
COTTON
These cotton fabrics (with the exception of Japanese selvage denim) are all woven or knitted in Britain, from long staple Indian or American cotton yarn. Where wool has a rich history of use for outerwear, uniforms, and tailoring, cotton was adopted for workwear as it is durable and relatively breathable. Cotton remains commonly used as an industrial fabric, for machine drums, conveyor belts, and printing beds, as it is resistant to deforming under tension or heat. Many of Tender’s original cotton fabrics are woven on a base warp set up for industrial applications.
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WORKING BALLO JACKET
A snap front baseball jacket with crossover back seams.


WORKING JEANO JEAN
A pleat front chino with double side seams and a full rise fly.


WORKING SACCO JEAN
A pleat front bean bag jean with double side seams and a full rise fly.


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 732 STRING PULLOVER
The String Pullover is a hand-framed fully fashioned knit interpretation of vernacular men's string underwear.



TYPE 733 STRING VEST
The String Vest is a hand-framed fully fashioned knit interpretation of vernacular men's string underwear.



TYPE 160 PLEAT POCKET BAGS
Legs are cut in one huge piece of fabric, with no side seams and no pockets, but the side is pulled into a large backwards-facing pleat, and stitched into place to form a side pocket.


TYPE 904 CROSS CUT JEANS JACKET
The 904 jacket follows the season's experiments with cross cutting: the pattern is laid sideways across the denim fabric, which governs the length of the body and sleeves, which both finish with horizontal selvage lines.


TYPE 128 STRAIGHT JEANS
Straight Jeans are a distillation of what a pair of Tender jeans should be. There is no yoke and no shaping in the side seams- the outside seam is a straight selvage line all the way up to the waistband.


TYPE 102 CROSS CUT SHORT JEANS
These shorts are cut on the Type 132 Wide Jeans pattern, but, following the season's experiments with cross cutting, the pattern is laid sideways across the denim fabric.

TYPE 417 THREE QUARTER SLEEVE FROCK SHIRT
The Frock Shirt is a combination of a three-pocket work shirt and a tailored frock coat.





TYPE 916 COMMON COAT
The Common Coat is Tender's first lined and faced revere jacket. Rather than aping a fully tailored garment, the manufacture remains true to the idea of understandable construction.





