There is something about living in a city that makes life feel thrillingly open. Beauty and inspiration catch you at every corner: the smell of breakfast through an open window, the kooky outfit of a stranger crossing the street, a conversation you simply couldn’t resist overhearing.
At any moment you might meet an idea, a place or a person that changes the course of your day. Perhaps even your life.
Coffee with a friend becomes an introduction to someone whose work you have admired from afar. An errand becomes an afternoon of little discoveries. Just as you are ready to head home, someone has finagled a table at that new wine bar, or you become a last-minute plus-one to an opening. You agree to “just one drink”, but hours later find yourself still there, among new faces, and if you’re lucky enough, enjoying the delicious uncertainty of a subtle flirtation.
The right clothes let you follow where the day wants to take you.
We have been taught that comfort and elegance are opposing desires. Comfort belongs to the private hours: to home, to travel, to the time when nobody is looking. Elegance is public, and mildly punishing. We surrender freedom of movement for the social authority of looking the part.
Why should anyone have to choose?
The jinbei offers another possibility.
The jinbei is a traditional Japanese two-piece garment with a history stretching back centuries. Once worn primarily by men, now reimagined for everyone: retaining its economy of form, ease and thoughtful construction while adapting it to the movement and demands of contemporary life.
Ours is made in Shizuoka, Japan, in limited edition drops.
Drop 001 will be available to preorder soon.
Indulge in the pleasure of possibility with jinbei.