HUSSAR-JACKET
NAVY with navy braiding
100% COTTON Denim-heavy
HUSSAR-JACKET NAVY with navy braiding 100% COTTON Denim-heavy
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Jacket with straight body, upright collar, and ornamental cord fastenings. Piped seams and patch pockets added structure while keeping the garment light. Today it remains a distinctive layer for formal or casual interiors. At Jaulhac, Eugène Le Moult’s château, Hussar-style jackets were worn at evening salons, lending a ceremonial tone to gatherings of scientists and cultural guests.
Jaulhac was Le Moult’s rural château, used during the Second World War when Paris was under German occupation. It became both a safeguard for his butterfly collection and a venue for social evenings. Jackets with martial decoration, like the Hussar cut, reflected European traditions while matching the cultivated but relaxed atmosphere of soirées in the countryside.
We found the HUSSAR-JACKET in the wardrobe of dad's grand-dad, the WORLDS's №1 butterfly hunter
DETAILS
DETAILS
handrolled Frogging, originated in 17th-century Europe and was initially used on military uniforms for decorative and practical fastening purposes
Our article number:9160
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 DENIM-HEAVY 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
Ocean-liner decks were exposed to wind, spray, and humidity. Le Moult’s cases of butterflies travelled in these conditions on repeated voyages.
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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