The Shirts with Chainstitch Embroidery Thread - For the 1%

[kiya]

I started this thread as not to clutter up the Workshirts thread.

Here we'll talk about shirts which have chainstitch or chicken-stitch embroidery on them, vintage or new, doesn't matter.

Sayword, help me with this..

To start it off...

Here's a shirt i wear very often off by Flat Head:

Fit pic while at Inazuma eating pork fat on a stick:

And here's one of my favorite baseball jackets, also by Flat Head:

Fit pic before a game:

[kiya]

Here's a snippet of a Real Japan Blues shirt, worn by my wife..

[RRLselvageDenim]

Love it Kiya. The Flathead shirt rock.

[Sayword]

I'm sorry don't got a digi so my shit iphone will have to do

I'm just now starting but I'm vastly looking to expand....

The Tenderloins T-zorg Work jacket

Love this jacket, it's extremely warm, quilted polyester lining. Very heavy.

Tenderloin T-zorg work shirt (sorry for quality)

This was definitely and over priced piece. very over priced.

[Sayword]

ebay finds

I'm finding out that for alot of vintage stuff, my only option is bowling shirts. They definitely have the best work though. can't find enough workshirts.

[Sayword]

Came across brands like Cootie, which i know I'd catch hell if my friends saw.

[kiya]

Whow, do you own those Cootie jackets?

They're made in Japan?

[Sayword]

no I don't own them, they didn't have my size. But over the past couple of months I've been going through a list of these "rugged street" brands (wacko maria, Cootie, CoreFighter, Rottweiler, etc) and they are all the same imo. It's like they are copying each other.

I'm looking for stuff like yours, flat head, ironheart and vintage stuff. Those seem like way more authentic jawns

[frideswide]

LOL... love this one (scroll down and check out the writing on the back --- even funnier if it's intentional):

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http://www.tinyworld.jp/shop/detail.php?seq=18189&kw=

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[morse9443]

LOL... love this one (scroll down and check out the writing on the back --- even funnier if it's intentional):

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http://www.tinyworld.jp/shop/detail.php?seq=18189&kw=

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[denimformytummy]

That's an awesome jacket...

I already did a little research

It's been sold out everywhere

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/2nd/fh-stj-53-bkxbk/

It's a holy grail for me... It's 80,000 yen!!!!

[frideswide]

[originally posted by morse9443]

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Ah... that's the reference.. haha thanks

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[JSFU]

hey kiya is that jacket leather?

[Charlie Delta]

Fantastic thread, keep it going!

hey kiya is that jacket leather?

Looks like plastic to me... (10)

[rnrswitch]

Doesn't anybody feel weird walking around with big embroidered improper english on their expensive jackets/shirts. It might be fine in Japan, but I would feel like a chump in the states. How many cliches can these companies ruin.

[kiya]

Here's the navy wool / white leather version of that same jacket above:

[Dead_Wizard]

every day im hustling, love the smoke

[kiya]

Here's a snippet of a Real Japan Blues shirt, worn by my wife..

Here's a better shot of this shirt:

[Wilkes]

Sorry to unearth a buried thread. I know how some people feel about that, but Kiya suggested I post this so.

Picked up this excellent Unitog jacket during hungover thrift store shopping. Anyone know anything about this manufacturer/what this jacket's original owner might have had in mind for it?

[jerrylee]

Hey everyone! I've been doing chainstitch embroidery for several years and I just started making custom embroidered patches. Let me know what you think!

 

 

 

 

[itsbenhere]

That looks sweet man. I really like the bike and skull!

[raWorkshop]

Everyone should check out Kathie Severs from Fort Lonesome here in Austin.  She runs 4 (I think) or so single thread chainstitchers and her work is crazy good.

 

 

 

Machines mounted on custom walnut tables.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://instagram.com/ftlonesome

 

http://fort-lonesome.myshopify.com/pages/past-work

[Broark]

That's awesome! Would love to see some of that stuff in person since I'm in Austin. I still need to find somewhere to get some chainstitch hemming done.

[denihilist]

http://travellerdenim.com/

 

They have the machines and a cool little shop.  They're bringing a ready to wear line out soon, now it's mostly the bespoke items.  

[raWorkshop]

I have a 43200G in my studio and will be doing hems starting in January, PM for details.  

 

Ft. Lonesome Kathie is stopping by this afternoon to pick up a overlocker, I'll try to get her to sign up here.

[Broark]

I've heard of Traveller, neat concept starting up.  

I'll definitely be sending you a PM soon, have a pair of Flat Heads and Real McCoy's that need hemming.

[pepper davies]

Sorry to crosspost, but we at Left Field recently began offering chain stitch embroidery.  A selection of ready to go designs are available on the website, but we're also accepting custom projects.  Our operator has been doing this for 40+ years.

 

Here's a video of the process.

 

 

And here are pictures of some recent stuff.