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Chatting to denim dynamo Tim Browne not long ago, I was bemoaning the fact that it seems impossible to find a good chambray shirt these days. In its classic construction, this plain-weave mid- or light-weight cotton fabric has an appealing hue thanks to the blend of a blue warp (the threads running north-to-south in the cloth) and a white weft (the horizontal threads). Tim promised me he had one in the pipeline for his new brand Blue Collar Worker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a><\/p>\n

Good as his word, ex-Levi’s designer\u00a0Tim delivered this fine item to me recently. Thanks, Tim! It’s got the sort of good generous cut I like, just enough practical workwear details and – praise be – the logo is printed discreetly out of sight on the long front tail. I am wearing it here with my dark-wash Carhartt <\/a>wide-leg jeans and an Armadillo Merino<\/a> undershirt.<\/p>\n

\"Blue<\/a>\u00a0\"Blue<\/a><\/p>\n

I am going to get a lot of wear out of this well-constructed Blue Collar Worker shirt, which will find plenty of indigo-dyed company in the Musgrave wardrobe.<\/p>\n

\"G-Star<\/a><\/p>\n

This is not only double denim – it’s double G-Star Raw Essentials<\/a> denim – two really excellent pieces from the Dutch masters of jeanswear. The shirt fabric is particularly interesting, displaying lots of\u00a0horizontal\u00a0flecks. The jeans wash results in a particularly intense blue.<\/p>\n

\"Wrangler<\/a><\/p>\n

I like the shade contrast here between the slim-fit Wrangler <\/a>shirt and the vivid blue of the Candiani<\/a> jeans that I had made for me at Bread&Butter<\/a> last summer. (Candiani is an Italian denim mill that was creating customised jeans at the Berlin fair, as explained towards the end of this blog<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"Candiani<\/a><\/p>\n

Another option for a warmer day is the pale blue chambray-esque (hurrah!) Wrangler <\/a>shirt with the lightweight Candiani <\/a>jeans.<\/p>\n

\"Wrangler<\/a><\/p>\n

Currently, my oldest denim shirt is this loyal favourite from Wrangler<\/a>, which has become so washed out over maybe a dozen or more years that it sometimes needs the lift from the red 5-pocket jeans from Boggi<\/a>. The\u00a0bandanna\u00a0is from the Swedish brand, Denim Demon Jeans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Woolrich<\/a><\/p>\n

Woolrich<\/a> provided me with another near-chambray quality in a very useful grey-blue shade. I like the utilitarian look of it with a pair of white Levi’s Sta-Prest<\/a> pants.<\/p>\n

\"G-Star<\/a><\/p>\n

Another version of double denim – Woolrich<\/a> shirt and G-Star Raw Essentials<\/a> jacket.<\/p>\n

\"Bates<\/a><\/p>\n

And why not triple denim? In this instance, my new Blue Collar Worker<\/a> shirt, Carhartt<\/a> jeans, and my old\u00a0Blood & Glitter <\/a>jacket. Even the\u00a0bandanna\u00a0has indigo roots – it’s from The\u00a0Rising Sun<\/a>\u00a0Mfg Co in LA. The herringbone-patterned silk\u00a0cap is from Bates<\/a> in Jermyn Street.<\/p>\n

\"Replay<\/a><\/p>\n

My mild obsession with denim has a long history. This 1980s favourite was from Replay<\/a> – today a good black denim shirt is<\/em> hard to find. I wish I still had this one. (The Wayfarers date back to when Ray-Ban<\/a> didn’t insist on having that bloody annoying and unnecessary logo on the arms!)<\/p>\n

\"Annandale,<\/a><\/p>\n

This photo was taken at Annandale, Minnesota on 4th July 1976, so I was in a Levi’s <\/a>double denim outfit to celebrate the USA’s 200th birthday. The shirt once had long sleeves, so it was quite ancient by this time.<\/p>\n

This pic reminds me of Hardy Amies’ pungent assessment of denim jeans in his 1964 work, The ABC of Men’s Fashion<\/em><\/a>: “Jeans are more attractive when well worn, being made in a cloth of a colour and texture which is improved by frequent rough washing, as are most peasant clothes.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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