Made for the cold.
Merino wool, cut for movement and built to outlast the season.
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One coat, taken apart.
The Wool Coat — Camel is the piece this season was built around. Four places on it carry most of the work. Here is what each one does, and why it is cut the way it is.
- Cloth
- Merino melton, 520 g/m²
- Made
- Lisbon atelier, Portugal
- Sizes
- S to XL · Size guide
Wool Coat — Camel
€154
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Collar
Stands 9 cm when turned up and stays there. The under-collar is cut on the bias and backed with canvas, so it holds against the wind without a hook or a tab.
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Seam
Every seam is sewn twice, then bound inside with self-fabric. The coat is half-lined in cotton, so the inside looks finished when it hangs open and nothing traps damp.
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Pocket
Two side pockets, cut deep enough for a phone laid flat and bar-tacked at each end, which is where pockets tear first. The bags are cotton drill, not lining.
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Hem
A 5 cm hem, blind-stitched by hand, with spare cloth turned inside. The atelier can let it down or take it up later, and the stitch never shows on the outside.
What is on the shelf.
Counted by hand in the atelier every Monday morning. “Few left” means three or fewer in that size. Everything listed ships from Lisbon, and EU delivery is free on orders over €80.
All four pieces are cut from one block, so a size M fits a 100 cm chest in each of them. Measure yourself against the size guide, or answer a few questions in the fit finder if you sit between two sizes.
Wash. Store. Repair.
The three things people ask before they buy wool. The answers are short, and they are the same ones we give across the counter in Lisbon.
01How to wash it
- Water
- 30 °C, or cold
- Cycle
- Wool, or by hand
- Dry
- Flat, out of the sun
Merino and lambswool: turn the piece inside out, use a wool detergent, and do not wring it. Press the water out in a towel and lay it flat to dry. A hanger pulls the shoulders out of shape while the knit is wet. Wash less than you think you need to; airing a jumper overnight does most of what a wash does.
Linen: machine wash at 40 °C on a gentle cycle, pull the shirt into shape while it is damp, and iron it hot while it is still slightly wet. Belgian linen shrinks two to three percent on the first wash, and every size is cut to allow for it.
02How to store it
- Knitwear
- Folded, never hung
- Coats
- A wide wooden hanger
- Off-season
- Clean, in a cotton bag
Knitwear goes on a shelf, folded once. Hung, the weight of the garment stretches the shoulders and the hem within a season. Coats and overshirts go on a hanger at least as wide as the shoulders, with air either side so the wool can breathe.
Before summer, wash first, then store. Moths go for what was spilled on the fibre, not the fibre itself. A cotton bag and a block of cedar do the rest. Plastic traps moisture and leaves a smell that takes weeks to air out.
03How to repair it
- Where
- Lisbon atelier, or any store
- Time
- Same day to ten working days
- Cost
- Quoted before we begin
Everything we sell can be mended by the people who made it: holes darned in matching yarn, seams re-sewn, buttons, hems and pocket bags replaced. Bring it to one of our stores or post it to the atelier with a note saying what happened.
Small repairs are often done while you wait. Anything larger is quoted first and returned by post. A darn will show a little; we think that is the point. Why we mend explains the rest.
Made for the cold, cut in Lisbon, and shipped free across the EU on orders over €80.