After Drake’s · Spring/Summer 2025
Blue and Ecru Stripe Tie Front Lightweight Overshirt
Drake's overshirt draws on Eastern leisure clothing of the twentieth century. It closes with fabric ties rather than buttons and has a Mandarin collar. Otherwise it is a familiar overshirt with a single patch pocket on the chest. It is cut loose and left unlined from a light cotton and flax cloth, so it hangs softly and can be worn over a shirt or a T-shirt.
The original, in the Internet Archive
In Proper Cloth
Baird McNutt Blue Irish Linen Stripe
We chose a lightweight Irish linen in a blue stripe because it is close to the original's blue and ecru stripe, plain weave and dry, slightly irregular surface. We matched the band collar, the single square chest pocket, the straight hem and the clean French front. Proper Cloth does not offer a tie fastening, so we used cream horn buttons, which are near the ecru ground. We also chose one-button barrel cuffs, as the original's sleeve finish is not recorded.
The cloth is a pure linen plain weave woven and finished by Baird McNutt, a mill in Northern Ireland whose history goes back to 1798. It is a lightweight 25s cloth with a soft, textured hand and the uneven slubs typical of linen. It has a blue stripe and will crease and soften with wear.
- Composition
- 100% Linen
- Weight
- lightweight
- Care
- Though it’s historically been used in many different environments for its insulating properties, we’re all familiar with linen’s fantastic lightness and breathability in hotter climates, and this one delivers beyond expectation. Finish: No Treatment.
Options
- Collar
- Band
- Cuffs
- Soft One Button Barrel
- Placket
- French Front
- Single Square Pocket
- Yoke
- One Piece Yoke
- Hem
- Straight Hem
- Buttons
- Cream Horn
- Stitching
- 0.25″ Stitching
- Sleeve placket
- No sleeve placket button
- Adjustable cuffs
- No adjustable cuff buttons
$185
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