lives learns from Japan’s over-constructed, high-quality American heritage/workwear and adapts itself to a modern lifestyle that distinguishes less and less between work and leisure. In other words, clothing with a volume knob (that goes up to eleven). Also, the patterning has been rebuilt to fit a more international frame.

There is a Japanese word, “kodawari,” without a direct English translation. It means something like "passion," "dedication," "obsession," "fastidiousness," and "pain-in-the-ass’ness." It’s the untranslatable core at the heart of great Japanese aesthetics, cooking, and culture. Nine Lives is entirely constructed in Japan, and its factories stretch across the country, from Okayama to Aichi, from Nagano to Tokyo. 

Basically, Nine Lives is just trying to make the best clothes they possibly can. And for them that means something like a symphony of furiously dedicated craftsmen, all playing something weird and feral.

Sugar Cane Lot 1947 14.25oz Selvedge Denim

Lot 1947 are a classic cut, modelled after the original cut of the 501 in 1947

Please note that these jeans tend to run slightly smaller and they will stretch about 1 inch over the first 30 days of wear 

Glad Hand Co T 

The best ! 

 

Glad Hand Co Henry

• Our "Devil's Fit" slim straight cut in 14oz selvedge denim overdyed black
• Lined rear pockets
• Button fly and hidden rivets
• Belt loops sewn into waist band
• Reinforcing tape on inside of front pocket openings
• Poly/cotton constructional stitching
• Selvedge side seams and fly construction
• The overdying process will have removed all shrinkage but, like all denim, these will stretch up to one inch in the waist with wear

Overdyed 14oz Selvedge Denim - Face

• Sanforized
• Right Hand Twill
• White weft, indigo rope dyed warp
• Overdyed with black to a very dark black-indigo which will fade with time and wear

Our lightest denim to be made into jeans, very wearable and a great summer weight

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• Their signature straight jean cut
• 25oz super heavy, super dark Japanese Selvedge denim (XHS = Extra Heavy Selvedge )
• These jeans are on the limit of what can be made. We had to insist that the people sewing them wore protective glasses as the sewing machine needles would randomly explode!
• Button fly and Hidden Rivets
• Poly/cotton constructional stitching
• Sanforized, but unwashed, so expect some Shrinkage but like all denim, will stretch up to one inch in the waist with wear. Likely to see about 1" Shrinkage in the length
• Model Sam wears tag 32, Giles wears tag 34

• Indigo 25oz Selvedge Denim - Face

  •    Sanforized and unwashed
  •    Right hand twill
  •    White weft, indigo rope dyed warp
  The result of a late night ‘chat’ with Roger Hatt from VMC and initially woven to commemorate VMC’s 25th anniversary, this denim is so sought after we have continued making it ever since.  It is what we believe to be on the limits of what can be woven and sewn, and worn with any degree of comfort.  The first few weeks of wearing a pair of jeans made from this denim is a challenge, but after a while they end up feeling like sweat pants.  This denim fades with great contrast.

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Style:
Crew was produced in hanging knit knitting machine upright original round cylinder of fabric neck shirt. Suspended so as not to impair the soft touch of knitting will be sewn in Furattoshima, ribs will be comfort using the knitting rib. Shoulder part is switched by co-location, it will be polite specifications momentum for changing the direction of the stitches were considered.
Fabric:
knitting in the knitting machine hanging upright original round body fabric. Time slowly over knitting was fabric has inherent softness yarn, it will be finished in fabric with a texture that was a plump, such as containing the air. In addition, it will also be a major characteristic of the hanging knitting not repeat also impair the softness in the laundry.

Style:
... A Crew-Neck Long-Sleeved Shirt Made Of Custom Produced Tubular Fabric Overlock Stitching Construction And Tubular Cuff Ribs Are Used For Comfort The Direction Of The Fabric Is Changed On The Shoulder For Mobility
Fabric:
A Custom-Produced Tubular Fabric made on loop-wheel machines. The fabric is woven at a sluggish pace to bring out the natural softness of the cotton. Fabrics made on loop-wheel machines do not loose their soft touch, even after multiple washes.

