Amami Hand Dyed ELS Recycled Cotton Slub T-Shirt - Sharinbai + Doro Max

Nothing wasted, nothing compromised. The ELS Recycled Cotton Slub is built from a three-way blend: light, airy recycled cotton from yarn-spinning factories, recycled cotton from the offcuts of Wonder Looper's own Double Heavyweight T-shirt, and luxurious Extra Long Staple organic cotton. Knit at low tension and slow speed, the result is a fabric that's soft and bouncy yet dense and full of character — with a naturally uneven slub surface that gives it a warmth and depth well beyond its 280 GSM weight.

Same Amami process, pushed as far as it goes. Color begins with a warm, rosy Sharinbai tannin dye, then moves to dorozome, but where the standard version sees a single mud stage, the Max is immersed in iron-rich mud again and again. Each cycle bonds more mineral into the fiber and darkens the shade, building layer by layer to a near-black. It's the same hand-done, time-intensive technique; the depth is the result of repetition. As with all the slub tees, the uneven texture keeps the color from appearing flat.

• 280 GSM / 8.25 oz per sq. yard, 100% cotton
• Natural hand dye (Sharinbai + repeated dorozome), Amami, Japan
• Three-component blend: ELS organic cotton, factory-recycled cotton, offcut-recycled Double Heavyweight cotton
• Circular knit in Japan at low tension and slow speed
• Naturally uneven slub surface texture
• Modern athletic fit
• Binder neck ribbed collar
• Union Special flat side seam construction
• 100% Cotton
• Made in Japan