We've recently added the Black Wabash to Tabby's Coat and two more color variations added: British Short Hair Grey & Havana Brown/
Both are back sateen fabric so that they give off a bit of military wear vibe. When it comes to TCB making a new color variation, we always pay extra care to the color of bartuck.
Hajime jokingly said, "If I were to have a British Short hair, I would give a pink collar and maybe a sky blue one for Havana Brown."
You might find it absurd but it's part of our authentic reproduction on vintage workwear becacuse even in the vintage jeans time, there were red, orange, green, blue, pink bartucks, etc etc and people back then also had a playful mind when it comes to choosing thread color.
The term, shop coat, originally came about as a nickname for a coat that workers could quickly throw on when unexpected visitors hop in.
While you might think that these coats were worn for work in the past, it's that they weren't actually designed for work.
Because they were intended for these reasons, they're highly functional, with features like a pass-through access pocket for quickly grabing coins or keys from your jeans pocket, and a flap pocket that keeps items in place even when bending over. If you are a denim guy, you might not be familiar with a "coat-length" item like this.
However, this shop coat is full of work wear details , so it naturally matches denim styles.
This is basically TCB's interpretation to shop coats, often worn by engineer for a sudden customer visit or a bit of errand to hide dirty work wear underneath.
For the basic part, we referred to a vintage shop coat from 50's with the Stop-Loss pocket which we have also adopted for our Tabby's Overall.
On the right pocket, we've attached the flap pocket that swings with you so that tools or cigars won't drop. At the era, the cigarette package did not have the film so that they get wet if you put the box directly to your chest pocket, meaning the flap pocket also worked wet-proof.
<10oz Left hand twill black wabash>
This black fabric is discharge-dyed in a striped pattern, replicating the production method used around 1920. The fabric is left-hand twill to make the pattern more clearly visible for discharge printing, and the slightly uneven stripe pattern unique to discharge printing is its charm. It is a great fabric that has a work-like feel but also a slightly urban impression.
