S4 / Two Pleats – Chino

Brisbane Moss est le spécialiste anglais du coton, basé depuis de nombreuses années à l’ouest du Yorkshire, un haut lieu du tissage des cotons. Le chino est une serge de coton.

La collection de drill 100% coton se prête parfaitement à la confection de pantalons à l’élégance décontractée. Ce très beau tissu a un touché extrêmement doux et moelleux ainsi qu’une belle luminosité. Ce très haut niveau de qualité est un luxe en prêt à porter.

We have enjoyed working with Brisbane Moss since the beginning of our trouser adventure. A house with a long-standing reputation, like all our partners. A draper with tradition.

The Moss brothers have been weavers of corduroy and moleskin since the middle of the 19th century. At the turn of the 1900s, by merging with other weavers, they created a fully vertical group including spinning, weaving, dyeing, garment manufacturing and even retailing. In 1970 Moss Brothers bought Brisbane Jones, another local velvet and corduroy manufacturer. In 1983, Brisbane Moss became part of the Chapman Group and launched an ‘on-demand’ stock service which proved particularly successful. Brisbane Moss won the Queen’s Award for Export in 2004 and 2012. These awards demonstrate the quality and global reputation of the clothier. In the future, the challenge will be to create textiles that are better for the planet. Brisbane Moss is already meeting the challenge of sustainability, organic yarns, Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification for dyeing, finishing, factory auditing and recycled packaging. The sustainability challenge continues with targets to reduce the carbon footprint.

A pair of trousers is not just fabric. It’s also a belt lining and pocket lining. And buttons. All Italian.

The waistband lining is made up of three superimposed fabrics. The top band is made of 100% cotton sky blue oxford, the bottom band is made of 100% cotton unbleached and un-dyed twill, both separated by a white viscose poplin anti-slip piping with Scavini embroidery. White topstitching reinforces the assembly. The pocket bottoms are cut from the same unbleached and undyed 100% cotton twill. The absence of dye is the best option from a hypoallergenic point of view. It also allows for relative discretion of the pocket bottoms behind light coloured fabrics.
The waistband lining and the pocket bottoms are prefabricated by the Italian company FVL created in 1990, guaranteeing ISO and GOTS certified quality standards. FVL is particularly involved in the subject of sustainability and ethical and social protocols, with continuous control of the production process and a fast and efficient traceability system.

Finally, for buttons, we don’t go far either, always in Veneto. At Bottonificio Padano, established in 1982. We have chosen to use exclusively corozo, called vegetable ivory, which is natural and biodegradable. In fact, the hard, white, horny albumen of the seed of a tropical American palm tree. Bottonificio Padano aims to eliminate chemical pollutants and use increasingly natural pigments. Since 1982, all the water used in production, including that used for dyeing and tumbling, is purified and reused, in a “closed cycle”, without any discharge into the external environment.

Our chinos are designed to be machine washable. Cotton does not fear water, but to avoid shrinking of the material, do not use programmes that are too hot (above 30°) with too strong spinning (1000 turns and more), prefer gentler programmes that respect the garment. Do not use a dryer if you do not want to end up with shorts!