Experience the timeless fusion of sartorial elegance and elite material design with the TAKEO PAPER Dressco Stitch Notebook (Vellum). Developed by Tokyo’s legendary fine paper trading house, TAKEO, the Dressco collection creates exquisite stationery meant to be carried alongside your finest attire—as fluidly and naturally as a beautifully structured dress.
This pocket companion features an expertly crafted sewn-stitch spine bind (ミシン製本 / Mishin Seihon) that allows the compact, palm-sized book to slide effortlessly into coat pockets, travel bags, or small accessories. Every element showcases TAKEO's century-old curation of paper textures:
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The Cover (Cordoba Vellum / ベラム): A heavy-duty, highly sophisticated cover stock engineered to evoke the distinctive, subtle slickness, pliability, and rich depth of genuine oiled leather in a refined, natural vellum tone.
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The Endpaper (Biotop GA-FS Amber Red): An interior kraft-blend canvas selected for its firm tactile feedback and striking, deeply saturated amber red hue, creating a gorgeous visual warmth upon opening the vellum cover.
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The Pages (Bank Paper): An ultra-dense, elite stationery grade paper renowned for its silky-smooth pen glide, crisp tensile strength, and high ink resistance. Specially optimized for fountain pen lovers, it completely resists bleed-through and proudly displays the prestigious "THREE DIAMONDS" watermark embedded throughout the fiber pulp.
Perfect for slow journaling, professional thought logs, or elegant on-the-go notes, this date-free blank notebook transforms everyday recording into a profound sensory ritual.
- Palm size (8.5 x 14.5 x 0.5 cm)
- 88 pages
- Blank format
- High-grade Bank Paper
- Made in Japan
【ABOUT THE BRAND】
Founded in Tokyo, Japan, in 1899, TAKEO is a legendary paper house that has spent over a century expanding the cultural, technical, and tactile boundaries of paper. Widely recognised as the global pioneer of "Fine Paper" (ファインペーパー), the company focuses entirely on creating high-grade, specialized printing substrates that blend rich sensory elements like unique textures, custom colourways, and intricate patterns. Operating at the intersection of graphic design, traditional craftsmanship, and industrial technology, TAKEO treats paper not merely as a blank recording surface, but as a vital physical medium meant to stimulate human emotion and elevate artistic expression.
Through their dedicated stationery line, TAKEO PAPER PRODUCTS, the brand transforms raw mill artistry into luxury functional tools for the desk, specializing in ultra-premium notebooks, custom envelope packs, and structural folder systems. They are celebrated for revolutionary proprietary sheets like Pachica—a paper that turns beautifully translucent when heat-stamped—and Tant Select with its delicate linen textures. Highly favored by global designers, calligraphers, and bookmakers, TAKEO provides the ultimate fountain-pen-friendly canvas for those who appreciate the natural beauty and structural precision of elite Japanese paper craft.
