Description

The Iron Heart IHSH-397-IND Work Shirt is a hardy, reinforced piece produced in a 21 oz. heavyweight, sanforized, and once-washed Japanese loomed Sashiko Jacquard woven and stitched cloth designed to evolve with its wearer. Using the signature Iron Heart Work Shirt pattern, this piece is perfectly proportioned in length to be worn untucked for modern, vintage-styled grit. A limited seasonal release and what will be a cult collectible from Iron Heart, this 100% Cotton sashiko is fashioned after martial arts and reinforcement cloths used since the 17th century, woven on a three-dimensional loom using thick and deeply indigo rope-dyed yarns for the warp and weft. This rare woven material has an interwoven thick stitch thread in blue that will reveal through wear, providing even more pattern dimension to a textured weave. This fabric has a structured drape that conforms to the body and offers four-way flexibility while developing remarkable fade patterns when worn as hard as intended. This Work Shirt has numerous and carefully considered construction and design details like the squared shoulder and back yoke panel, which is paired with black concave military-grade melamine buttons on the front placket and dual patch front chest pockets with pencil slot, comprising a piece for the stylistically sound and self-reliant. Further, red thread for bartacks, internal felled seams, and chainstitched construction throughout with inseam run-off give this piece all the necessary heritage provenance and then some. The Sashiko Work Shirt balances classic and modern applications, making it a future heirloom, a year-round go-to, and a new project piece that will only improve with wear. Built for the biker and over-engineered to start, the Iron Heart 397-IND Work Shirt tests the limits of what can be artfully woven and sewn, delivering a lifetime of durability in a work-ready design.