One of the pattern cutters, the only one actually, at the The Franklin Tailored workshop

We already told you about Biotop, Wild Life Tailor, Vendor, and Saturday’s Surf, and there are still a lot of other places that we could detail more. Tokyo being a city with thousands of amazing shops that we could only dream to see in our respective home cities. May it be the small independent shop or the massive chains that launch innovative concepts, it was important to do a summary of those we discovered in order for you to go have a look for yourselves if you happen to be in the area.

Found Muji

If you are a fan of Muji, you better start saving now. The “Found” concept gathers a wide array of high quality products that have literally been found by Muji teams around the world, bringing you the best each country has to offer. These products presented in the slick and clean way that we are used to seeing in the Japanese brand’s shops just make them even more desirable. It is quite simply a mini supermarket of all the best things you could find around the world, making you want to buy absolutely everything. We can feel that the Labour & Wait concept is not very far.

Nakajima Building 5-50-6 Jingu-mae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 1 ~ 2F
www.muji.net/foundmuji/

Timeworn Clothing – At Last

Timeworn Clothing is one of these small shops that offer American workwear of better quality than anything you could actually find in the US. The offer of the shop is mainly composed of their own brand – At Last Clothing. That said, you can also find other brands, mostly Japanese, with a focus essentially on accessories. The prices are quite steep but the quality is definitely there. I almost spent half a month’s rent on the jacket above – that was close.

3-12-3,Kitaaoyama,Minatoku,Tokyo

Loopwheeler

Loopwheeler has the reputation of making some of the best sweatshirts in the world. The man behind the brand, Satoshi Suzuki, is none other than a pure fanatic of the fabric, to the point of having more than 350 versions of the iconic sweater in his wardrobe. That is no small deal. The name of the brand comes from the machine that was used at the beginning of the 20th century to weave the jersey fabric – the loopwheeler. As everyone was leaning towards improved machines with higher performances, Satoshi decided to save these antiquities from the bin and make them his brand signature. The result is a brand that is called on by some of the most established brands like Nike or Clarks to work on collaborations around the fabric. A place you need to visit if you are looking for the best sweatshirt around. You will be able to choose from various shapes and colours (not the fabric though, that stays the signature of the brand). One of the famous loopwheeler machines is shown in the window of the shop for all the curious clients to discover.

Yamana Bldg. B1F, 3-51-3 Sendagaya, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo
www.loopwheeler.co.jp

The Franklin Tailored

The Franklin Tailored is a very small brand that offers products of extreme quality with a strong workwear inspiration. Also present at Biotop and Wild Life Tailor in Tokyo, the small workshop produces this incredible oxford shirt. Simple in appearance, it has the particularity of being made from a 3-ply oxford fabric, which means it is three times heavier than your regular oxford shirt. A little beauty. The workshop of the brand is also used as a shop and a showroom. If you want to discover what Japanese know-how looks like in action, this is the place to go and get a good look at this shirt. I still regret not bringing it back with me in my suitcase.

3-14-10 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
www.the-ft.com

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