The Double Whammy

This handsome man is my dad. He is sporting the jacket over the waistcoat. It feels surprisingly comfortable wearing both, the jacket's cut is loose enough for the wearer not to feel constricted, even when the jacket is done up. It is of course, very warm... especially in Summer.

Jacket and Waistcoat Modeled for Website

Yesterday, my friend Jake obligingly modeled the waistcoat and the jacket for the website...

A Jacket Finished... at last!

This is about to go off to the factory in Pakistan, so I really hope that I have my first complete product! All my models are off building a parallel universe or something like that in Glastonbury, so I am afraid that you have to see me wearing the jacket. I thought that I might call it "Hill Jacket", does that sound pants?

Details of Jackets

I have just taken these detail shots of jackets 1 and 2.

Jacket 1

Jacket 2

Collar Styles

Last weekend I took these photos of the collar styles of jackets one and two.

Jacket One

Jacket 2

Our Second Jacket Finished

Like our first jacket our second jacket takes the elegant cut of a traditional Englishman's suit jacket and sets it against our star material: the famous shu wool of the Hindu Kush mountains. Shu is prized for its insulating properties, it's thick, but also lightweight and it's hard wearing as well as being soft to touch. As a nod to the traditional garments of the Hindu Kush we have done away with Western lapels and given our jacket a clean shawl collar, which unlike the first jacket is designed to be worn down. A small horn button is at the ready to fasten the collar, whilst leaving enough space to tuck a scarf in, for extra warmth and to protect the wearer's neck from the jacket's wool.  The collar is backed with durable, but flexible kaki moleskin. The coat is finished with patch pockets, three horn buttons and a sweeping hem ending in a single vent tail.

Our Second Jacket

This evening I went to Lizzie Radcliffe, our talented tailor for a fitting of the second jacket in our collection. The pattern is similar to our first jacket, but the new jacket has patch pockets, it also has three, rather than two buttons and the collar is backed with kaki moleskin. Me and Lizzie were trying to decide how much fusing to put into the jacket and how high the buttons should go. We came to some sort of a conclusion, so the new jacket should be ready on December the 6th... look out for a post soon after then.

The First in the Collection

The prototype for Hindu Kush's first collection takes the elegant cut of a traditional Englishman's suit jacket and sets it against our star material: the famous shu wool of the Hindu Kush mountains. Shu is prized for its insulating properties, it's thick, but also lightweight and it's hard wearing as well as being soft to touch. As a nod to the traditional garments of the Hindu Kush we have done away with Western lapels and given our jacket a clean shawl collar designed to be worn up. A small horn button is at the ready to fasten the collar tight, cutting out any drafts and making our jacket a serious option for biting winter days. The collar is trimmed with needle chord so contact between the wearer's neck and the garment is comfortable. The coat is finished with a breast pocket, jetted pockets, two horn buttons and a sweeping hem ending in a single vent tail.

Image to be reproduced only with the permission of Hindu Kush ltd.