Splitback Shirt in Black by Thyen.

An oversized shirt with a wide spread collar. Overlapping back ending with selvedge. Elbow and sleeve patchwork and top stitching details. 3 patch pockets. Flat felled seams. One size.

Made in Auckland, New Zealand.

_ Fabric: medium weight striped cotton

_ Dimensions

Length ~ 95cm

Shoulder to Shoulder ~ 58cm

Underarm to Underarm ~ 73cm

Sleeve length from shoulder ~ 57cm

_ Care: cold machine wash, hand wash, dry clean

_ Bio: Joseph Yen is an Auckland based craftsman working in clothing design and silver, who works under the moniker, Thyen. Yen is interested in ideas of memory, pattern and repetition and works with clean androgynous designs that reference both modern and ancient pattern-making. Working with fine, natural and antique textiles, Yen has developed a distinct combination of pattern-making and collage through which he seeks to collect and repurpose the subtle shadows and memories of each fabric. Through sensitive processes of collecting, shaping patching and stitching, Yen aims to work in a way that binds lived history to the future, emphasising an embodied way of being in the world that is too easily lost in language.