At long last, we now have restocked on all sizes of our chore coats. These are made here in Cincinnati by Sew Valley and are based on a traditional French design. They are nice enough to wear out to dinner, but tough enough to wear in a chilly shop.
When ordering, we recommend you go one size up from your usual. This will allow layering and permit some additional movement at the bench. I normally wear a large, but I have an XL chore coat that is like a second skin (just as soon as the thermometer allows it).
This chore coat is a limited-run item and is not always in stock. If you have been waiting for one, it would be best not to wait.
— Christopher Schwarz
On a related note, any update, by chance, on the vest?
Hey Chris when r the vest coming out
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We are waiting on the material to come from the mill in the UK.
Absolutely one of the nicest pieces of clothing I owne. The Wall Street Journal published an article last week talking about how in style French work coats have become.
Any chance of the LAP zip up hoodie making a reappearance?
We definitely want one. The problem (as always) is finding one we like that isn’t crazy expensive. We’ve experimented with Champion and even Carhartt. Still looking.
Best coats I own. I have two. Super high quality.
Elliott Driscoll Baltimore
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Thanks Elliott!!!
If I were you, I’d only buy it if I wanted something that is incredible in form, fit, function, and fashion. Otherwise F off.
Repeating what others already said here, but I too truly love my chore coat. It’s never to warm, never to hot, and it can take a beating. And it makes me feel good.
Never too warm, never to hot. Yup, I was going to write just one of them. Thank you and good bye.
Really like my ‘bleu de travail’, especially because the other ones on the market — hard to find outside of La Douce France — contain to much manmade material to my linking & deviate from the classic look (eg too long). I am contemplating buying a second one as a daily wear, but the really steep import taxes (that add about 90 bucks to the list price) are holding me back a bit. BTW I am in the Netherlands and used a service in the US to handle the shipping.
There are certain mail forwarding services, that provide so called customs value modification, for a small fee. I’ve used that and saved a significant lump of money. Try parcl.com, for instance. #neversponsored 🙂