Vintage French Linen Chore Jacket Type 1 Geelong slightly imperfect motif from early

slightly imperfect motif from early hand-carved wood block printing

a delightful work of art in itself

Knitted in England on a 3-gauge machine using two ends of a hefty 2-ply Merino yarn

Printed on a wool and silk gauze in Macclesfield

Our Merino Submariner is a classically styled piece of knitwear inspired by the original naval issue

Vintage French Linen Chore Jacket Type 1 Geelong slightly imperfect motif from earlyOur chore jacket cut from a pure linen deadstock cloth woven by Fleur Bleue, a French mill that closed decades ago. This fabric has been in storage since the 1950s, nearly eighty years old and entirely unrepeatable. Type 1 is a pure linen in a warm cream tone with a naturally even weave and a gentle lustre. It has the subtle irregularity you'd expect from an unprocessed linen of this age without being heavily textured refined for a pure linen, and one