KURASHIKI ATELIER ARCHIVE

34°35'42"N 133°46'05"E · 24°C VAT

EDITION 01

120 SPECIMENS

N° 01 · SIX DIPS ARCHIVE14.50 → 15.40 OZ

Dipped six times.

The cloth enters as unbleached cotton. Over six successive immersions in living botanical indigo, each fiber bonds with the blue. Zero chemical fixatives.

FERMENTATIONSUKUMO & LYE

LOOM WEAVE3×1 RHT TWILL

FINISHINGLOOMSTATE RAW

VAT CYCLE 01: PALE AS PAPER

One. Pale as paper. The cloth barely remembers it.

DIP 1 / 06 · 12% DEPTH

14.50 oz · 24.2°C

SPECIMEN 1·PALE AS PAPER

One. Pale as paper.

The cloth barely remembers it.

PIGMENT BOND

#CFD6EE·12% SATURATION

ECRU BLUE / SURFACE IMMERSION

VAT DURATION

45 SECONDS / 12 MINUTES

0.2% INDIGO CONCENTRATION

Two. A colour you can trust. Wash it once and it settles.

DIP 2 / 06 · 28% DEPTH

14.58 oz · 24.0°C

SPECIMEN 2·SKY MIST

Two. A colour you can trust.

Wash it once and it settles.

PIGMENT BOND

#8FA0DA·28% SATURATION

SKY MIST / WEFT PENETRATION

VAT DURATION

60 SECONDS / 15 MINUTES

0.5% INDIGO CONCENTRATION

Three. The folds start to talk. Creases hold the dye. So does the knee.

DIP 3 / 06 · 48% DEPTH

14.72 oz · 23.8°C

SPECIMEN 3·COBALT FOLD

Three. The folds start to talk.

Creases hold the dye. So does the knee.

PIGMENT BOND

#3F55B5·48% SATURATION

COBALT SHADE / CREASE TRACE

VAT DURATION

90 SECONDS / 20 MINUTES

0.9% INDIGO CONCENTRATION

Four. Indigo, finally. The blue you came for. Dry it in the shade.

DIP 4 / 06 · 72% DEPTH

14.90 oz · 24.1°C

SPECIMEN 4·TRUE INDIGO

Four. Indigo, finally.

The blue you came for. Dry it in the shade.

PIGMENT BOND

#0F37AF·72% SATURATION

TRUE INDIGO / CORE BOND

VAT DURATION

120 SECONDS / 25 MINUTES

1.4% INDIGO CONCENTRATION

Five. Dark enough to disappear in. Stand against any wall and the wall wins.

DIP 5 / 06 · 88% DEPTH

15.15 oz · 23.9°C

SPECIMEN 5·MIDNIGHT SHADOW

Five. Dark enough to disappear in.

Stand against any wall and the wall wins.

PIGMENT BOND

#182A85·88% SATURATION

MIDNIGHT / SHADOW DENSITY

VAT DURATION

180 SECONDS / 30 MINUTES

2.1% INDIGO CONCENTRATION

Six. Nothing left to add. Raw. Stiff. Yours after a year.

DIP 6 / 06 · 99% DEPTH

15.40 oz · 24.0°C

SPECIMEN 6·KURO SATURATION

Six. Nothing left to add.

Raw. Stiff. Yours after a year.

PIGMENT BOND

#121A55·99% SATURATION

KURO INDIGO / SATURATION CEILING

VAT DURATION

240 SECONDS / 72 HOURS DRY CURE

3.0% INDIGO CONCENTRATION

Inside

·MACRO ARCHIVE

Look inside.

The loudest thing in a KON garment is on the inside. A woven label. A pocket print. A pearl snap with a name on it.

UNANNOUNCED DETAILS DISCOVERED BY WEAR

Letterpress hangtag350gsm unrefined cotton rag pressed with antique Heidelberg platen.

Pocket bag printInternal garment classification stamp with hand-inked serial batching.

Canvas bagHeavy 18oz Kurashiki duck canvas, dipped once in final spent vat.

Pearl snapSolid copper shank capped in natural ocean mother-of-pearl.

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ATELIER REGISTRY·LIMITED ALLOTMENT

Start with one.

Edition 01 opens by email only. Exactly 120 garments cut for the first immersion. One message when the vats harvest.