Pea Coat

The Pea Coat was worn first by sailors, and the shape has barely needed changing since the 1720s — double-breasted front, wide notched lapels, a single vent at the back, and enough length to cover you without getting in the way. Ours keeps that line in navy, and it's a coat you can wrap around you and feel properly covered in.

It's cut from a thick-gauge fabric made in Italy using Supima® cotton grown in the USA under the Better Cotton Initiative. Supima has an extra-long staple, which is what gives the cloth its softness and its quiet lustre, and makes it strong and slow to pill. Through the body there's a thermal insulated lining made in Italy from 100% recycled polyester (rPET), so there's real warmth in it rather than just weight.

The front fastens with matt-finish buttons made from recycled compressed paper and resin, and the cuffs are finished with buttoned tabs. Two deep slip pockets sit at the hip and there's a buttoned pocket inside. The coat is lined in Italian-made viscose with a smooth finish, so it slides on over knitwear without dragging.

Wear it over tailored trousers and derbies for the sharper version, or over slim denim with recycled knitwear and work boots for the everyday one. It also goes over a shirt and chinos with loafers, the lapels holding their shape whether you button it or leave it open. It's a coat that takes almost anything you put with it, so let the shoes decide the register: derbies pull it towards tailoring, work boots take it the other way and let the navy sit as a workwear colour, loafers land it somewhere between the two, and white trainers with straight dark denim or a flat-front chino keep it easy without losing the line.