Tender Co Type 485 Isosceles Shirt | Drab Weld

Once again Tender creates the ultimate shirt that’s just so easy and effortless, from the colour to the fabric and fit. We’ll start with the colour of this shirt, ironically enough called Drab (and anything but), which is achieved using dyer's weld (Reseda luteola), also known as dyer's rocket - a traditional native plant historically used to produce yellow natural dyes since the 1st century BCE in Europe (and closer to home, here in Ireland). It was used extensively by the Ancient Romans, especially for festival clothing and the robes of priestesses of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth, whose flame the yellow fabric represented.

The shirt itself is cut as a T shape with horizontal shoulders and very wide sleeves. The sewing technique creates an isosceles triangle with its apex at the neck and its base at the cuff. Large pockets are sewn at the front and the sleeves are finished without openings so this style also works well as a lightweight jacket. Honestly the shape of this shirt is everything and we love the crinkled stand collar which is a Tender classic.

As for the wool stripe cotton tattersall fabric, it’s weird and wonderful, like all Tender cloths. This one is an original interpretation of a classic tattersall: the ground is an ecru all-cotton herringbone, with alternating weft stripes of blue, green and yellow coarsely spun, which during the dyeing process turn various shades of ‘drab’. When the fabric is rotated 90 degrees in cross cutting, the subtle herringbone becomes horizontal and the bolder wool stripes run vertically. Tattersall cloths derive from Tattersall’s horse auction of 1766 in Newmarket, England and were originally used for horse blankets but later became popular for waistcoats and shirts. 

Also available Brown Hat cotton sheeting.

• Made in USA

• Cotton and wool (wool stripe cotton tattersall)

• Limited quantities

• Fabric woven in USA

• Pockets

• Slightly oversized (OQ and AQ wear size 2)

• Colour: Drab Weld