Our new fall collection: presentations 🍁

The durability of an English tweed

Basically, my desire for this down jacket was to have comfort, a feeling of a bubble of warmth that is very useful against wind, cold and humidity.

I really like down jackets made from wool fabrics, because the elegance of the wool contrasts radically with the nylons usually used by the majority of brands.

And for the wool of this down jacket, I wanted a durable, raw fabric, with a real relief, and completely broken in to winter. So we found our happiness at Moon, an English weaver in business since 1837!

It is one of the last English weavers to be vertically integrated, meaning that bales of raw wool arrive at Moon, are then spun and woven on site, to have total control over the quality of their fabrics.

Moon also makes many efforts to be ever more responsible:

• 10% of its energy comes from its own solar panels, a share that Moons wants to increase,
• total recycling of wool fibres during the production stages, not a single fibre should end up in the trash!
• new industrial investments (machines and lights) that are more energy-efficient,
• recycling (often internally) of packaging, whether plastic or cotton bale packaging,

It is also a very strict supplier on animal welfare: their wool is mulesing free (certified without animal abuse) and the sheep are necessarily fed on pasture grass for example.

One of the best synthetic insulators on the market

And to keep you warm, you needed my favorite insulation: Climashield APEX. Made in the United States, it is a high-end and durable insulation, used by the most renowned outdoor brands.

Its secret? It is composed of continuous fibers, which stay in place, and are therefore durable. In addition, they resist many compression and decompression cycles. This is why Climashield APEX is used by very high-end sleeping bag brands!

These fibers, unlike down, manage moisture well. So if you get a little hot while running after your train in the winter, don't worry, and let the fibers do their job and wick the moisture away from your body in peace.

The body of this down jacket has an insulator weighing 167g/m2. This is a thickness that will allow you to go without any problem in negative temperatures. By playing on the thicknesses worn underneath, you can wear it from 15 to -5 degrees.

In short, more than ever, this down jacket is the alliance of the heritage of a century and a half of English weaving with one of the most proven modern insulators.

A sure bet for an infallible wardrobe

If you could only keep one sweater, this would be it.

A knitted sweater to accompany you everywhere, neither too thin nor too thick, which keeps you just warm enough and which does not take up too much space in a suitcase.

It is made of pure extrafine merino wool from Italy, with all the properties of wool that go with it: low odor, thermoregulating, naturally absorbent...

Extraordinary matter

This one is one of my favorites! Because its composition is pretty crazy with 4 different fibers: wool for warmth, linen for texture, silk for brightness and cashmere for softness.

It’s amazing…

Surprising overshirt

Do you notice anything unusual about your pockets?

There is no flap on the left. It's like she's winking at you.

We like to make an outfit interesting with this kind of discreet imbalance that adds a twist.

A form of sprezzatura workwear that we wanted to find here.

Perfectly Imperfect Chambray

Since many people wear chambray shirts, we like to go for a little something extra in the texture.

This one has a deep grain with small imperfections (present in the weft threads), which give it a raw side. As if it had grown somewhere in nature.

Except that in this case, it was grown on a Japanese loom. These machines are almost the only ones that can achieve this effect.

The dense hand of this chambray is ideal for wearing as an overshirt, but you can also wear it next to the skin.

This velvet does not play in the same league

You don't see velvet like this every day, do you? With these little irregularities!

It is called “seersucker velvet”, in reference to its texture which is reminiscent of the summer fabric of the same name. It is obtained by stretching the threads before weaving, so that they retract afterwards.

And for the record, we came across it while developing a cap. We loved it so much that we decided to make all our velvet overshirts with it.

It is very comfortable to wear thanks to its thick ribbing. By the way, you can also wear it as a shirt. We designed it for that (as well as the size of the buttons).

I saved my favorite for last... and yours too! Because it's one of our bestsellers, and I'll let you enjoy the new rust color.

Multifunction

You often tell us and I agree: it's the most practical of our overshirts.

It makes my life easier to go from cool mornings to mild afternoons or from indoors to outdoors, thanks to the thermoregulation of its wool (100%) and the breathability of its cotton lining (organic).

When I travel, I immediately think of it. Because I can wear it for several days in a row without my nose suffering (thanks again, wool). Whether as a jacket in mid-season or under a coat in winter.

And I find that it does all this while giving character to my outfits, with this rustic and authentic side of Italian jersey.

Thank you for reading and see you soon!

Benoît and Michel