NIGHT-SHIRT NATURAL-Black with black braiding 100% COTTON Herringbone-light
NIGHT-SHIRT NATURAL-Black with black braiding 100% COTTON Herringbone-light
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Our classic NIGHT-SHIRT was designed¹ for lazy elegance: a knee-length shirt with standing collar and no buttons, embellished with a simple piping. It can be worn to sleep, and ladies can even wear it as a Summer day-dress!
¹ by Eugène Le Moult for his house on the Maroni river (in the Amazon basin, the natural border to Dutch Guiana), great-grand-dad had adapted an office shirt to our original NIGHT-SHIRT
We found the NIGHT-SHIRT in the wardrobe of dad's grand-dad, the WORLDS's №1 butterfly hunter
DETAILS
DETAILS
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
& handrolled Frogging, originated in 17th-century Europe and was initially used on military uniforms for decorative and practical fastening purposes
Our article number:9120
MATERIAL
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 HERRINGBONE-LIGHT 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
STYLE
Timeless elegance defined by simplicity, refined tailoring, neutral tones, high-quality materials, and investment pieces that transcend seasonal trends.
HERITAGE
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
CREATOR
EUGÈNE LE MOULT (31 December 1882, Quimper – 26 January 1965, Paris) was as famous for hunting butterflies as he was for his custom-made wardrobe. He had these clothes tailored for himself to wear on the ocean-liner to South America, and when hunting and sleeping in the jungle.
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