What is WABASH, the coolest fabric? Recommended for American casual!
(Note: Wabash related products appear at the end of the article.)
Wabash has been known as a work item since the early 20th century. Wabash is a time-consuming process called the "discharge printing method," in which the color is removed from the indigo fabric and dyed. The indigo blue with white dot stripes looks beautiful, and one theory says that it was created in the image of the flow of the Wabash River in Indiana, USA. It is said that the fabric called Wabash Stripe was first developed by Stiefel, which no longer exists. However, it is not suitable for mass production, and is famous as a phantom fabric that disappears after the 1970s. Therefore, shirts, bottoms, coveralls, etc. using vintage Wabash stripes are traded at high prices.
The secret to its popularity is due to the discharge printing method, so each dot is slightly different, and because it is dyed with indigo blue, you can enjoy aging and fading just like jeans. One of the charms of Wabash stripes is the rustic feeling in the beautiful stripes. Currently, many jeans manufacturers are developing products with Wabash stripes.
Recent replica makers (Real McCoy's Toyo Enterprise's SUGAR CANE, etc.) are highly complete and reproducted, so the purchase itself is not difficult. It is difficult to buy from brands such as fast fashion. Because it takes time and effort to make Wabash itself, it is a fabric that has disappeared, so it costs money to reproduce it. Therefore, I think it is difficult to realize high cost at low price.
However, this brand (KARAKUBUY) was able to reduce costs by building a factory overseas. Now customers can spend less money to purchase the same high quality WASHBU fabric products.
