Can you truly call something “good”?
Good evening. This is cantáte Matsushima.
Do you remember the story about accidentally putting the T-shirt in the dryer?
We printed them on that sublime T-shirt.
Just that alone makes you want it a little, doesn’t it?
The words I admired as a high school student and the words that supported me as an adult.
This T-shirt features both of them.
The front print features the words “The World Is Yours.” from the film Scarface. I watched it countless times in high school, and I still vividly remember Al Pacino at his coolest and Michelle Pfeiffer, whose beauty was almost translucent.
Dangerous, vulgar, and steeped in desire, yet somehow imbued with a sense of purity. In the end, I feel that film is distilled into this one line.
“The World Is Yours.”
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"WORLD IS YOURS Tee (Cartoon Letter)"
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This time, we printed the words in a font that evokes a world somewhere between dream and reality.
However, the aim was not simply to create a pop atmosphere.
The new one is on the right, and the one worn for three months is on the left.
The print has been treated with a crackle finish. It gradually develops cracks with wear, changing in appearance over time. Rather than being complete in its new state, it slowly moves toward completion as the wearer’s time is added to it. I believe that this evolution is part of the charm of this T-shirt.
New
Worn for three months.
And on the back, I included words by Kitaoji Rosanjin that I have cherished for a long time.
“I want all human beings to love what is beautiful, to understand what is good as good, to understand that walking the true path is what is right, and to devote my strength so that they do not, even temporarily, fall into the path of selfish desire.”
It was drawn for us by the great illustrator そで山かほ子.
Someone has gone ahead and added “my power” at the end lol
I have loved these words for a long time.
It is probably very close to the core of who I am.
I am someone who makes things.
That is precisely why I do not want you to buy something strange or end up regretting your purchase.
Of course, clothing is a luxury item, so there is no absolute right answer. We all have different likes and dislikes, as well as our own values.
Even so, at the very least, I do not want to recommend something to anyone that I cannot consider sincere.
I want to communicate as honestly as possible about the fabric, the construction, and the price, and if I am going to make something, I want to put into the world something I myself can stand behind.
Rather, I want you to choose cantáte so you do not make a mistake.
I make clothes every season with that level of commitment.
That is why these words of Rosanjin may be less a favorite quotation than a guiding principle for me as I create things.
Can you recognize something good as truly good?
Can you truly walk the right path?
Although I may seem to be talking about clothing, perhaps I am actually talking about how to live.
We deliberately offer it in size 50 only.
It is not a matter of being large or small; when considering how the print looks, its atmosphere, and its slightly relaxed feel, this size felt the most natural.
Available in two colors: GRAY and WHITE.
This is a new item with particularly pronounced cracking.
There are individual variations, but as you wear it, the print is pulled by the movement of the body, gradually developing vintage-like cracking.
I actually think that is where the real process begins.
A slightly distressed print looks cooler than a clean one.
The films I loved in the past and the words I have always cherished gradually take on different meanings as I grow older.
But perhaps what remains even after things have changed is what you truly love.
“The World Is Yours.”, which I admired as a high school student, and the words of Rosanjin that supported me as an adult.
At first glance, they seem completely different, but somehow, within me, they exist in the same place.
Living according to desire and living with integrity.
Perhaps, as I move back and forth between those two, I am ultimately just searching for my own “true path.”
cantáte Shin Matsushima
