TCB - 40's Cap - Charcoal Gray Duck
You may be asking yourself why Two Cat's Brand (TCB) is so sp...

TCB - 50's Jeans - Indigo One Wash
You may be asking yourself why Two Cat's Brand (TCB) is so spe...

TCB - 60's Jeans - Indigo One Wash.
TCB is getting more and more traction with each passing day, which makes getting product only that much harder. So, when we do snag some beautiful jeans like this, we get super stoked. The 60's jean is a 13oz exclusive fabric made of 100% San Joaquin Cotton. The more blue indigo and hairiness were a standard of this time period. One of the coolest nerdiest factors of this fabric is that it is produced in the central valley from cotton watered by the purest mountain snowmelt water. Details down to the paper patch being sewn with a good margin in from the edge of the patch so that it curls and rounds with time are what you're going to notice with time. They've even thought about how the old paper patches ripped with time exposing the dark indigo underneath to contrast the fades you've created. They really do it all to match as perfectly as they can the time period from which they pull their jeans. You can see, in comparison to the jeans from the previous decades that the jeans of the '60s have started to become more perfect. The 20 count core-spun yarn and chain stitch work throughout show that.

TCB - Cat Light Shirt - Black Chambray.

You may be asking yourself why Two Cat's Brand (TCB) is so special. Well, beyond all the obvious details, there's a story. This is a brand that truly does what they love. Most things have a rhyme and reason, but sometimes they just create what suits their needs. The vintage, reproduction inspiration behind the brand is clearly visible. They're honoring styles from the '30s-'60s with a few items dating pre-1900's. Sometimes they create fantasy or future (e.g. present) cuts that didn't exist in the past, but the bulk of their work is true reproduction. That's what we went with on this round. You may also be asking, why such a low price compared to other Japanese brands. This is due to the fact that everything besides the milling of the fabric is done in-house. There is no outsourcing for cutting or sewing. In Kojima, the denim capital of Japan sits their vertically integrated factory where they do: fabric cutting, single stitch sewing, lapping seam sewing, applying buttons and rivets, and much, much more. We are so excited to introduce you to TCB.

TCB named this a cat light shirt - cat light as in the cat's eyes lighting the way ahead even in the darkness. This comes as inspiration again from a shirt that used a locomotive with lights on for its tags. They've put that kind of jokey image on the woven tag for this shirt, which we hope you like, too. The cat light has become one of our best-selling shirts from its runoffs to its colorful bartacks. This black chambray version is a beautiful addition to the lineup.

TCB - Cathartt Core Coat - Indigo.

This time, TCB referred to a vintage Carhartt jacket from the 20s. It was a dream jacket for them, and they used details from their own jackets mixed with everything they know about the ones from an earlier time frame. This piece is developed from a super rare Master Cloth chore coat that had the heart-shaped tag only available until the 20s. They've used a relatively low tension weave for this piece with a 7 to 1 warp to weft count. This will lead to wild, raindrop fades! In terms of fading, this is dyed with 100% indigo dyes. According to TCB, at some point in history, they started diluting the indigo which gave garments a green tint as they faded. That will not be the case with this piece. This indigo has more blue than black tint to it for a light, royal color that is reminiscent of its origins (this is because they dyed the cotton fewer times in indigo baths to save cost).

*To those who have other TCB chore jackets,
The fabric is softer than the one of Tabby's Jacket or of Black Cat Jacket but the blue tinge is very similar to Tabby's. The twill line is much more visible on the fabric of this new chore jacket so the more vertical, so-called rainfall fade is expected.

TCB - Two Cats Bandana - Green.

You know we have a thing for bandanas! We've been waiting on a new batch to get us really excited, and these are that batch. They're filled with the brands namesake, Cats. For their ten-year anniversary they've made cookie-patterned bandanas in reference to the 60s-70s. The fabric is woven in Japan on vintage shuttle looms giving it selvedge on one side. These colors are custom-made for TCB, as well, with a discharge method of printing.

TCB - Two Cats Bandana - Red.

You know we have a thing for bandanas! We've been waiting on a new batch to get us really excited, and these are that batch. They're filled with the brands namesake, Cats. For their ten-year anniversary they've made cookie-patterned bandanas in reference to the 60s-70s. The fabric is woven in Japan on vintage shuttle looms giving it selvedge on one side. These colors are custom-made for TCB, as well, with a discharge method of printing.

TCB - Two Cats Bandana - Yellow.

You know we have a thing for bandanas! We've been waiting on a new batch to get us really excited, and these are that batch. They're filled with the brands namesake, Cats. For their ten-year anniversary they've made cookie-patterned bandanas in reference to the 60s-70s. The fabric is woven in Japan on vintage shuttle looms giving it selvedge on one side. These colors are custom-made for TCB, as well, with a discharge method of printing.

TCB - Wool Lined Type I Jacket - Rinsed Indigo.

TCB has worked so hard on this jacket, which made us want to support it even more. They've custom-developed this blanket liner, or should we say two different blanket liners, to repro this Type I as close as possible. The two front panels are a lighter, almost faded-looking version of the sleeves and back panels. We saw them wearing these beauties inside out, and it sunk its claws in.

In this version of the blanket lined jacket, they decided to go with a type I that they realized was originally produced just before they changed to the Type I in 52. The two-tone wool liner is most likely a "batch-to-batch" detail which makes it an extremely rare find. It truly blows us away that TCB would go to these lengths of production to reproduce such an incredible detail. To create two different batches of striped wool is dedication.

For the front body, the stripe pitch is wider and the color is lighter. On the other hand the back body stripe is narrower and the color is deeper. The yarn count of the warp is as follows: 20/ single thread and of the weft is 10/ triple thread.

They decided to use our 30's fabric for this jacket. It's the closest to the repro, and they wanted to give customers an opportunity to buy what they consider one of the top denims they've ever made. The 30's denim is made of Memphis cotton and the yarn count for both the warp and weft is 8, making the fabric 12.5oz in weight. The single sleeve detail was by no means easier or more cost-effective and confounds TCB about the original. In true TCB spirit, they reproduced it anyway.

We know there are a ton of details, but the hardware can not be missed. This slide buckle has been made of steel, plated with copper, then oxidized to get the black color. Then, they rub them with sawdust to get the matte look. It's freaking wild to be honest. This plating is built to rub off and get rusted in a red/black manner.

This piece was a pre-order, and we think very few if any other retailers ordered it. We may be the only people on the planet who got access to this incredible, incredible jacket. They are limited and therefore, once they're gone...they're gone forever.