CAYENNE-COLLAR-SHIRT-SHORT-SLEEVED
WHITE
100% COTTON fine-𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹-weave
CAYENNE-COLLAR-SHIRT-SHORT-SLEEVED WHITE 100% COTTON fine-𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹-weave
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Short-sleeved shirt with open notched Cayenne collar, button front, and straight hem. Light cotton gave comfort in humid air while allowing ventilation at the neck. Today it remains a standard warm-weather shirt. In French Guiana, where Eugène Le Moult lived, such collars were practical in the equatorial environment, leaving the neck open in heat while giving coverage against sudden sun or rain.
French Guiana’s forests were home to some of the world’s most dangerous wildlife: Bushmaster and Fer-de-lance snakes, Goliath tarantulas, black caimans, and jaguars. Clothing had to balance breathability with enough coverage to be practical in a setting where dense vegetation and dangerous animals were part of daily life. The Cayenne collar, leaving the neck cool but the body covered, reflected this adaptation.
We found the CAYENNE-COLLAR-SHIRT-SHORT-SLEEVED in the wardrobe of dad's grand-dad, the WORLDS's №1 butterfly hunter
DETAILS
DETAILS
Our article number:9155
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 FINE-𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹-WEAVE 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
Le Moult’s specimens crossed the Atlantic from Cayenne to Le Havre. Liners carried them through damp tropical air and shifting seas, connecting French Guiana with Paris.
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
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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