Tredegar 'Wharf' Jacket

If you're here reading this then you're obviously interested in the Tredegar 'Wharf' jacket and your interest is very much appreciated. It's been a long road getting here having initially getting to the cusp of opening the pre order a few months ago only to subsequently be let down for manufacturing. As you'll know by now UK manufacturing is paramount to what I do but finding reliable studio's to work with who can accommodate my less than normal working model is becoming really hard. That being said I'm here writing this because I have indeed secured a small batch UK manufacturing studio who have taken on the project and I'm obviously very happy about this. The Tredegar dry-dock & Wharf was the name of a long gone section of Newport’s historical docks. Co-incidentally the first house I bought was built near the land it used to exist on and there is actually a pub not far from there now called the Blaina Wharf. I should probably stress that the jacket is named after the historical wharf and not the pub! 

Now with that out of the way let me talk about the jacket in question. For this release I wanted to explore the yachting and nautical styles that have come to influence me and this design in particular. I wanted to create a jacket that could be styled for a number of occasions. To do this I needed to choose the right fabric to suit the design and have chosen a beautiful imported Italian gabardine. Gabardine is a durable and tough fabric that keeps a soft wearable drape and is comfortable to wear. Although it can resist small showers it's not fully waterproof but it has a tight weave so is weather resistant to a point.

The jacket has a number of pockets starting with the two large bellow gusset pockets which also have a hand warmer pocket built in. There are two chest gusset pockets, one is small for keys or change and the other has been designed to fit large modern smart phones.

The jacket is a regular cut and is hooded but the hood can be rolled away into the large rounded collar. The collar itself is something I worked a lot on, it's the feature that I like most about the jacket. The collar can be buttoned down but can also be transformed into a neck protector when the weather turns. It can be held in place with a snap button strap and forms a natural shield for when the hood is pulled up over the head. The hood itself is slightly peaked and is spaciously cut with nautical style draw-cord rope running through it to keep it's shape.

The back of the jacket has an overlapping panel, typical of yachting parkas. This is stitched to the main back panel of the jacket while remaining looser on the sides to give the impression of a over-hang. The jacket is fully lined with putty coloured twill and finished with high quality metal snap studs and a double acting No.8 YKK silver zip.