Founded in New York in 2017 by Taiga Takahashi following his graduation from Central Saint Martins, the label grew out of the designer’s personal archive of around 2,000 vintage garments, most of them American workwear made between the 1910s and 1950s. Describing his approach as a kind of archaeology, Takahashi studied these pieces in detail and rebuilt them for the present, with the aim of creating clothing that would become the vintage of the future.

Each collection revives construction methods, fabrics and dyes from the era before mass production. Denim is woven on vintage shuttle looms, cloth is coloured with natural dyes, and garments are cut and sewn by skilled Japanese artisans. The result is workwear jackets, denim, trousers, shirts, knitwear and hats that hold true to their historical references while being refined in fit and proportion for everyday wear.

In 2021 the brand opened an atelier and exhibition space in Kyoto’s Gion district. Following Takahashi’s passing in 2022, his team continues the project under the name T.T, carrying forward his vision of clothing as a quiet record of time.