Cosy up in Cord: Warm, Soft, Durable

Cord can be a great cloth for these off-season months: a hardy yet cosy layer for when wool is perhaps too warm - with many qualities to choose from, from light weight, fine corduroy for shirting to every weight and wale in between for trousers, suits and jackets. From 100% cotton to cotton/wool mixes to cotton-stretch and in every autumnal hue, the choice is rich. 

Like many classic cloths, corduroy returns every few years as if it were something new but its history is a long one. The origins of cord lie in ancient Egypt, but the cloth we recognise today has its roots in British textile manufacturing, and it came to define working men’s clothing after the Industrial Revolution. A century later, it had become synonymous with counterculture and anti-establishment style. 

Over the last few years cord has been enjoying a renaissance, and you can now find all manner of sumptuous iterations and tones. Our Cinnamon Suit started life as a jacket, made in a rich, autumnal shade of all-cotton 8 wale cord - the “wales” are the ridges you see running through the cloth. The lower the number of wales, the wider the ridges and the heavier the cloth - but we have revived this cherished piece by designing a pair of matching trousers, transforming it into a Suit!

Unstructured enough to be an everyday wear, yet versatile too, the suit can be dressed up or down thanks to the richness of its texture and sheen. It is not so much workwear as the real workhorse of the wardrobe.

Is it time to cosy up?