Overshirts and under jackets

Paul Vincent

Occupies fairly unplundered middle-ground, the overshirt. Neither jacket nor shirt, the nature of the garment is in its name: it is intended to be worn over a shirt — or a vest, t-shirt, or sweater, for that matter.

The overshirt this season is available in two colours: slate grey and mustard. Both are made from a mid-weight, brushed, cotton-twill, sourced from a long-standing, family-run mill in Lancashire, north-west England. Buttons on both, meanwhile, are real corozo, with black sitting on the slate version and a natural off-white on the mustard. It has been put together with versatility in mind, and can be worn just as happily as an outer-facing garment or — more likely, this time of year — an additional internal layer.

Slate overshirt worn with cream semi-cutaway shirt and black corduroy trousers.


The result is a four-buttoned garment with a rounded, turn-down collar and a large patch-pocket on the chest. Though unlined, it is decidedly robust — due both to the sturdy nature of the cotton-twill and the hard-wearing welt-stitch used on the seams.

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