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Hello. I’m Yusuke Yamamoto from the ApparelX Trend Blog.
This time, as mentioned in the title, we will introduce three of Japan’s major textile manufacturers and some of the textiles from their 2025 spring/summer collections.
Manufacturer pages are here.
Miyuki Keori Co., Ltd. is a long-established textile manufacturer founded in 1905, and its Yokkaichi factory practices environmentally conscious manufacturing. It emphasizes harmony with nature through careful washing using natural soap, friction washing with washing poles made from natural wood from Hokkaido, and the use of underground water from the Suzuka mountain range. In addition, its management system is well developed through ISO14001 certification and strict environmental audits within the group. The company is committed to contributing to a sustainable society through zero waste, chemical management, reuse of local resources, employee education, and community exchange activities.
SOLARO features beautiful, elegant colors and a firm texture that looks great when tailored. It is glamorous yet can be styled classically.
The Essential Bunch, launched from Fall/Winter 2024, is a collection for suits. It pursues highly practical manufacturing that meets every need in a business environment. This business tool packages trendy colors and patterns across a wide range of materials, including cool, lightweight fabrics suited to Japan’s climate, sporty knit materials, and high-quality, durable prestige materials.
GINZA is a collection inspired by tailor-made styles of the Showa era, based on the company’s own archives. It features a powerful look made with thick-count worsted strong-twist thread, and a dry, highly breathable texture. It is recommended not only for coordinated sets, but also as a classic suit material.
The collection bunch VARIETES for coordinated sets and jackets pursues the quality appropriate to each item through consistent manufacturing from raw material selection and design planning to finishing. We developed and edited trendy, functional materials that only wool can deliver, such as designs expressing a natural texture and textures full of a cool feel.
Kazuriki Keori Industry Co., Ltd. was founded in 1912 in Owari Ichinomiya, a town of textiles, and has continued using rare Schöl machine looms since the early Showa period to produce suit fabrics that value the soft, rich texture of handwoven cloth. The reason it continues to use Schöl machine looms, which are now ultra-slow looms, is to create high-quality cloth that is supple and elastic. The company’s trademark, “DOMINX,” comes from a French word meaning “to conquer,” expressing its confidence in high quality. The weaving process is a careful accumulation of handwork that takes about two weeks to complete one roll of textile, starting with warp preparation and going through warping, heald threading, reed threading, preparation of weft threads, and more. Its appeal lies in the fusion of tradition and technology, such as the use of 24 harnesses that make complex patterns possible and high-density weaving with fine reed spacing.
A textile made by weaving high-quality wool in the warp and 40% kid mohair thread from animals under one year old in the weft.
In addition to the smoothness of high-quality wool and kid mohair, the weft uses single thread, and by inserting 1.2 times as many picks as the warp, it creates firmness and luster.
A carefully woven houndstooth using high-quality wool material.
Kunishima Co., Ltd. is a long-established textile manufacturer based in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, founded in 1850 by Owari samurai Buemon Kunishima. Rooted in Bishu, one of Japan’s leading textile-producing regions, the company produces high-quality textiles centered on menswear by taking advantage of local strengths such as soft water and a division-of-labor system. Since its founding, it has continued to grow alongside industrial development under the philosophy of “improving national strength through industry,” and today it continues to provide highly precise products under strict quality control. It focuses on creating delicate, durable textiles with excellent dimensional stability and sewability that can accurately express a modelist’s intent. Its corporate philosophy is to “support the expression of an ideal lifestyle,” and it continues developing materials that respect tradition while meeting the needs of the times. Under its in-house brand “HERDREX,” it offers Japanese-made textiles using high-quality wool, and under “BEST SELECTION,” it offers a standard line for business, meeting a wide range of customer needs.
[TWILL CHAMBRAY] Twill chambray is a twill material made with fine yarns that can be worn in three seasons. By changing the warp and weft colors, it expresses a denim-like look or solaro (iridescent) effect. Its distinctive color gives it character. It uses fine 72-count two-ply yarn for the warp to create sheen, and 48-count single yarn for the weft, resulting in a soft finish.
HERDREX is a Japanese textile collection carefully woven and produced on the company’s own looms. Focusing on high-quality wool, it offers products that make full use of weave structure, blending with other materials, finishing processes, dyeing techniques, and more. We are sure you will be satisfied with the rich variety of No pattern options.
[FANCY WORSTED] Fancy worsted This product combines wool with polyester and nylon. Depending on the ratio, it increases strength and has the advantage of allowing finer yarns to be made. It also has excellent wrinkle resistance, but once wrinkles form, they are difficult to remove.
BEST SELECTION is Kunishima’s carefully selected standard line. It mainly features No pattern and woven patterns suitable for business suits. Colors are available for a wide range of uses, regardless of age or gender.
Thank you for reading to the end.
We hope you will take a look at Japan’s commitment to craftsmanship by picking up these items yourself.
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From 5/2 to 6/2, the textiles from the three manufacturers introduced here will be available at special sale prices during the ApparelX SUPER SALE for a limited time!
Please take advantage of this opportunity.
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