The brief
I've sent Tom the first brief for the lining. A chapter called The Road from T.E. Lawrence's The Mint, about riding his Brough Superior, and a map of every place Lawrence mentions in it. It's a starting point, not a plan.
The Lawrence
The first Barnfield jacket, inspired by a photograph of my great grandfather in his 1902 pattern service dress. Fifty made.
- Design, complete August 2022
- Pattern, complete February 2022
- Toile, complete December 2021
- Fit sample, complete December 2022
- Cloth, complete January 2023
- Final sample, complete March 2023
- Preorder open, complete April 2023
- In production, complete October 2023
- Delivered, complete October 2023
The Ledger
From the first sketch.
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A message to Tom
I want the inside of this jacket to tell a story about Britain. I sent a message to Thomas Moore at Last Maps after seeing one of his maps reposted on Instagram, and he replied the same day: "totally stoked… our brands hold so much common ground." We're talking properly next week.
No pattern
I've walked past the same photograph my whole life. My great grandfather, William Warman, in his 1902 pattern service dress, just before he shipped out to France and, eventually, Gallipoli. Today my tailor here in Bahrain fitted the first version of a jacket inspired by it. No pattern, just my sketch and a tape measure. It's rough, but the bones are there.
Specification
- Outer: 350gsm organic cotton gabardine
- Lining: organic cotton sateen, printed with Tom Moore's map of Britain
- Insulation: British wool, quilted in Nottingham
- Cuffs: recessed 2x1 organic cotton rib
- Buttons: laser-etched Corozo
- Buttonholes: keyhole, cut on a Reece 101
Who made it
- Lining artwork: Tom Moore, Last Maps
- Quilting: Harvey Quilting, Nottingham
- Wool wadding: Kofibres, Shipley
- Make: Agnes, Leicester
- Buttonholes: Bolton
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