It starts with a pattern.
A template for the garment to come. A trained cutter, decades in the field, will mark its route, the blueprint for assembly. There’s a long cut, cropped just shy of the knee. Patch pocket placements with room inside to spare. A scooped hood big enough to cover a hat, then allocations for toggles, leather hoops. Buttons, buttonholes. The oscillating blade of the cutting room awaits.
This is the origins story of each one of our new limited edition duffle coats. The two-day manufacturing of the Deadstock Duffles' journey sees them encounter ten different pairs of hands. They will go from a single sheet of fabric to individually cut shapes. They'll then be constructed by a team of machinists, piece by painstaking piece.
Our new Deadstock duffle coats are designed in Hackney by one of the last clothing factories left in the UK. They are crafted using recycled Italian wool shipped from a family run mill in Prato, Tuscany, then made in-house by London locals.
Deadstock fabric is the surplus left behind after a high-volume manufacturing run has completed. We’ve rescued some of this material in order to create a unique small-batch of garments at an affordable price. Each one of the Uskees Deadstock duffles has been carefully tested to ensure there are no microplastics, and they come in a selection of heritage colourways, each one with its own corresponding tartan interior.
The Duffle Tradition
The Deadstock duffles are made in the classic British tradition of tailoring and craftsmanship. Slowly, by experts with the highest attention to detail. No compromise on material or manufacture.
The duffle coat is in many respects the quintessential British outerwear garment. Originally designed for the British navy, they went on to become the coats we wore in school. The coats we looked up to on World War Two heroes and admired on cultural figures, everyone from Stanley Kubrick to Brigitte Bardot, David Bowie to Liam Gallagher.
Early bird access opens in our Cutting Room broadcast channel here on Friday. Join the group to get your password to access the collection.
Keep scrolling to see them in all their glory.
The British Way: the story of our Deadstock duffle coats
It starts with a pattern.
A template for the garment to come. A trained cutter, decades in the field, will mark its route, the blueprint for assembly. There’s a long cut, cropped just shy of the knee. Patch pocket placements with room inside to spare. A scooped hood big enough to cover a hat, then allocations for toggles, leather hoops. Buttons, buttonholes. The oscillating blade of the cutting room awaits.
This is the origins story of each one of our new limited edition duffle coats. The two-day manufacturing of the Deadstock Duffles' journey sees them encounter ten different pairs of hands. They will go from a single sheet of fabric to individually cut shapes. They'll then be constructed by a team of machinists, piece by painstaking piece.
Our new Deadstock duffle coats are designed in Hackney by one of the last clothing factories left in the UK. They are crafted using recycled Italian wool shipped from a family run mill in Prato, Tuscany, then made in-house by London locals.
Deadstock fabric is the surplus left behind after a high-volume manufacturing run has completed. We’ve rescued some of this material in order to create a unique small-batch of garments at an affordable price. Each one of the Uskees Deadstock duffles has been carefully tested to ensure there are no microplastics, and they come in a selection of heritage colourways, each one with its own corresponding tartan interior.
The Duffle Tradition
The Deadstock duffles are made in the classic British tradition of tailoring and craftsmanship. Slowly, by experts with the highest attention to detail. No compromise on material or manufacture.
The duffle coat is in many respects the quintessential British outerwear garment. Originally designed for the British navy, they went on to become the coats we wore in school. The coats we looked up to on World War Two heroes and admired on cultural figures, everyone from Stanley Kubrick to Brigitte Bardot, David Bowie to Liam Gallagher.
Early bird access opens in our Cutting Room broadcast channel here on Friday. Join the group to get your password to access the collection.
Keep scrolling to see them in all their glory.