These jeans drive me nuts I love them so much! 

perfect true to fit for me... Tj is a little over 6 foot and 174 Lbs and wears a size 30 with a couple rolls on the bottom. 

this pair is about 50 days in with no wash or soak and wearing in like a beautiful glove. 

‘LA JOLLA’ draws inspiration from the preferred cut of the 1960s, with an overall tapered silhouette. The handmade process of creating each pair of Stevenson Overalls are symbolized through the features like the curved belt loops, back pockets and coin pockets, which are all crafted using the same single stitch flat felled seam method originally applied to denim production during the 1920s.
Fabric:
The denim fabric is exclusively produced for Stevenson Overalls on a vintage shuttle loom with Zimbabwe cotton. The unsanforized 14oz. selvedge denim has a rough and slubby character, with a subtle green color undertone.

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Boom ! The 50s Slim are in ! 

TCB flagship 50's fabric and sewing method intact The silhouette changed shallow slender silhouette to the rise. The fabric is about 13.5 oz Zimbabwe cotton. It is not the unevenness forcibly created by the mainstream computer at present, it is created by adjusting the old-fashioned spinning machine. The Atari feeling is thick and it is characterized by a short falling fashion and it can be expected that it attracts the highest eclipse when it is linked with nature and a line.

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COLOR INDIGO BLUE SPEC 13.5 oz STRETCH SELVEDGE DENIM COTTON 95% / POLYURETHANE 5% MADE IN JAPAN ONE WASH COMMENT From the fall and winter items of 2016, Skinny - fit which is rapidly increasing in popularity since the advent of a year ago. You can taste the foot feeling of skinny which is easy to wear by putting a trace amount of stretch. The fall colors are also vintage itself. Renewal of leather patch and stitch color will be standardized in the future. Black version also appeared from this season. Like Indigo 13.5 oz Serubitchidenimu woven slowly over time with a power loom. Because rope dyeing realizes medium white, a beautiful vertical fall appears. A piece that was not likely to ever exist. Why do not you feel it with your own skin?

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By far the most amazing jacket we have seen from Mister Freedom. 

The 14oz Okinawa Denim is a real thing of beauty. 

Made In USA by Mister Freedom 

 FABRIC:

“Okinawa 301”, a hairy 14 Oz. left-hand twill indigo denim, white with green line selvedge ID. Milled in Japan on narrow shuttle looms, from a blend of 50% Okinawan recycled sugar cane fibers and 50% cotton.
FACING:
French vintage New Old Stock (NOS) woven stripe workwear twill, 100% cotton.
DETAILS:
* Early round-type collar, A-1 style.
* ‘Vintage’ boxy but fit silhouette.
* Pleated front with original MF® arrowhead dart stitching.
* Original MF® “M” stitching on chest pockets.
* Selvedge front panel fold.
* French vintage NOS stripe workwear twill facing for collar and pocket flap.
* Metal cast MF® branded buttons, ‘oxidized’.
* Buckle back, concealed selvedge strap, adjustable, riveted.
* Copper rivet reinforced, unmarked, leather washer.
* Combination yellow/orange 100% cotton stitching.
* Original mfsc printed cloth label.
* Made in USA

SIZING FIT:
The Ranch Blouse “Okinawa” comes UN-WASHED and is cut so that the measurements match the labeling AFTER an initial cold soak/line dry. We recommend the usual protocol cold soak/spin dry/line dry/wear briefly when still damp to set creases/line dry until fully dry.
I wear my usual Ranch Blouse size in the “Okinawa” version, a cold-soaked 38. Please refer to sizing chart for approximate raw/soaked measurements.
Soaked = 30mn cold soak, spin dry and line dry (ie. minimal shrinkage).

Available Raw/unwashed ONLY.
Sizes
34 X-small
36 Small
38 Medium
40 Large
42 X-Large
44 XX-Large

DENIM CARE:
Wash denim jeans and jackets when needed. Machine wash inside out to avoid marbling. Cold water, gentle cycle, eco-friendly mild detergent and line dry. Wash separately from light-colored garments.
Patina will develop according to activities and frequency of wear.

