WOOL CALICO
Wool Calico is woven in England from fine wool worsted yarn on the same plain weave pattern as the standard Tender cotton calico used for jeans pocket linings. The twist of the yarn causes a subtle diagonal crosshatch texture to develop as the fabric is dyed, worn, and washed.
The name calico entered the English language in the early 16th Century from the city of Kozhikode in South West India, then known as Calicut in English. Calico fabric was often used as a base for elaborately printed dressmaking fabrics- in Britain, calico refers to a plain ecru cloth, while in the US the name generally suggests a printed finished fabric.
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TYPE 471 PLASTRON SHIRT
A plastron is a chest covering which sits over a lower layer. The same term is used to describe a fencer's chest pad, an armoured breastplate, and a tortoise's belly.
TYPE 439 STOLE POCKET BUTTERFLY SHIRT
The Stole Pocket Butterfly shirt has long panel pockets sewn to the fronts and caught into the shoulder seam, recalling the embroidered liturgical vestments worn by Christian priests and bishops.
