DKブランドについて
我々テキスタイルの業界は50年以上も前から受注生産のみのスタイルが当たり前でした。
生地をつくるという行動の中に我々の主観の入る隙間は殆どなく、
お客様が発注したものだけを生産し、OKを頂いたものだけが流通される…そんな業界だったのです。
「こんな価値観ではダメなんだろうか？」
「こんな生地だって味があって面白いんじゃないか？」
その生地の誕生こそが私たちの「主張」であり「発信」となってくれたのです。
私たちはその生地のファーストネームにはじめてDKというタグをつけました。
私たちが素敵だと思った生地、私たちが洋服にしたいと思った生地、
私たちしかつくることのできない生地たちすべてにDKのタグをつけ、
それらを世に贈りだすことこそ、私たちの使命だと考えたのです。
Within the process of making fabric, there had been little room in which to add our own ideas.
Companies would manufacture only what their customers had ordered,
and only products that received the all-important “OK” would be distributed.
That was how the industry worked.
“Would a philosophy like this really work?”
“This sort of fabric has some charm, too. It’s interesting, isn’t it?”
Then, we stepped outside the boundaries of the contemporary conventional wisdom, and one simple fabric was born.
The creation of that fabric is our calling card, and it has become our message to the world.
That fabric marked the first time we put the name “DK” on the tag.
Fabrics that we thought were neat, fabrics that we wanted to make into clothing,
fabrics that only we could make; we have always believed that we have a duty to put the DK tag on all of these fabrics,
and to present them to the world.
DKブランドの歴史
The first fabric that we offered to the world under our own brand was the Vintage, which we first produced in the late 1990s. The Vintage was created in response to demand from our customers for a fabric that would allow them to make clothing that, although new, would have a classic, vintage feel. Today, the Vintage has grown to become a popular line in its own right. Since creating the Vintage, we have continued to develop popular products in tandem with local craftspeople. These include the Rudeback®, as well as our ddw® and natural dyed products.
DKブランドの技術
職人が作る生地は、料理と一緒。老舗の味を簡単に出せることはできないのと同じように、職人の技術を他者が簡単に生み出すことはできません。長年の技術や感。すべてを兼ね備えないと、DKブランドの生地を作ることはできないのです。
Their most appealing characteristic of all is the depth of emotion with which our craftspeople make them.
Added to our craftspeople’s technical instincts, which themselves come from years of experience, are their love for, and pride in, textile manufacturing.
Fabrics made by craftspeople are like food, and much as the flavors of a venerable restaurant could never be reproduced on a whim,
a craftsperson’s techniques cannot simply be conjured up by another person. Without both skill and intuition,
developed over many years, it would not be possible to make the fabrics of the DK brand.
DKブランドの未来
だからこそ、ＤＫのテキスタイル製造に携わる皆で価値を高めていきたいと考えています。生地というモノにこだわる宿命だからこそ、DKブランドとして叶えられる「幸せ」を形にしてまいります。
We feel that hierarchical and closed-off economies cannot flourish.
We believe that the best thing we can do is to do our part in breathing life into the textile industry of Enshu-Hamamatsu,
with all involved helping one another to grow.
For that very reason, all of us who are involved in textile manufacturing at DK hope to provide ever greater value.
Putting our energy and focus into fabrics is our role in life, and that is why we work to give form to the happiness that we,
as the DK brand, can provide.
DKブランドの生地
現代に流通する大量生産型の生地では決して味わうことができない、天然素材ならではの表情をぜひご覧ください。
We invite you to enjoy the texture of natural materials that cannot be reproduced by a machine.
ddw®
生機（キバタ）の状態から特殊なダメージを生地に加え、同時に染めを施すことによって偶然出来上がる染め感と風合い。
The natural-looking dyeing and texture gives a feeling not quite like any other fabric in the world.
Rudeback®
特殊な染料を使用することによって、生地洗いをするたびにゆっくりゆっくり色合いがフェイドして行く、自分だけのフェイド感を楽しむ加工です。
The use of special dyes with this technique results in hues that begin to fade bit by bit each time the fabric is washed, allowing you to enjoy a unique faded feel.
Rudeback-Half
リュードバックで染めた生地をさらに、特殊な洗いを加えることでDKがこだわる面感を表現した加工。
A process in which fabric dyed using the Rude Back method is subjected to an additional special wash, giving it a true DK brand feel.
natural dyed
ダメージダイド天然繊維に極力ダメージを与えず、たっぷりと時間をかけて染め上げて行く加工。
A process in which the fabric is slowly dyed over time so as to cause as little damage to the natural fibers as possible.
Vintage
分厚い生地をしっかり染め上げるには強力な薬品処理が必要ですが、ヴィンテージ加工はそれらを一切使用しません。
Thorough dyeing of thick fabrics requires the use of strong chemicals, but the Vintage process makes no use of these whatsoever.
Yarn-Dyed
世界的にも有名な「遠州先染め」細番手織物を最高級に織り上げます。
Enshu front-dyed fine yarn count fabrics, famous even outside of Japan, are woven to the highest standard.
DKが扱う型染めは、その殆どが彫刻によるもので占めており彫刻職人のセンスを表現した美しいラインを見て感じて頂ければと思います。
“The majority of DK stencil-dyed products feature sculpture, and we hope you will see and feel the sense of the sculptors in their beautiful lines.