Since its foundation 1999, Beams Plus has become synonymous with a particular Japanese twist on Americana that we all know and love. Its latest Engineer and Chore jackets take this up a notch — taking those classic workwear silhouettes and recreating them in a beautiful plaid Sashiko fabric.
For the uninitiated, Sashiko (which roughly translates as ‘little stabs’) is a Japanese running stitch embroidery technique, traditionally used to reinforce points of wear or fix holes or tears. Beams’ fabric replaces the white/natural threads found in traditional Sashiko with indigo and lighter blue threads to add a subtle, textured stripe to their plaid Engineer jacket.
The Chore jacket then takes this to another level, combining patches of the embroidered Sashiko fabric with patches of other fabrics, ranging from light grey blues to deep indigo hues. This is reminiscent of another Japanese art form synonymous with Sashiko — Boro.
The result is a duo of unique pieces, each of which takes a historic American workwear silhouette and imbues it with age-old Japanese textile crafts that are revered in our niche and beyond.
Both Engineer Jacket and Chore Jacket are available for $528 from Lost & Found.
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