IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE THAT EACH ITEM IS MADE TO ORDER IN VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES AND SEWN BY ONE PERSON. PLEASE ALLOW 2-3 WEEKS FOR YOUR ITEM TO BE MANUFACTURED.
DESCRIPTION:
THE OXIDIZED IRON REVERSIBLE SPLIT TURTLENECK HAS AN ELONGATED SLIM FIT, RAW EDGES, AND EXTENDED LENGTH SLEEVES INTENDED FOR STACKING. THIS PIECE IS DESIGNED TO BE COMPLETELY REVERSIBLE. IT IS CREATED USING A MIRRORED PANEL CONSTRUCTION WITH ORGANIC CURVED SEAMS DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT THE HUMAN FORM. THIS TURTLENECK IS DOUBLE LAYERED AND FEATURES A HOLE IN THE CENTER.
THIS PIECE IS DESIGNED TO BE WORN IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS, SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE A NATURAL DYE TURTLENECK, A WHITE TURTLENECK, A CROPPED LONG SLEEVE, A TUNIC/ DRESS, AN ASYMMETRIC TANK TOP WITH A WRAPABLE SLEEVE, A STACKED TURTLENECK WITH HANGING SLEEVES, A TWISTED TURTLENECK, A TURTLENECK WITH A HOLE IN THE CENTER FRONT, OR A TURTLENECK WITH A HOLE IN CENTER BACK.
EACH GARMENT IS HAND DYED UTILIZING NATURAL INGREDIENTS TO CREATE A UNIQUE COMPOSITION THROUGH THE OXIDIZING IRON PROCESS. NO TWO DYED GARMENTS ARE ALIKE, AND REVEAL THEIR EPHEMERAL NATURE TO THE WEARER OVER TIME. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE DYE, THE COLOR IN THIS GARMENT IS MEANT TO FADE OVER TIME CREATING A MORE INTIMATE AND PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE WEARER. THIS TURTLENECK IS THINNER TO ALLOW FOR LAYERING, HUGGING THE WEARER IN A SOFT COTTON/MODAL BLEND FABRIC.
SUSTAINABILITY:
THE MATERIAL USED FOR THIS TURTLENECK IS UNDYED UNBLEACHED COTTON/MODAL AND MADE IN THE USA. EACH SHIRT IS HAND DYED UTILIZING AN OXIDIZED IRON PROCESS IN HOUSE. THIS PIECE IS ADDITIONALLY DESIGNED TO TAKE THE PLACE OF MULTIPLE GARMENTS IN A WARDROBE LIMITING WASTE. ALL SCRAPS FROM THE CUTTING PROCESS OF THIS GARMENT WILL BE SAVED AND REUSED IN NEW DESIGNS. ALL PAPER SCRAPS USED TO CREATE PATTERNS FOR THIS GARMENT ARE ALSO SAVED TO BE REUSED AS PACKAGING.
MODEL IS 6’2”, 32” WAIST, 18” ACROSS SHOULDERS.
FABRIC:
50% COTTON 50% MODAL
CARE INSTRUCTIONS: DRY CLEAN/ HAND WASH ON COLD, DRY FLAT DO NOT WRING
MANUFACTURING: HAVING COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THEREFORE, THE GARMENT MUST START WITH UNDYED FABRIC. THIS PIECE IS THEN CUT AND SEWN IN KENT, OHIO BY A VERY SMALL TEAM OF SKILLED CRAFTS PEOPLE. AFTER THE GARMENT IS FULLY CONSTRUCTED IT IS THEN HAND DYED AND PACKAGED IN HOUSE.
WE CREATE GARMENTS THAT SHIFT AND CHANGE WITH THE WAY THE WEARER IS FEELING. THIS GARMENT IS MEANT TO EVOLVE OVER TIME AND CREATE BEAUTIFUL AGE MARKINGS THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY UNIQUE TO YOU, THE WEARER. WE HOPE EVERY GARMENT WE PRODUCE CREATES A MORE GENUINE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WEARER AND THE OBJECTS THAT INFORMED THESE DESIGNS.
