Field notes

The Journal

Care guides, fabric deep-dives and dispatches from the places our clothes are made.

White oxford shirts hanging in a row

Guides

The ultimate oxford shirt guide

Collar rolls, poplin weights and why the cheap version always puckers at the placket after two washes.

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Raw selvedge denim showing fade lines

Care

Caring for selvedge denim

How often to wash, when to soak, and the honest answer to the freezer myth you keep hearing about.

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Rain falling on a waxed canvas jacket shoulder

Style

Dressing for Pacific Northwest weather

Nine months of drizzle, three of glare. A layering system that works from Portland to Vancouver.

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Merino wool yarn on spools at a mill

Materials

Why we chose merino

Temperature regulation, odor resistance and the micron count that separates soft from scratchy.

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A small capsule wardrobe folded on a shelf

Guides

Capsule wardrobe essentials

Twelve pieces, forty outfits. The arithmetic of getting dressed without thinking about it.

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Interior of a wool mill with vintage looms

Behind the label

Behind the label: our wool mill

Four generations, one river valley, and looms that have been running since 1948.

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