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Shorts

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Many of our clients come to us for the khakis we craft. Quite a few live in them, and wear them every single day. We cut khakis from twill, cord, moleskin, flannel, canvas, prints, towelling, velvet and quite a few other fabrics.udeshi hopton shorts sevilleWe were asked if we could craft shorts for summer, something we have been doing for ourselves for over two decades. But these were not just any pair of shorts. We were asked to make a replica of a pair of 1930s shorts worn by the client's grandfather at his tea plantation "Hopton" in Ceylon: double pleated, high rise, deep waistband, side adjusters and generous legs to aide the air circulation. Our client liked them so much, that he is just shy of a dozen pairs of Hoptons.

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This is just one of the many special projects we have brought to life, and have been fortunate to be involved in.
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Holdall

Based on a French atelier's first canvas bag design from almost a century ago, we resized it for modern travel requirements, but kept the church glass window side profile that never really made it to production.

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Subsequent iterations from the brand were squashed and relied on marketing and branding, but we felt what could have been an iconic shape, was lost forever. It took us quite a few attempts to perfect the shape, respecting the profile and maximising storage capacity.

Church window side profile udeshi holdall

The bags feature two internal pockets and the smaller Casablaca bag confirms to the IATA "OK" standard and is acceptable to discount airlines. The larger Marrakech bag confirms to the IATA standard.

Available in a carefully selected range of fabrics including dead stock vintage cavalry twill, the fabrics have been pre washed in an industrial washing machine, to remove fabric shrinkage, so that when this bag is washed when it is soiled, it won't shrink or change shape. All the internal seams have been taped so there will be no fraying of cloth that could ultimately lead to a seam failing. This is probably one of the lightest holdalls in the market and the smaller bag makes a great weekend away bag, to visit a city like Casablanca. The larger bag is good for a week away for the south of France or Marrakech, for example.

Made of washed pure English cotton, outside of Porto, Portugal. You can see our bags here.

 

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