Recently I did something really crazy.
I don't know what came over me, but in a burst of unpredictable passion, I told myself that I only had one life and that I wanted to live it to the fullest. Nothing could stop me and on a whim...
...I went out to get some air.
Between two lines of an article, like that, without warning my hamster, I put a shirt over my t-shirt and I go off to wander my thoughts.
After a few steps, I feel an unpleasant shiver. I want to go home quickly and I wonder why.
Actually, I think I'm cold.
That's it, the shirt and the t-shirt are no longer enough and that's very good news. Do you know why?
BECAUSE THE FUN CAN FINALLY BEGIN!
We will be able to find those mid-season clothes that we had missed so much, stack our first layers of puff pastry just for the pleasure of composing, comfort ourselves with the little dose of warmth of a knit and appreciate the beauty of autumnal colors 🍂
Sorry, I'm getting a bit carried away, but like any clothing enthusiast, I was looking forward to it. Experts call it seasonal euphoria.
To celebrate this, I suggest we feast our eyes here and now with:
- 5 new clothes that might spice up your fall,
- an all-you-can-eat buffet of outfit ideas cooked up by our stylist Jordan. I promise, if you copy I won't tell him.
Our new pieces arrive this Saturday, October 9 at 11 a.m. on our e-shop and your inspiration session starts right there 👇
Boiled wool overshirt
We were boiling with impatience to put it back 🤡
This garment holds a title.
This is the overshirt you like best from us. No more, no less.
Summary in three stitches
A Bristol card for those who missed it
- A 100% wool jersey that is naturally stretchy, thermoregulating and effective against the wind. Comfort and reassurance for changing climates
- A mottled texture that is good for the eye. With a rustic and workwear look as we like them.
- A stretchy, breathable and organic cotton lining . GOTS certified
GOTS is not an HBO series but the most demanding label on organic cotton. Auditors are sent to production sites to check environmental compliance, traceability of raw materials, regularity of employment, wage levels... In short, it's no joke.
Fatigue pant BonneGueule. To learn more about this turtleneck, keep scrolling 😉
The very first version of this overshirt dates back to December 2019. It was a taupe color and it quickly became a victim of its success. In fact, we were able to remake some and there are still a few left here.
Almost a year later, you have not left any more chances of survival to his heiress in fir green. In a few days, no more overshirt, no more palaces and no more palaces.
I think this is the right time to tell you: thank you for all the support and strength you send us 💪
We also saw that many of you asked us for it in navy blue. Voted the easiest color to wear 2021 years in a row. We can only understand you and here it is!
Manifattura Tessile Toscana, committed Italian spinning mill
MTT for short
It all began 60 years ago in Prato, Tuscany.
The company began manufacturing particularly dense woolen cloth. Later, in the 1980s, it specialized in boiled wool. and it’s a hit: MTT becomes the benchmark in the field.
It was also chosen for its ethical approach:
- 10 years ago, MTT invested heavily in solar energy. Today, it produces 90% of its energy
- Almost all of its raw material suppliers are OEKOTEX 100 and Global Recycled Standard certified. . They also obtained this latest certification.
- Wool our overshirt is mulesing free
From spinning to weaving, everything is done in Italy.
Then our usual workshop takes care of the assembly in Portugal.
Grey jeans in Japanese canvas
Level up 🍄
“Any more gray jeans?”
No, gentlemen, this one will be THE gray jean.
This is the one that will take over from our current range. We've been working on it for a while and it all started with a question:
"What more can we bring him?"
Two-part answer.
High relief material
A sublime Japanese selvedge 🇯🇵
To make jeans, you need a canvas. And for more relentless evidence, call me on 0372932.
Now, grey jeans can easily look bland. Of course, in an outfit, they often serve as a base to be able to have fun with stronger pieces, but that's no reason. You have to enjoy looking at them and taking them out of your wardrobe in the morning. You have to be able to trust them and tell yourself that even with a simple t-shirt, they will rock.
In a locker room, many gray jeans end up forgotten because their fabric was not worth the detour. We lose the reflex to wear them and it is a shame, because gray jeans can end up with a very beautiful patina if we sand them enough to deserve it. There are also those who do not even try the experience because for them, this piece is not worth the roughness of raw denim.
For our part, we were very happy with the Italian canvas of our latest gray jeans but to go further, we wanted something with even more relief. Something that would make that even if you are not a fan of gray jeans, you will want to discover the pleasure of patinating it.
In short, we wanted this new canvas to make a statement. So we went on a quest, a little further than Italy this time: to Japan, known and recognized for the authentic grain of its denims.
We took out our little address book and went knocking on the door of a group of confidential manufacturers whose work we love. Finally, we sent an email.
The Mystery of the Dova House
Under the radar
Dova is our Japanese supplier. The only thing you can find about him on the internet is his collaboration with Prada in 2010. Dova had made a name for himself with one of his artisanal denim fabrics. The spinning mill was described as "the most sophisticated in the world" in the professional press. Just that? So what? I was once top of the class in technology.
You never see them at textile fairs. To be able to work with them, you have to find them and build a long-term relationship of trust.
Dova functions as an association of artisans. It brings together and promotes the know-how of many weavers who are too confidential to export their work outside Japan on a large scale.
We told them that we had come to find the holy grail of grey jeans and they replied "hold my beer". It's not true, but they were confident about what they were offering us and they were right because we quickly found our chosen one:
This is a beautiful 13.9 oz canvas . Well, beautiful, you tell us! But 13.9 oz, we are pretty sure. The cotton is transformed into thread (this is spinning) in Japan, then the canvas is woven on old looms, still in Japan. before final assembly in our usual workshop in Portugal.
Straight cut
The best of both worlds
On the one hand, there are those who swear by fitted cuts because they know they make their figure look slimmer.
