{"product_id":"mister-freedom-ranger-shirt-nos-selvedge-woolen-plaid","title":"Ranger Shirt Nos Selvedge Woolen Plaid","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSPECS\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFABRICS:\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNew Old Stock woolen plaid, woven shadow plaid pattern, selvedge ID featuring maker’s name, wool blend (exact yarn content unknown), fabric traditionally-milled in India by a now-defunct “Woollen Mills” weaver.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDETAILS:\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* An original Mister Freedom® pattern, inspired by 1930s-40s workwear shirting and vintage utilitarian styles.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Double chest pockets, inverted box-pleat, red bartack accents.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Chin strap.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Rounded shirt tails.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Full button front.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Contrast black cotton sateen collar band\/button placket facing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Vintage-style classic “Cat Eyes” black corozo wood buttons.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Selvedge side gussets, featuring fabric maker’s ID.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Chainstitch construction, 100% cotton thread, tonal stitching, high count.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* MF® Sportsman signature contrast green “caballo” stitching inside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Mister Freedom® x Sugarcane mfsc SPORTSMAN rayon label.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSIZING\/FIT\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Mister Freedom® RANGER Shirt in “Selvedge Woolen Plaid” comes RAW\/unwashed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIt is a dry-clean only garment, therefore ready-to-wear as-is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAt 5.7’ ~145 lbs, I opted for a MEDIUM, for a comfortable fit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe size that will work best for you depends on your body type and how you like your clothes to fit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePlease refer to our sizing chart and reach out to sales@misterfreedom.com for further sizing advice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCARE\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSTORY\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eI learned a trick or two from my rag-picking days in the mid 1990s, one of them being that all plaids are not created equal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWhen corporate design teams (the likes of Ralph Lauren, J.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCrew, Abercrombie, Gap, etc) were browsing my vintage racks at the Rosebowl, I quickly noticed that some plaid shirts were definitely getting more attention than others…\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAn obviously initial divider is between woven and printed plaids, then you got your run-of-the-mill brushed cotton flannels, commercial wool checks and popular traditional patterns, notorious Scottish tartans that long-ago crossed over to fashion island, Pendleton classics, buffalo plaids, shadow plaids, patterned tweeds, … Once in a while, a unicorn shows up, an unusual pattern\/color combo that everyone goes nuts about.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAnd when your main source of income relies on the bacon you bring home from your local flea market only held once a month, one tends to start paying attention to both obvious and subtle differences between vintage plaid shirts!\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFast-forward to 2024 Mister Freedom®…\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWe regularly reach out to our friends at Sugarcane Co to mill a special check pattern for us, always inspired by the fabric of an unusual vintage specimen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThanks to the long-standing textile expertise of Toyo’s Japan team — scrutinizing yarn hues with color wheels and analyzing fiber content with microscopic precision — , we have released a few “unicorn” plaids in our mfsc past.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOpting for a 100% cotton yarn content when the original is 100% wool is often a design choice related to our roots in Southern California and local climate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Secoya shirt in “McG plaid” or “Winter King plaid” — and, notably, the upcoming eye-pleasing FW2024 “Secoya Tartan”— the Dude Rancher in “Joan plaid” and “Indigo-covert plaid”, the Scrambler jacket in “Tartan Check”, the lining of our Dune Buggy, …, all come to mind.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSometime in 2023, while out-and-about Downtown LA, CA., hunting for New Old Stock fabrics for FW2024 — under the supervision and guidance of MF® official sniffer #TheJoeGreene —, the Joe sniffed out a very interesting woolen shadow plaid, in the ocean of textiles of an overstocked jobber warehouse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe bonus was that there was enough yardage to justify a small limited production.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSold!\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFrom what intel I could gather, that fabric was milled in India, painstakingly-woven on traditional antiquated powerloom machines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIt features a fancy monogramed selvedge tape with the mill’s brand — “Premium Woollens” — an apparently now-defunct maker.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe British textile industry has a long history of weaving\/printing traditional textiles in its old Empire’s colonies — see Madras fabric legacy briefly discussed here — so it is no surprise that India’s textile industry would still expertly-produce a wide range of Old Albion’s classic woolen tweeds today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFrom the ombre plaid vibe, that check pattern seems to fall under the “Shadow Plaid” family, with an attractive gradient heathered combination of black\/grey\/blue\/ivory colored yarns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe fabric is a woolen blend, exact fiber content unknown.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWe opted for the Mister Freedom® RANGER Shirt pattern for this fabric score, a visual nod to the Beach Boys’ 1962 Pendleton-sponsored outfits (more here),  and 60s SoCal surf culture in general.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA bit of a stylistic stretch since our RANGER Shirt pattern conveys more of a 1930s-40s vibe, but, as you know, we always like to take a bit of liberty in the design process, and don’t do replicas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThis shirt is a fairly versatile and casual garment, easily wearable tucked or untucked, as an overshirt or just over a long-sleeve T-Shirt, paired with traditional denim jeans, 60s-style “wheat” jeans, chinos styles, etc…\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Mister Freedom® RANGER Shirt NOS “Selvedge Woolen Plaid” edition is designed and\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003emade in California, CA., in collaboration with Sugar Cane Co.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCut from NOS fabric milled in India.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mister 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