Tenugui – 'Woman in Town' PrintNepenthes have worked with art director, writer and 'izakaya explorer' Kazuhiko Ota to produce 5 original designs of tenugui. Taking inspiration from American advertisements from the 'good old days', Ota's chic, nostalgic designs are printed with traditional Japanese dyeing techniques, producing rich blue tones with a lot of detail onto cotton tenugui. Whilst traditionally used as washcloths, tenugui are used for a great many purposes in Japan; these

everyday silhouette

or 'knee goes out') shape is created by darts sewn into the waist and hem

The Ascot Shirt

a permeable

giving the pants a striking dimensionality and a loose

This straight sided cuff bracelet by Navajo maker Roland Dixson features a large turquoise inlay sitting inline in an ornate surround

due to the use of natural fats

A timeless style

Details include a throat latch

Beginning with the development of soles for mountaineering boots in the 1930s

The BDU version

keys and mobile phones