TENDER TYPE 471 PLASTRON SHIRT THUNDERBOLT COTTON CAMBRIC RINSED

A plastron is a chest covering which sits over a lower layer. The same term is used to describe a fencer’s chest pad, an armoured breastplate, and a tortoise’s belly. The Plastron shirt is cut with large pleats set under the armholes, forming a pseudoplastron across the chest.

The pleats add volume into the skirt of the garment, which is cut without side seams, so that the tails hang freely without weight or stiffness. A single chest pocket on the left and full tailored cuff plackets behind the wrist refer to more traditional shirt making.

Thunderbolt Cambric fabric is woven in England, and has a plain ground with a raised spaced twill in the shape of a stepped thunderbolt pattern. The warp is ecru cotton and the weft is olive green, subtly altering the tone of the dyes used on shirts cut from this cloth.

Buttons are real shell interpretations of a standard cats eye button, and the whole garment is sewn with cotton thread.

 

- Made in USA
- Fabric woven in England
- Rinsed to shrink
- Full pleated cuffs
- Real shell cats eye buttons
- 100% cotton thread shrunk to form puckered seams