Where the wool comes from. Who weaves the cotton. The atelier we sew it in. The hands that do the cutting. We treat fabric like a record — every garment is stamped with the batch, the mill, and the cutter.
This page is the long version. The short version is: we know every person upstream of the garment you wear.
We started Your Business in 2018, in a single room above a coffee shop in Kyoto, with one shirt and twelve customers — most of whom we knew personally. Eight years later we have twelve garments, four ranges, two showrooms (Kyoto and Lisbon), and approximately sixty thousand customers, most of whom we still write to by hand at least once.
Our entire model is built around one principle: build something so well that you only need to sell it to a person once. The price is what it is because the cloth is what it is and the people who make it are paid what they should be paid.
We restock twice a year — March and September. We have never run a discount. We have never expanded a range. We have only ever changed two of our silhouettes, both very slightly. If a garment fails inside ten years of wear, we repair or replace it for free.
This is not a marketing position. This is, at every layer, simply how we run the company.
Each fabric is sourced from a specific mill, often a specific shed within that mill. Below are the six we work with most.
The original waxed cotton mill. We use their 12oz "Sundowner" cloth — the same stock used by the Royal Navy.
| USED IN | Field Coat |
| WEIGHT | 12 oz / 405 GSM |
| SUPPLIED SINCE | 2018 |
Italian heritage wool mill that supplies the lining of our Field Coat and the body of our Tailored Trouser.
| USED IN | Field Coat (lining), Trouser, Overcoat |
| WEIGHT | 220—680 GSM |
| SUPPLIED SINCE | 2019 |
Selvedge denim master in the Kojima textile region. Supplies our 14oz heavyweight indigo for the 5-Pocket.
| USED IN | 5-Pocket Selvedge |
| WEIGHT | 14 oz / 475 GSM |
| SUPPLIED SINCE | 2020 |
The world's most respected oxford and poplin mill. Their cloth weaves into our Press Shirt and Henley.
| USED IN | Press Shirt, Banded Henley |
| WEIGHT | 140 GSM |
| SUPPLIED SINCE | 2018 |
The last spinner of pure Shetland wool on the islands. Supplies the yarn for our Cabin Knit.
| USED IN | Cabin Knit |
| YARN | 2-PLY SHETLAND |
| SUPPLIED SINCE | 2021 |
English bridle leather tannery. Three-month vegetable tanning for our Bridle Belt.
| USED IN | Bridle Belt |
| THICKNESS | 4 mm |
| SUPPLIED SINCE | 2019 |
Pattern is laid down by hand on the cloth. Pieces cut, marked, and interfaced. One pattern-cutter, one coat at a time.
French-felled main seams. Bar-tacked stress points. Lining is hand-attached at the shoulder. Six working days.
Solid brass buttons set by hand. Riri zipper inserted. Hem set, pockets bar-tacked. Final pressing on a copper ham.
Inside-pocket batch stamp applied. Garment is folded with tissue, boxed, sealed. Ready to ship from Kyoto.
Trained at Bunka Fashion College, then twelve years at a Savile Row tailor in Tokyo. Cuts every coat himself. Started Your Business in 2018.
Joined the atelier in 2020 from a Hong Kong shirtmaker. Personally cuts and sews every Press Shirt and Banded Henley.
Runs our Lisbon showroom and the European fit-consult service. Trained in Portuguese tailoring under his grandfather.
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