A luxurious cummerbund made with
habutae silk fabric, carefully woven by artisans with great care using traditional methods in
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, one of Japan’s leading silk textile-producing regions.
It uses a premium silk fabric used for the collars of formal gentlemen’s wear such as tailcoats and tuxedos; its beautiful luster and smooth texture are proof of its authenticity.
*Bow ties are sold separately.
The habutae silk fabric used is woven in a small weaving workshop in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, one of Japan’s leading silk fabric-producing regions. Fujiyoshida is a historic production area that dates back to the Heian period. This land, where spring water from Mt. Fuji emerges, has the clean water that is essential for good dyeing.
In the weaving process, Yamamoto’s mixed-woven habutae fabric uses as many as 13,000 warp threads in a width of just 47 cm, and for the weft, it uses an astonishingly thick 240-
denier thread made by doubling 120-denier yarn and twisting it together.
By weaving slowly on a shuttle loom, air is trapped in the fabric, creating a three-dimensional texture, and artisans constantly inspect it for any flaws. Dyeing, yarn production, warping, and weaving are each carried out by skilled artisans for the customer, under strict quality control to make a good product.