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This thick melton wool double-breasted coat is a retired government-issue model that was once used by the Amsterdam Fire Department. Technically we're not supposed to have it, but we were able to spirit it away from a a fire-fighter who has a soft spot for our brand and our design process. The design is similar to a USN Pea Coat but it features a horizontal seam at the waist into which zipper pockets have been integrated. We were struck by this simple concept and integrated something similar in our new Longshore Melton and special edition Longshore Oil Drill designs.
The zippers on the pockets as well as the walkie-talkie retainer appear to be the result of modification "in the field". Clearly the original jacket pre-dated the era of electronic communication so details like this one seem to have been added over time. So while the jacket "worships tradition", it also "destroys convention" out of practical neccessity.
Before we created we collected.
But we collect not just to acquire; we collect to examine, analyze, and to learn. Decades in the making, the DENHAM GARMENT LIBRARY supplies the raw material for our research, design and development. We can’t benefit from tailoring traditions unless we understand them better, and new ideas crumble if they’re not built on a strong foundation. Each item in the library tells a story and each one represents a starting-point for our collections.
Our single-minded obsession with workwear is the primary inspiration for the brand. Our conviction that deep knowledge comes with extensive research is central to the whole studio’s design approach. The label’s own growing archive is home for an expansive collection of archetypal jean models as well as workwear, military clothing and travel gear from the last century all the way up until today.
We know our predecessors, our contemporaries and our competitors. We take inspiration from anyone and any place producing relevant ideas but we’re never content simply to reproduce someone else's approach even if that person's name has been safely lost to history. The research feeds our passion and our passion is to progress our tradition ever forward.
WORSHIP TRADITION. DESTROY CONVENTION