Snipes Shirt – Indigo HBT
SPECS
FABRIC:
100% cotton herringbone twill (HBT) “denim”, light indigo slubby warp x white weft weave, ~6 Oz., milled in Japan.
SPECS:
- Pattern inspired by a vintage 1930’s US Army wool uniform classic, revisited.
- Full 6 button front opening.
- Rounded tails.
- Vintage USN chambray shirt style urea buttons.
- Two large utilitarian chest pockets with pen compartments.
- Unstructured one-piece collar.
- Elbow reinforcement patches.
- White poplin button placket facing.
- Chainstitch construction with narrow folder.
- 100% cotton contrast stitching, white.
- Red bartack in lieu of side gussets.
- Original mfsc “Frogsville x Saigon Classified” woven rayon label.
- Made in Japan.
SIZING/FIT
The HBT “denim” SNIPES Shirt comes RAW/unwashed. It is cut so that the measurements match the labeling after an initial cold soak/line dry.
We recommend this usual protocol before wearing:
- Cold soak for about 30-40mn, with occasional hand agitation.
- Machine spin dry and line dry.
- Hang until fully dry.
At 5.7’ ~145 lbs, I opted for a SMALL for a trim uniform-like fit.
We recommend sticking to your usual mfsc shirt size.
Please refer to sizing chart for approximate raw/soaked measurements. Soaked = 30mn cold soak, spin dry and line dry.
CARE
Machine wash on DELICATE, cold water, mild eco-friendly detergent. Hang dry.
Heat dryer may result in excessive shrinkage.
STORY
The pattern of the MF® SNIPES is inspired by the earliest model of US Gov-issued uniform shirt in a full button-front design, a departure from earlier 1/2 button-front pullover styles.
The Mister Freedom® SNIPES retains all of that military design DNA, and we only decided to get creative with our choices of fabrics, a departure from the original US Army OD wool blend issue.
This is the third MF® iteration of the SNIPES, with the first 2020 release cut from Buzz Rickson’s Chambray. Followed an OD cotton poplin version in 2021, a visual reference to classic US Navy N-3 type shirts.
This season, the SNIPES gets a new fancy skin, a very slubby herringbone twill (HBT) milled in Japan, about 6 Oz., light indigo warp x white weft, which we are (with great liberty) calling “HBT denim” because of the denim-like yarn color combination.
Technically speaking, this textile is not of the denim family (usually right or left hand twill fabric with indigo warp x natural weft), definitely not chambray (a plain weave fabric), but kinda looks like the latter, from a distance. Besides fabric nerds, most will probably refer to it as “chambray”.
Blurring the lines between vintage US Navy work shirts and early US Army shirts, with the usual Mister Freedom® might-have-been design approach, we went for classic navy blue urea plastic buttons and white contrast stitching, old-school naval chambray shirt style.
The term “snipes” refers to USN enlisted personnel working in the engine room, the “sailors that sail below”, aka “Black Gang” for their grease-covered blues and salty dixie cup covers. See Machinist’s Mate Jake Holman’s dungarees for a Hollywood rendition.
The MF® SNIPES Shirt is designed in California by Mister Freedom® and manufactured in Japan by Sugar Cane Co.
Read the full blog post about the Snipes Shirt – Indigo HBT here
| Size | Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XX-Large |
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