We have reproduced a vintage bib overall of "Boss of The Road" from 20's. It can be easily guessed but the name of our new release is "Boss of the Cat Overall"! This bib overall has one pocket, which is already quite unique enough for overalls, but with some iconic stitch work on the pocket. I've loved this detail for quite a long time but finally had a chance to get a vintage piece. It's from more than 100 years ago but I must admit that this pocket was made with much contemplation even though they look just like some doodle by kids. The designer must have wanted to have a useful pocket that has 3 different compartments but needed to have the sewing process as simple and easy as possible for the mass production, I suppose. and BANG! the genius from 100 years ago came up with this great pocket design.
Cloth patch
Boss of the Road is basically a dog brand but when it comes to TCB reproducing a product of any brands, we need it to be a cat. We have done this to Black Bear, Long horn cow, two horses and uncle Steve if you know what I mean.
We always have a playful mind with any tag design so this time we've created 8 different patch designs for this overall. (It's like a tag lottery so we just ship whatever design at random)
Hard wears
The buttons are two-pronged, made only for this new model. The wire hooks are often seen on vintage garments of 1910~20's. Very classical details here too.
I often mention on the blog that the Japanese denim industry is diminishing and said to be dying in 10 years but the factory who's been making these wire hooks has recently gone bankruptcy so not sure if we can continue making this model with the same detail but for the 1st production run, we've used these wire hooks for all stocks.
Fabric
It's 10.2oz denim with wefts of yarn count 8 and was of yarn count 14. When choosing which yarn to use, the basic is to use the similar yarn count for both wefts and warps. If you look at some 13 or 14 oz fabric, it's usually like wefts:7 and warps:6 or wefts:7 and warps:9. So the difference between the wefts and the warps is relatively big for this new overall. Then why??
Imagine some high grade knit sweater with a fine gauge. If the wefts are fine and narrow, the warps can be woven much more densely, meaning that the fabric can achieve as much durability as heavy oz fabric even though the yarn count of the threads is not that thick. One more good point of the said balance between thick warps and narrow wefts is that the warps tend to develop strong vertical fade if the warps are much thicker than the wefts. It means, in other words, the warps sits almost on the wefts if you look at the fabric through a magnified lens, leading to the warps having more contact with frictions etc.
It's 2 by 1 fabric so at first it might look flat and boring but you can expect some wild fade from this fabric. Speaking of the dye color, the indigo is not as dark as average jeans so you find a bit more blueish tinge on this fabric but this time we've payed an extra care to the wefts which are often thought to be less important but we have dyed the wefts in very pale beige color.
This is just my opinion as a jean maker but I think people used to think that the darker the fabric is the better quality it is. However, it of course costs more to produce the darker indigo threads so people instead used dyed wefts to make the fabric darker so that stains and dirts don't stand out on a clothing. If you have a chance to see this overall in person, please check the backside of the fabric too and then you'll soon realize it looks different from normal denim fabric.
Cut
It's quite difficult to describe by writing but the legs have slight tapering towards the bottom and it's a touch slimmer than the other TCB overalls. Styling a bib overall might seem a bit challenging if you are not used to it but we'd like to recommend this one for bib overall beginners!! We suggest you choose the size based on your jeans size of any TCB jeans. In that way, it will be a nice, relaxed fit which we think is a good overall fit.
At last, we have studied thoroughly about the patent and the name of this iconic pocket but there is no record found about this pocket. But we need a nice name for this unique and cute pocket. The logo of Boss of the Road is a bull dog and dogs have a habit to hide bones or food, right? So, we internally call this pocket a hoarding pocket.
Gotta keep what is tasty close to your heart with this overall!
