□13 May 2026

It's about time to make painter shorts, just once every year before summer.
The base design is a double-knee type painter pants, beloved by loggers in the 1940s and 50s.
We've modified it into shorts in our own TCB style.
"Double knees in the summer?"Some of you might be thinking that.
Of course, the initial reason was simply that the distinctive stitching of the double knees looked cool.
But when you actually wear them, you don't really notice it's a detail from the double knee.

The fabric used this time is a 10oz fabric with indigo rope-dyed 10-count yarn for the warp.
And for the weft, which touches the skin, we use European-sourced linen yarn. Therefore, it looks like solid denim, but when you wear it, the wind passes through.
It also has the quick-drying characteristic of linen, making it relatively comfortable even in the middle of summer.
The indigo shades, the slightly brownish linen hue, and the subtle slub texture. These are shorts you'll want to wear often and develop a beautiful fade over time.
Incidentally, according to the weaver, linen is a very finicky material; the threads break easily when it's too dry.
Therefore, during the dry season, they weave the fabric while keeping the factory highly humid.

Honestly, even I, Inoue, who wears almost the same denim tux 365 days a year, find wearing top-to-toe denim in the summer undeniably hot.
But even in the heat, I still want to wear denim. For those people, we make these only once a year, like a summer tradition.

TCB rarely makes any clothings for summer and we always end up recommending denim jackets even in the summer every year but it's different this year!　We are releasing our Painter Shorts made in reference to a pair of 50's painter pants from so-called the store brands such as J.C.Penney Co,Sears, Roebuck and Company, and Montgomery Ward and Co.

The vintage denim fabrics used by the store brands had somewhat greenish indigo blue but that's because it was dyed with the indigo mixed with some sulphur dyestuff probably because they wanted to cut down the cost. But if you try to reproduce it today, it costs even more since it's not the mainstream way to indigo dye these days.

It's 7.5oz fabric with the grey wefts used. Enjoy your summer with these new shorts!

Some explanations on the details and the hard wear used.
Gripper Zipper
Early days zip fly jeans from Lee or Levis had the same zipper.
One of the brands from Scovill

UFO rive
Iconic-shaped rivet often seen from the vintages made in the 40's ~ 50's

Snap buttons with two prongs
The common snap buttons used these days are usually without the prongs.