CHESTNUT DYE
This deep grey is dyed with tannin derived from chestnut wood.
Wood tannins have been used throughout history to preserve animal hides as leather (the earliest known example of tanned leather is in Pakistan and dates to between 7000 and 3300 BCE), and were also historically used in combination with salts and with other vegetable extracts to colour cloth, and to stabilise other dyes.
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TYPE 886 STOCK
The Tender Stock is based on an equestrian stock- the horse's hoof binding which evolved to become the modern tie.
TYPE 469 SHORT SLEEVE FLIPPED COLLAR SHIRT
The collar panel of the Short Sleeve Flipped Collar Shirt, once cut, is flipped upside down and the long side, not the short side, is sewn into the neck of the shirt.
TYPE 124 WADER JEANS
Wader jeans have a very high waist, a generous seat, and an easy, wide leg.
TYPE 902 EDITED JEANS JACKET
The Edited Jeans Jacket is a simplified version of the Type 901 Pleat Pocket Jeans Jacket, cut straight with a centre back seam.
TYPE 120 DART BACK TAPERED TROUSERS
Adapted from type 130 Tapered Jeans, Dart Back Tapered trousers have no yoke, but a pair of darts set into the waistband throws the shape from the waist into the seat.
TYPE 918 TWO:ONE BUTTERFLY JACKET
Unlike most Tender jackets, which have a straight cut front, the Two:One jacket has shaped lapels with a large belly, to use the tailor's term.
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.
