Size: 2
Color: Soil Brown
Condition: 9/10
PID: JK-011
Retail: $2124
From Cottle comes the Earth Wall Champetre Bouquet Jacket in Soil Brown. The Champetre Bouquet Jacket is a 5-button chore jacket cut in an oversized, drop-shoulder silhouette featuring two welt hand pockets.
The jacket is constructed using an original fabric developed from the yarn-up called Earth Wall. Taking inspiration from a 130-year-old earthen wall at the entrance of the Cottle atelier, Earth Wall fabric seeks to recreate the uneven horizontal geological layers in the sediment. Earth Wall combines a blend of cotton, wool, and cashmere fibers spun using a traditional Gara-bou spinning machine. Gara-Bou is a traditional Japanese yarn-spinning machine developed in 1876 that mimics hand-spinning through a slow, irregular process. Gara-Bou yarn is slubby and uneven, with a unique warmth and character typically only found in hand-spun materials. Though incredibly labor-intensive, this method creates a rare fabric full of texture and color variation much like the earthen wall the fabric was inspired by. Today, only one spinning house still makes Gara-Bou, making these textiles increasingly rare and precious.
Additional details include raw seams, original leather backed buffalo horn buttons, a Kintsugi gold spliced button repair (handmade by Toshi's (the designer behind Cottle) wife, beard pongee ribbon brand labeling, blanket hand-stitching on the cuffs and hand pockets, a hand-written wash label, and Kakishibu-dyed Gara-bou spun cotton panel reinforcement used for the button placket, internal backside yoke, and hand pockets.
Tagged size 2. Please refer to measurements for best fit. Condition is 9/10.
Measurements (inches):
Chest: 28.5
Length: 33
Shoulder: 24.5
Sleeve: 24
