READYMADE x Denim Tears Tweed Shorts, Black Cotton and Japanese Paper, Flower Wreath Embroidery, Size 3, Made in Japan
READYMADE x Denim Tears Tweed Shorts, Black Cotton and Japanese Paper, Flower Wreath Embroidery, Size 3, Made in Japan
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Condition notes
No notable marks or soiling are recorded; the frayed hem is original to the design.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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Black tweed shorts from the READYMADE and Denim Tears collaboration, woven from cotton and Japanese paper and embroidered with a flower wreath in cupro thread. Size 3, made in Japan, in very good condition.
The Piece
READYMADE is the Tokyo label of Hiroki Nakamura, known for recasting military and workwear into objects of quiet obsession, and Denim Tears is the American label founded by Tremaine Emory, whose work turns cotton and its history into a language of its own. Their collaboration meets in these shorts: a textured black tweed, a wreath of flowers worked in embroidery, and a hem left deliberately frayed.
The cloth is 90% cotton and 10% Japanese paper, a pairing that gives the tweed a dry, slightly crisp hand and a surface that reads as soft black rather than flat black. The embroidery is cupro, which catches the light with a faint sheen against the matte weave, and the shorts are lined in silk. The raw, frayed hem is part of the design, so the edge you see is the edge the makers intended.
Measured flat: waist 43 cm (16.9 in), rise 31 cm (12.2 in), inseam 16 cm (6.3 in) and hem width 36 cm (14.2 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: READYMADE x Denim Tears
- Reference: RE-DT-BK-00-00-05
- Style: Tweed shorts with embroidered flower wreath
- Fabric: 90% cotton, 10% Japanese paper
- Lining: Silk
- Embroidery: Cupro thread
- Colour: Black
- Size: 3, recorded as L
- Waist: 43 cm (16.9 in), flat
- Rise: 31 cm (12.2 in)
- Inseam: 16 cm (6.3 in)
- Hem width: 36 cm (14.2 in)
- Made in: Japan
Condition
- No notable marks or soiling are recorded; the frayed hem is original to the design.
Condition grade A (very good) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
The care label, the composition label and the reference RE-DT-BK-00-00-05 are photographed. Entrust the shorts to a specialist cleaner, as the paper content, the silk lining and the frayed hem all favour gentle handling, and store them folded or on a padded hanger.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Tokyo and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service, arranged by our Tokyo, Japan concierge team. 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 pair laid flat, in centimetres. Measure jeans or trousers that already fit you the same way and allow a centimetre or two of margin, the quiet safeguard on a final sale. Our jeans and trousers size guide reads waist and inseam in inches and centimetres, and for anything it leaves open the curator team replies within one Tokyo business day.
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