Christophe Loiron
Mister Freedom®

 

Mega hyped to have the newest of the California lot 64 hit the shelves. 

The last version of the Lot 64 was a hot selling jean and this one just gets better. 

With a slightly lighter weight 14 oz denim, Mister Freedom traded out the NOS cone mills Selvedge for the character of the Okinawa Japanese Denim and added the beauty selvedge denim buckle back. 

Made In USA 

From Christope's blog 

FABRIC:
“Okinawa 301”, a hairy 14 Oz. left-hand twill indigo denim, white with green line selvedge ID. Milled in Japan on narrow shuttle looms, from a blend of 50% Okinawan recycled sugar cane fibers and 50% cotton.
POCKET BAGS:
VintageFrench New Old Stock (NOS) woven stripe workwear twill, 100% cotton.

DETAILS:
* Classic vintage five-pocket pattern.
* Button fly.
* Selvedge leg outseam.
* French vintage NOS stripe fabric pocket bags.
* MF® original white “M” stitch design on rear pockets.
* Unbranded natural cowhide leather MF® patch on rear pocket.
* Twelve types of 100% cotton threads (gauge and color combination) used for construction. Main colors are yellow and orange, with special 2016 Election red and white accents.
* Coin pocket with concealed selvedge.
* Selvedge button hole fly placket.
* Hidden back pocket reinforcement rivets, with top pocket reinforcement zig-zag stitching.
* Unlined rear pockets.
* Original silver-color ‘oxidized’ MF® metal cast waist/fly buttons.
* Unmarked copper riveting for pocket opening reinforcement.
* Original MF® paper pocket flasher (midnight blue).
* Made in USA

SIZING/FIT:
The Californian LOT.64 BB “Okinawa” blue jeans come UN-WASHED and are cut so that the measurements match the labeling AFTER an initial cold soak/line dry. A tagged W32 x L34 will shrink to approximately 32 inches x 34 inches after a soak/dry process.
We recommend the usual protocol cold soak/spin dry/line dry/wear briefly when still damp to set creases/line dry until fully dry.
The size that will work for you depends on how you like your jeans to fit. I wear my usual Californian blue jeans W32 in the LOT.64 BB, for a comfortable fit.
The fit pix show a pair of W32, cold-soaked once, worn on/off for about 1 week, with some more shrinkage/stretching down the line.
We recommend getting your usual waist size, although proper fit is a subjective matter and everyone has their own idea of what looks good.
As with all denim twill, shrinkage and stretching will occur for a while and will depend on the wearer’s body, activities and initial fit.
Please refer to sizing chart for approximate raw/soaked measurements.

Soaked = 30mn cold soak, spin dry and line dry (ie. minimal shrinkage).

Available RAW/unwashed ONLY.
Sizes
W28 x L32
W29 x L32
W30 x L32
W31 x L32
W32 x L34
W33 x L34
W34 x L34
W36 x L36
W38 x L36

DENIM CARE:
Wash denim jeans and jackets when needed. Machine wash inside out to avoid marbling. Cold water, gentle cycle, eco-friendly mild detergent and line dry. Wash separately from light-colored garments.
Patina will develop according to activities and frequency of wear.

Christophe Loiron
Mister Freedom®

 

We could have gone the DIY Mattel route but decided instead to acquire stock from the fine folks manufacturing them for the US Government.

 

Our wool caps are knitted on a circular knitting machine the size of Soyuz 19, and about as easy to operate I’ve heard.

 

Please note that our watchcaps are not reproductions of the original 1940’s A-4 type knit hats issued to USAAF mechanics, as there are already reputable companies offering these.

 

Our caps are following contemporary US military specs and standards, and are still available today from PX.

 

SPECS:

* Two ply worsted 100% wool.

* Dark navy blue or Olive Green.

* Circular knit (no side seam).

* Four darts crown.

* US Mil-specs.

WASHING:

Professional dry clean only. This is a wool item, do not machine wash or put in a heat dryer.

Hand washing with eco-friendly wool detergent (such as “Ecovert Delicate Wash”) is possible but might result with stretching or shrinking of the knit hat, to be done at your own risks.