On the other hand, there are those who want straight, cool and room for thighs.
We tried to reconcile the two camps with this cut. The first attempt dates back to our US capsule last August and it worked rather well since you gave us very good feedback on it .
So we're getting up to date with these gray jeans with:
- the comfort of our straight Renji model at the pelvis and thighs
- A leg opening between the Renji and our slim fit jeans
Benoit's word on these jeans
As Michel explained to you, the goal of these jeans is to take over from our gray jeans! And for that, I am realizing a very old dream: finally working with a Japanese AND gray selvedge fabric , which was not the case before.
The result? A canvas that I find magnificent: Japanese denim know-how in all its splendor!
It is a canvas with "body", grain, irregularity, and a very beautiful patina potential.
I have always loved gray jeans, for at least a good ten years, and here, it is a bit like the ultimate gray jean that we wanted to offer you.
On the cutting side, first of all, I would like to thank you!
Indeed, the reception you have given to our new fit launched on the Memphis has been excellent, and we wanted to use it for these jeans.
You loved this cut that combines comfort at the pelvis and thighs, a little vintage, with a very slightly fitted leg. Not quite a straight cut, not quite a fitted cut, it's in between!
It's a cut that combines comfort and a contemporary silhouette, and I can't wait for you to try it if you haven't already.
In short, I am very enthusiastic about these jeans, between this new cut and this gray canvas which I find magnificent.
Wool and cashmere turtlenecks
Chic clothing for lazy people
I don't know about you, but for me, it's the first item of clothing I put on as soon as the weather allowed me to. I even gave him a hug beforehand. I missed that guy.
I wear them at least three times a week because there's nothing easier to give yourself a touch of elegance. In the evening, I throw them barely folded in two in my closet and the next day, I take them back, I put them on next to my skin and I'm off again.
Their wool knit saves me from systematic washing and I can play a game of Tetris while I iron my shirt in another timeline.
Turtleneck/overshirt, turtleneck/blazer or turtleneck/nothing at all layers always have their own extra flavor thanks to the collar in question. The same extra that Steve McQueen and Paul Newman wore when they set the red carpet on fire in Hollywood.
Summary in 5 knitting stitches
Right now, we're trying something new: we're trying to keep it short.
Our turtleneck is:
- A rice stitch knitting to keep your eyes busy in the elevator 😍
- A gauge of 12 [/bg_info], thin enough to wear under a blazer and thick enough to stand on its own
- 90% mulesing free merino wool , ultrafine and therefore ultra-soft so you can wear it next to your skin
- 10% cashmere so you won't want to wear it any other way
- A fully-fashioned assembly, without barbaric seams so that it is beautiful in every way
Everything is made in Italy
From spinning to knitting
Lanecardate is the spinning mill specializing in carded wool of the Vitale Barberis Canonico group.
She buys her wool in Australia and New Zealand, raw and unwashed, to have control over all the stages of processing up to spinning.
The wool bales arrive directly after shearing, without any intermediate processing step.
After spinning, we knit our turtlenecks in our usual Italian workshop and if you want to know everything, we tell you about our trip to their place here:
Light gray
Cumulus inspiration
When it comes to turtlenecks, it's always best to start with a solid foundation. Light gray is one of them for two reasons:
- It is a relatively neutral color, close to white. It therefore goes with a wide range of colors.
- It brightens up your layerings and makes them more readable
If you could only have two turtlenecks, I would recommend light grey and navy blue. The first so you can wear whatever you want on top, the second so you can pretend you're James Bond.
But why settle for two colors of turtlenecks when you can wear...
Cognac
A pick-me-up for your ootd
We plead guilty: we did this one just for fun.
We wanted a color that echoed the autumn leaves, something to declare our love for the season. We first thought of the earthy colors that we have been exploring for a while with the terracotta that you love at our place.
(I'm slipping in an excerpt of what Benoît will reveal to you on Thursday. You haven't seen anything 🤫)
But we also wanted something different this time. A color that would subtly distinguish itself from the burgundy and earth tones we usually offer you. So we had this cognac color developed just for you.
It's like a terracotta, except that it has a very gentle orange tint. We find that it's precisely this little touch that gives it its charm.
Donegal hat
With beautiful neps
Last year, you loved this hat and:
- its ribbed wool which wraps around your ears and easily regains its shape,
- its average thickness which follows you from autumn to spring,
- the little neps of its Donegal speckles which give it personality.
So we decided to offer a new color to all those who, one day, said to themselves in front of the mirror: "Damn! This outfit would have been so cool with a charcoal beanie!"
Donegal wool originally comes from Donegal, Ireland.
Its specialty is the little speckles that you see on our hat.
Originally it was spun in the old fashioned way and the little fluffs were actually pieces of flower petals.
Today they are replaced by wool fibres and Donegal is no longer necessarily made in Donegal.
When we say Donegal, we are now talking about this speckled yarn obtained by more modern techniques.
The method is no longer the same but the character remains there. So we sprinkled them on our hats to give that little extra that makes the difference.
Knoll Yarns Limited, creative spinning mill
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
For the yarn, we turned to Knoll Yarns Limited.
Since 1978 in his small town of Ilkley, this spinner has built up a good international reputation in the wool sector. Today he exports to Australia, Canada, China and even Japan.
We appreciate it for its good quality threads as well as its accurate and well-chosen colors. So well-chosen that we didn't even need to develop any ourselves.
This is because they are constantly working on new blends of yarns, colors and textures to improve their offering.
For our hats, the spinning mill is in Ireland and the merino wool (mulesing free) comes from Australia.
They are completely re-meshed in our workshop in Portugal.
See you Thursday!
Benoît has a story about scarves, Scotland and cashmere to tell you 🏴
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