{"product_id":"mister-freedom-watertown-shirt-last-one-size-xxxl","title":"Watertown Shirt Last One Size Xxxl","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSPECS\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePremium indigo selvedge chambray, 6.5 Oz., slubby, 85% cotton — 15% linen tightly-woven blend, plain weave dark indigo warp with unbleached weft yarns, dry-hand, white\/red stripe selvedge ID, milled in Japan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDETAILS:\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* An original mfsc shirt pattern, inspired by French 1950s vintage casual shirts, blending sportswear and workwear vibes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Short sleeves, period cut.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Straight shirttail tuck-out style, side slits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* French style “col requin” (shark fin collar), with 1950s-style collar loop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Contrast Californian-style yellow \u0026amp; orange combo stitching, high count, 100% cotton.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Fabric selvedge displayed on front panels button placket and chest pocket fold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Single piece back, no shoulder yoke.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e* Narrow folder chainstitch construction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSIZING\/FIT\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWe recommend this straight-forward easy protocol before wearing:\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAt 5’7 ~145 lbs, I opted for a SMALL for a comfortable fit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWe recommend getting your usual size in MF® shirts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePlease refer to sizing chart for approximate soaked\/rinsed measurements, and reach out to sales@misterfredom.com for further sizing advice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCARE\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDo not use the washer’s heavy-duty cycle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHeat dryer is also not recommended and may result in excessive and irreversible shrinkage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSTORY\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Mister Freedom® WATERTOWN Shirt gets its pattern DNA from our 2015 TAHITI Shirt, an original garment fully documented here, anecdotally dear to me as it has roots in my expat family history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe streamline design was a take on classic 1950s-60s vintage French casual sportswear shirts: straight shirttail tuck-out style, period-typical “shark fin” collar (“col requin” in French, sometimes referred-to as “Capri” collar), side seam slits, in a long-sleeve pattern.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOur Tahiti shirts were cut from printed bark-cloth type cotton fabrics featuring a splendid vintage monstera motif, in both Moana blue and Ura red color options, inspired by a set of original pareos my dad was issued during a stint at the Club Med in 1957.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe WATERTOWN Shirt is basically a short-sleeve version of our TAHITI Shirt, but also a completely different fabric treatment and concept.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFor our Area 7161 story, we twisted the design and opted for a fancy cotton\/linen indigo chambray fabric, an old MF® favorite previously featured on the Naval Chinos Type No.266ic, the Breezer Type II, and the Riviera Continental Sportcoat \u0026amp; Trousers set.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThis premium indigo selvedge 6.5 Oz. chambray is a slubby, tightly-woven blend of 85% cotton and 15% linen, plain weave dark indigo warp with unbleached weft yarns, a dry and crisp fabric flashing a white\/red stripe selvedge ID, exclusively milled in Japan for mfsc.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIt is much darker than typical workwear chambrays (or vintage-style USN workshirts), with a deep indigo hue and reddish sheen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThis chambray fabric is guaranteed to age gracefully with normal wash\/wear routine, developing overtime a beautiful indigo patina exposing the woven texture and ring.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFor the Watertown, we decided to visually spice things up by using an orange\/yellow contrast stitch construction, a nod to our Californian Blue Jeans and their classic denim two-tone stitching.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA purely cosmetic design choice today — time-consuming and costly manufacturing wise —, the origin of mixing similarly-colored threads in garment construction dates back to 1940s-50s crunch time in factories, when everything on hand was used to meet production deadlines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe fabric selvedge is displayed in both the front panels button placket and the chest pocket fold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe sleeves are a period 1950s-style length, cut shorter than contemporary short-sleeve shirts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe amber-colored corrozo wood buttons compliment the orange\/yellow chainstitch accents.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFor those who wonder, our shirt gets its moniker from the classified Top-Secret and highly-restricted legendary AREA 51, a remote air strip on natural salt flats located in Groom Lake, Nevada, initially utilized during WW2 as gunnery range by USAAF pilots.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLater codenamed Watertown in internal convo — also referred to as “Paradise Ranch” or “The Ranch” amongst other dreamy nicknames — , the area was secretly reactivated in 1955 as a R\u0026amp;D facility for covert projects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIn this hard-to-access isolated high desert location, the CIA, USAF pilots (referred to as “drivers”, for anonymity), Lockheed “Skunk Works” engineers, mechanics, …,  helped develop and test U-2 spy planes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMore on our Mister Freedom® stylistic twist on this historical background here.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMore simply, the MF® Watertown Shirt is a cool 1950s-style casual short-sleeve shirt, loaded with subtle details, blending period sportswear with workwear, diverting chambray fabric from its routine utilitarian garment role.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mister Freedom","offers":[{"title":"XXXL - RINSED - Last One","offer_id":52917244100887,"sku":"FM-32822","price":250.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/5994\/1143\/files\/WatertownShirtChambray-1a.jpg?v=1777389487","url":"https:\/\/therightgarment.com\/products\/mister-freedom-watertown-shirt-last-one-size-xxxl","provider":"The Right Garment","version":"1.0","type":"link"}