All About Places & Spaces
ALL ABOUT PLACES & SPACES
The separation between an idea and final product is nearly infinite. For example, I can imagine the perfect tee shirt, but making it would be nearly impossible. The easy thing would be deciding on the raw material to make it in - a bouncy and breezy but hard wearing natural fiber like cotton would be ideal. The technical execution that comes with fabric development and treatment, the connections to suppliers, and the infinite options that go into construction and finishing creates the barrier.
Places and Spaces closes this gap. Ryo Hoshino is the third generation of Hoshino Co. Ltd, a family run knit fabric wholesaler going back half a century. Hoshino founded Places and Spaces to pull his lifelong expertise into apparel manufacturing, creating garments with an attention to detail where heritage, craft, and quality are paramount.
Going back to the idea of a perfect shirt, we can deconstruct the thought that goes into Places and Spaces’ idealized take. Starting with the material, Places and Spaces uses Zimbabwe cotton in this season’s shirts. Zimbabwe objectively has the best environment for growing cotton. Places and Spaces tees are made of only the healthiest, most premium selection of the harvested cotton, which adds to the handfeel, shine, and durability of the shirt. By using a slub knit, the shirts become more breathable, drape better, and have a subtle texture, so wearing them alone in the summer still creates a dynamic outfit. The enzyme wash, used as a more sustainable alternative to stonewashing across all of this collection’s garments, creates a perfectly aged and broken in look that lends the shirt that softness and visual warmth, creating the perfect style pairing with other brands in the Canoe Club lineup.
Places and Spaces proves their testament to slow-made clothes by using loopwheeled fabric for their track jacket and sweat pants. With only a few of these machines still in existence, and each machine operating at a fraction of the speed of standard knitting machines, loopwheeled garments are exceedingly special. The burdensome maintenance of countless moving parts, and the slowness of the tensionless, gravity guided tube offer the finished garments attributes that can’t be replicated by any other process. The continuous interlinking of the relaxed yarns adds durability and ages gracefully with continuous wash and wear. Conceptually, the loopwheels history along with the gentle enzyme fading makes the Places and Spaces collection pair perfectly with Canoe Club’s range of heritage brands like Visvim, Orslow, and Phigvel.
The acute fineness that goes into Places and Spaces offerings also makes them incredibly easy wearing and simple to care for. Flat-felled seams, oversized cuts, and split side seams on mid-layers allow Places and Spaces clothes a convenience, not often found in such fine-tuned clothes.
This collection bridges the divide between preciousness and durability. The breathability and texture of the tees make for a perfect stand alone summer top, and the softness of the colors and wash make them perfect for layering in cooler weather. Each item can work its way into an outfit whether you’re lounging or heading to dinner. The luxuriousness and comfort are unparalleled and prove to be the perfect staples for any wardrobe.