Tender has its roots in antique workwear and machinery, especially from the Great British Steam Age. An important face of Tender’s English–made clothing is the nurture which is put into the clothes: in their research, design, manufacture and wear. Tender’s goal is for the owner to live with their clothes, wearing them hard, but respecting their provenance and the stories they have to tell.
Achilles Heel Indigo Cotton Twill Type 410 Three Pocket Squaretail Shirt
The Three Pocket Square Tail Shirt is a combination of several previous Tender shirt designs. The simple square body, with split tails and a flat back, has large hand pockets sewn into the side seams and a third left chest pocket. The sleeves are pleated into false cuffs, cut into the seam.Black melamine Savile Row tailor’s fly buttons. 100% cotton thread rinsed to shrink.
Tender’s indigo covert cloth is woven in the same pattern as a traditional thornproof covert, trapping the contrasting rope dyed indigo cotton weft behind the ecru cotton warp.
Indigo has a rich history within work clothes and uniforms. Because the dye needs to oxidise to turn blue, only the outer surface of indigo dyed yarn holds colour. When the fabric rubs against other surfaces during wear, the lower layers of undyed fibre are exposed, giving worn indigo fabrics their characteristic contrasting white and blue fades.
Achilles’ garments are hand dyed with indigo in Kojima. The garments are gripped tightly at a certain place thus blocking the indigo and showing the undyed fabric underneath.
100% Cotton
Made in England
