Linen Single Riders 969-01

Isamu Katayama grew up in Hiroshima around his father's motorcycles, which is where the leather started, moved to Tokyo in his early twenties to work for a leather bag maker, and founded BACKLASH in 1999. What sets the label apart is the order of operations: the leather is dyed after the garment is sewn, not before. Jackets and boots go into the dye as finished objects, often by Katayama's own hand, so they shrink and pucker along the seams and the colour marbles into the hide differently on every piece.

Shell 100% linen, trimmed in cowhide. riri M8 front zip, riri M6 cuff zips.

Hand wash cold if it needs it: the piece was dyed as a finished object, leather included, so it has been through water before. Use a mild detergent, no wringing, reshape and hang to dry away from heat, and expect the cowhide to stiffen until it is worn back in. Do not tumble dry, bleach or iron. For anything beyond a light wash, take it to a specialist leather cleaner.