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.
Hadal Blue Ecru Lawn Type 468 Flipped Collar Shirt
The Flipped Collar Shirt is an amalgamation of different elements from previous Tender shirts. The front placket is reversed and sewn down on the outside, like the Butterfly Shirt, trapping two large centre pockets low down at a comfortable hand height. The back is shaped with a single large asymmetrical pleat like the Millwheel shirt, and the collar is cut from the same pattern. However the collar panel, once cut, is flipped upside down and the long side, not the short side, is sewn into the neck of the shirt.
As the point of the collar would normally sit just above the front edge of the shirt, here the collar grows directly from the placket, then slopes back to a seamed edge.An extra button and buttonhole is added in the centre of the collar so that it can be done up close to the neck.
The Hadal Zone, named for the Greek underworld, Hades, is the deepest oceanic zone, below the Sunlight Zone, the Twilight Zone, the Midnight Zone and the Abyss. Hadal blue and hadal green are the deepest colours achievable through reactive dyeing, darker than any natural dye. As with natural dyeing, though, the whole garment is dyed after sewing, showing subtle variations in tone and depth between different fabrics and garment constructions.
Fabric woven in England / Rinsed to shrink / Pleated false faced cuffs / Melamine Savile Row tailor’s fly buttons / 100% cotton thread shrunk to form puckered seams / Made in England
