Porter Classic Sashiko Chinese Jacket, Indigo Stitched Cloth, Frog Fastenings, Stand Collar, Three Patch Pockets, Size L

A stand-collar jacket from Porter Classic in indigo-dyed sashiko cloth, closed down the front with knotted cord frog fastenings and carrying three patch pockets. Its surface is worked in a dense grid of stitching that has faded to a soft, uneven blue. Size L.

The Piece

Sashiko is the Japanese craft of reinforcing and decorating cloth with running stitch, born of the need to make fabric last and refined over generations into a language of pattern. Porter Classic is a Japanese label admired for carrying such techniques into contemporary clothing, and this jacket joins that tradition to a Chinese-collar cut, a form seldom seen among the maker's sashiko work.

The stitching builds a closely woven texture across the body and sleeves, and the indigo has lightened unevenly, paler along the shoulders and cuffs and deeper toward the hem, so that the colour reads as a gradient. Three patch pockets, one at the chest and two below, are outlined in the same stitch. A woven Sashiko label sits inside the collar. The cut is generous, with room to layer over knitwear in winter or to wear open over a T-shirt in spring and autumn, much as one would a denim jacket.

Measured flat: shoulder width 54 cm (21.3 in), chest width 58 cm (22.8 in), length 67 cm (26.4 in), sleeve length 64 cm (25.2 in). Every measurement is taken by hand with the piece laid flat, so please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 3 cm (0.5 to 1 in).

Details

• Maker: Porter Classic
• Technique: Sashiko stitching
• Style: Chinese-collar jacket with frog fastenings
• Colour: Indigo, faded to mid blue
• Pockets: Three patch pockets
• Size: L
• Shoulder width: 54 cm (21.3 in)
• Chest width: 58 cm (22.8 in)
• Length: 67 cm (26.4 in)
• Sleeve length: 64 cm (25.2 in)

Condition

• Pre-owned, with soiling on the inside of the collar and on the sleeve linings, the kind that comes with years of wear.
• The outer cloth shows natural indigo fading, which is part of the character of the piece.

Condition grade B (good) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.

Authenticity & Care

The Sashiko label inside the collar is photographed, along with the stained linings, so that you can judge the piece before it is yours. Indigo can transfer colour and will continue to soften: wash separately at a low temperature or entrust the piece to a specialist, dry in the shade, and store folded.

Delivery from Japan

Packed by hand in Tokyo and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything before you buy, and see our published policy.

Every figure above is taken by hand with the garment laid flat, in centimetres. Lay a shirt or jacket you already love beside them and allow a centimetre or two of margin, the quiet safeguard on a final sale. Our size guide to tops and jackets turns pit-to-pit figures into US, UK, EU and Japanese sizes, and for anything it leaves open the curator team replies within one Tokyo business day.