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The story of the Yayo shirt
The Yayo shirt is named after the colloquial Spanish term for grandfather, as well as the genderless meaning of the word, where yayo can be used as a name for anyone. It is inspired by the worn, often-repaired garments of Spain’s old working class people which tend to have visible signs of wear: repairs, uneven colours and imperfections from wear and tear over the years.
Influenced by these origins, the Yayo shirt is slightly wrinkled with incredible hand-sewn details, raw edges and purposeful imperfections. It has neither a masculine or feminine appearance but carries a timeless, lived-in character.
Every Yayo shirt comes with a Dterioro lifetime repair guarantee.
“The wear and tear experienced throughout the passing of time.”
Dterioro
Dterioro creates shirts of impeccable craftsmanship using only deadstock, vintage and antique fabrics made of natural fibres. All shirts are made by the designer in Dterioro’s atelier in Madrid, Spain.
The beautiful meaning of Dterioro is "the wear and tear experienced throughout the passing of time". This can be greatly attributed to the founder’s grandmother, who worked in the textile manufacturing industry, wearing her workwear and emphasising the importance of taking care of clothing, mending and repairing it. Dterioro creates meaningful garments for the everyday - shirts to be worn constantly (and they don’t need ironing) - drawing inspiration from workwear. Everything is sewn by hand and the sewing machine is only used for union seams.
The natural dyeing process is done entirely by hand in the atelier, using a small range of products harvested by Dterioro, such as onion skins, oak galls, madder root and holm oak wood. When the garments have been dyed, instead of throwing away the dye, it used to make recycled paper for the tags used on each garment. This water is then filtered and used to water the small garden. “The zero waste philosophy is always present, not to brag about it, as for us, it is the only way possible to create.”