HIGH-WAIST-TROUSERS
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100% COTTON Herringbone-Thick Feathers digital-print
HIGH-WAIST-TROUSERS GREENᴹᴬᴿᴮᴸᴱᴰ 100% COTTON Herringbone-Thick Feathers digital-print
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High-rise trousers that sit above the hips for secure wear without tight belts. Straight legs with modest hem width enable convection. Side adjusters or ties avoid heavy hardware. Works in heat as day trousers with shirts or jackets. In French Guiana the higher waist kept the waistband away from sweat pools and allowed better airflow across the lower back, useful during road travel and work.
Rainforest construction and maintenance demanded clothing that managed heat and moisture while allowing movement. Higher rises and light fabrics helped avoid chafing and retained less water. As roads extended inland, such practical adjustments supported daily travel, later intersecting with access needs for the Kourou launch facilities.
DETAILS
DETAILS
Our article number:9164
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-THICK 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
Studying marbled endpapers in a scientific library, ink pooling on cotton fibres, in Winter of 1925.
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
PRALINE LE MOULT : A graduate of both CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS and Head Alumni at the ÉCOLE des BEAUX-ARTS de PARIS, winner of the 2005 LVMH Young Creatives Prize, Praline draws on her family history to create what she describes as ‘home-adventure-wear in retro cuts’.
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