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HUSSAR-JACKET BURGUNDY with burgundy braiding 100% COTTON Velvet fabric-dyed

HUSSAR-JACKET BURGUNDY with burgundy braiding 100% COTTON Velvet fabric-dyed

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SIZE

Our HUSSAR's JACKET¹ has hand-made trimmings ornamenting its big mother-of-pearl buttons. It can be worn in bed or out and about as a jacket.


¹ Eugène Le Moult had our original HUSSAR's SHIRT made to wear when receiving visitors at his château East of Bordeaux. (France's 1st Hussar Regiment is nowadays an airborne cavalry unit using tanks, not horses...)



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DETAILS

handrolled Frogging, originated in 17th-century Europe and was initially used on military uniforms for decorative and practical fastening purposes
& handrolled Piping, a decorative trim or embellishment, originated in 19th century. Initially used in military uniforms for distinction, it became popular in civilian wear for its sharp, tailored look

Our article number:9092

MATERIAL

100%ᴾᵁᴿᴱ  Southern-Indian COTTON (as in the 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 heritage sample, made from fabric woven before 1947 in then British-India )
• from fields SUSTAINABLY growing cotton since at least 35AD (according to Roman Empire trade records)
• woven as in the 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 VELVET weave to P.Le Moult designs in nearby villages by English-speaking unionized craftspeople, descendants of the 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 weavers (in a state that has been alternating between soft-Left and hard-Left coalitions since 1957...)

STYLE

Winter of 1924: an aristocratic leader has finally found a moment to relax, and is pursuing his hobby, studying Morpho butterflies (purchased from Eugène Le Moult) under a microscope in his elegantly furnished home-laboratory

HERITAGE

LÉOPOLD LE MOULT, PIONEER OF FRENCH ORGANIC 1856-1926 : we inherited grandad's grandad's ideals
EUGÈNE LE MOULT, BUTTERFLY-HUNTER 1882-1965 : we inherited dad's grandad's wardrobe contents

CREATOR

PROJET LE MOULT: Timeless cuts from 1900-1950, originally designed for the adventurer Eugène Le Moult, reimagined with contemporary edge by his great-granddaughter, unisex elegance for all.

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