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Standard cardigan

Cotton clothes that are easy to wash away. Wash and wash the tub, bathe in plenty of sunshine, dry and dry clothes, you can create a natural look. This unique look of cotton makes the skin feel smooth and transforms into a relaxed, loose-fitting garment with relaxed shoulders.

A lightness that holds the air

Gauze is a cotton yarn that is loosely twisted and woven alternately in all directions. It has good moisture absorption and quick drying, and is characterized by good ventilation. The gauze often absorbs sweat, so the image of summer is strong, but the double, triple and overlapping gauze has a layer of air between them, which is surprisingly warm, actually in the cold season It is also a suitable fabric. In addition, the density between yarns is low by weaving so much, so it is also attractive that there is "lightness" and "softness" as if they are just covering the air.

Ao gauze is made to be able to keep enough "softness of cotton itself" which is often lost. We reviewed the process from yarn to fabric in order to make it a soft-touch garment, and as a result, it turned out that the soft touch of cotton itself can be maintained by not using excess oil removal, processing, or pasting. However, using a living machine (Kibata) that does not undergo this processing has the disadvantage of being treated as shrinking after washing, as opposed to the merit of good texture. In ao, this treatment was solved by making sure to wash or dye, calculate shrinkage and correct the pattern. The time-consuming process that can only be done at our own plant reduces shrinkage when washed.

The crew neck cardigan is made using ao's standard material, and is attractive for its moist and soft texture and lightness. Two smooth thin fabrics knitted with 100% cotton ultra-fine thread are made into one piece. In order to make it easy to mix and match, it is simply put together without unnecessary design. Shell buttons are lined up on the front, and the colors are black, iron navy blue, heather gray, deep scarlet and tokiwa for accents, and soft hanata and egg colors that go well with gauze materials. . It's also light and compact when folded, so it's convenient to carry around when traveling between seasons. It is made with a compact silhouette, so you can wear it with voluminous bottoms such as long skirts and wide pants in a well-balanced manner.

From the sewing factory in Niigata

ao is a factory brand launched by a sewing factory in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture. Using the technology as a sewing factory that has been cultivated for many years, I make clothes using gauze that takes time to sew. Commitment to the goodness of the skin, downturn the sewing allowance and sew, or fold and sew, and sew in the shape of a bag, and care is given to fine points of one point at a time.

In addition, we believe in the possibility of gauze such as coarse double gauze, single-layer gauze that enjoys a sense of sheer, and stains that seemingly do not look like gauze. We believe in the possibility of gauze and actively develop original gauze fabrics Working on