TCB - Cat Light Shirt - Denim

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 up the way ahead even in the darkness. This comes as inspiration again from a shirt that used a locomotive with lights on for their tags. We've put that kind of jokey image on the woven tag for this shirt, which we hope you like, too.

The fabric is light-oz denim with some natural irregularity on the surface, made of California cotton and woven slowly with care by a vintage loom in Japan.

• triple-stitched chain stitching
• the asymmetry pockets' shapes
• a chin-strap
• triangle-shaped hem gusset on the side
• thread runoff
• Made in Kojima, Japan

inches

*A variance of +/- 0.5" (1.27cm) is within tolerance 

*All measurements are in inches and measured on a flat surface. Sleeve length is measured on the underarm from armpit to the end of cuff. Body length is measured from center-back of neck seam to the bottom of garment.

*Fit Notes: True to it’s vintage garment inspiration the Cat Light Shirt has an over-sized, workwear oriented fit. It also features an extra long length optimized for tucking into your trousers. Unless you have a long torso many will find this style to run longer in length than normal. Shop owner Tommy is wearing a size 36 in the pictures. He's 5'10," 170lbs with 40" chest.