Collaborations and Releases with Arch Support Project, Taiga Takahashi T.T, Samurai, and Maja Sandvang

This week’s release brings together makers working at the intersection of artifact, craft, and modern utility. From Arch Support Project’s hand-grade footwear and Taiga Takahashi T.T’s archaeological approach to apparel, to Samurai’s obsessive fiber-to-garment denim developments and Maja Sandvang’s functional works of art, each piece bears evidence of its process as part of its identity. These are goods that do not simply reference the past but reactivate it through handwork, material study, and forms adapted for daily life. The result is an assembly of artisan and archival objects designed to be worn, used, displayed, and lived with across the Division Road world. Whether made for the foot, the frame, the form, or the home, each creation reflects the lasting value of work that rewards long attention and use.

Arch Support Project x Division Road

The refreshed return of the Arch Support Project Double Fold brings back one of the most directional forms in our footwear program, featuring a whole-cut boot pattern inspired by western workwear ropers and executed through ASP’s radical approach to hand-grade production. Offered in C.F. Stead Clay Calf Suede and Sand Calf Suede for our WMNs development, each limited edition uses full-weight calf hides selected for consistency and tension, then aniline-dyed and finished with a finely sanded nap that offers a luxurious hand and weather-ready performance.

The minimalist composition is almost devoid of machine stitching, with each single-piece upper hand-lasted and adjusted over a month of drying to preserve the hide’s natural character and allow the form to conform accurately. Built with an all-leather structure, a natural leather sole, a hand-braided chainstitched flat welt, and ASP’s integrated Arch Support leather cup, these boots blend avant-garde form with old-world function. Made one at a time in small batches, the ASP x DR Double Fold stands as a rare expression of artisan footwear that confidently styles and strides with comfort and craft.

Taiga Takahashi T.T

T.T continues to excavate the past to build artifacts for the future, reviving historical forms through exacting fabric development, natural dye study, and carefully adapted silhouettes. The Lot. 330 US Letter Carrier Jacket and Lot. 221 Field Trousers in the Charcoal Melange Kemonogasuri Twill feature a rare high-twist warp and weft, using four yarn colors to create a dimensional texture and tone in workwear forms that feel both preserved and newly discovered. In denim, the 1920s Lot. 704 Denim Trousers and 1930s Lot. 721 Denim Trousers approach early twentieth-century patterning with period-informed rises, shapes, hardware, and fabric structure refined for contemporary wear.

A suiting-level version of denim, the proprietary T.T Original Raw Indigo Selvedge Denim adjusts subtle changes in yarn tinting and fiber qualities to reflect a certain era, while each wears beautifully over time with an unmatched luxurious drape. This tight collection reflects Taiga Takahashi’s larger philosophy that value lives within the accidental stories of time, nature, and use, where garments become modern relics shaped by the people who wear them. As an apparel expression of the archival and the artisan, Taiga Takahashi T.T remains singular in its ability to make the past feel future-facing.

Samurai

Samurai is one of Japan’s most advanced old-world producers, approaching each garment as a complete formula that begins with fiber, yarn, dye, and loom tension and ends with construction details that reward serious wear. The Charcoal and Olive Tropical Weather Dobby Shirts use an exclusive 6 oz. Japanese Panama Weave cloth, developed with twisted slub yarns and controlled tension to create a breathable, three-dimensional pattern inspired by vintage military tropical shirts.

The 18 oz. Ai Plus Benkei Natural Indigo jeans in the S500AX Regular Straight and S211AX Relaxed Tapered fits showcase selvedge denim made with exclusive thick, twisted slub yarns, a natural and synthetic rope-dyed indigo warp, and a blend of American cotton and organically cultivated Japanese cotton from Samurai’s Cotton Project. Completing the denim side, the S211VX 17 oz. Bushido Benkei Indigo brings Samurai’s signature slub, weight, and fade potential into a modern, relaxed-tapered cut built for a wide range of wearers. Together, these releases show how Samurai turns technical collectability into usable heirloom goods, advancing Japanese denim traditions through material obsession and modern pattern refinement.

Maja Sandvang x Division Road

The refreshed return of our Fields Artisan Series with Maja Sandvang brings handcrafted works back into the Division Road world as functional objects shaped by land, materials, and gathered experience. Maja’s work carries the irregular beauty of the hand, creating pieces that feel equally suited to The Fields, the home, and the rituals that surround dressing, hosting, and living with intention. Exclusive to Division Road and produced as a limited-edition artisan series, these hand-thrown stoneware pieces are made in Virginia from North Carolina Stoneware Clay. Each form is wheel-thrown, hand-glazed, and finished with a custom-glazed interior that adds individual depth and utility to every vessel.

The unglazed natural edge and exterior preserve the clay’s raw character, creating a tactile contrast that reflects Maja’s balance of refined handwork and elemental materiality. These objects serve as more than decorative accents; they carry the same values we look for in garments and footwear into the spaces and surfaces that shape daily life. Through texture, form, and individual character, each work reinforces the idea that artisan goods are not separate from a wardrobe but part of the broader environment in which style is practiced.