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.
Rinsed Double Indigo Broken Twill 156 Split Back Jean
Split Back Jeans are cut straight, with a very high waist. They can be worn with a belt or sitting on the hips, but they are delivered with cotton twill X back braces. Brace top trousers are usually cut with a split in the waistband, or shaped fishtail points on either side of the centre back, to allow easy movement of the fabric over the seat. As Tender jeans waistbands are attached on a chainstitch belting machine, 156 jeans are constructed with two separate waistbands, leaving a split at the back finished with a hem directly at the top of the back panels.
The side pockets are cut straight into the side seams, referring to their British Rail inspiration, and the legs are wide and long, to be hemmed, pegged, or rolled.
Double Indigo Broken Twill is a spectacularly deep indigo fabric, woven with indigo warp and weft. The yarn is Japanese, the same as is used in Tender’s selvage denim, and the fabric is woven in England. It will fade beautifully over time.
Cloth woven in England / Rinsed to shrink / Made in England
