tin house / old town

[linkejeuk]

Does anybody here has any experience with this brand called tin house / old town? It's seems to fit the style of some people here. They make vintage style work wear. I really like some of the stuff they have, but have never come across this brand yet.

the website is http://www.tinhouse.co.uk/products.htm

[derdankhund]

pretty nice, actually...

anyone here handled their stuff in person?

[poly800rock]

i remember seeing this website a year or so ago. stuff looks decent

[fre-co]

Nice website and shop. If I go to norfolk anytime soon I might have a look.

[ringring]

"You might like to telephone Miss Willey, who probably knows"

"Population : Elderly. Memory: Hazy. Visibility : Poor. Numbness In All Areas

Small Shops : Abundant

Butchers. Fishmongers : Several"

I love it. I must drop by.

[Charlie Delta]

subscribed.

Thanks for finding this!

[superBobo]

Supposedly they dont ship outside Britain though. Some nice pants and jackets anyway.

[Kesnel]

Oh dear, I've just mentally squandered several hundred pounds looking at that site. Some nice stuff on there I think; I'm sure I'll end up giving in to the urge to buy some.

[Charlie Delta]

Had a better look around both their sites.

As ringring says: I love it!

Has something really charming and honest about it.

Doesn't appear to be "fashion" at all, curious who their regular clientelle are?

It's more costumey so maybe the people who hold those "history re-enactment" things???

Either way, seems super niche...

[The_D]

I have a jacket (in heavyweight canvas), a shirt (in linen), and a pair of trousers (in mediumweight canvas) from Old Town that I’ve had for a couple of years or so. Unfortunately, the shirt and trousers are at my parents' place (which is near to Old Town’s shop), and I won’t be going there soon, so can’t show pictures of those. But the jacket is at work, so I’ll try to post pics if anyone is interested.

The quality of construction of these clothes is really excellent: I think they’re all made by hand - and it shows. The shop has a number of samples so you can try on sizes and see all the different fabrics they use, but you can’t actually buy them in the shop: all of the clothes are made to order, I think. The finished items are wonderfully well-made: I would say the only similar clothes that I have that match their construction are shirts by 45rpm (ok, that should read 'A shirt by 45rpm...) and Margaret Howell – and Old Town must be less than half-price of both of those.

The cut of their stuff is pretty generous, as you’d expect, given their workwear origins. The trousers I have are high-waisted – with a rise that is way, way higher than even the highest denim repros – so you need to size-down. I tend not to size down with denim (I don’t have the knees for the SuperFuture fit…), and generally wear a 34 waist in nearly all my jeans, but the 32 trousers from Old Town are a good fit, and have stretched out an inch in the waist. The canvas they use is very hard-wearing, but also softens well with wearing and washing.

I think Cotton Duck is right – that if you wore all of them together, you’d probably look a little ‘historical re-enactment’: it might be a bit odd if you went for the ‘whole look’, such as the models on their website. (A couple of years ago I wore the shirt with a pair of 1937 hair-on-hide Lee repros, with braces/suspenders (I’d stitched the buttons onto the waistband myself), and two people called me ‘John Boy Walton’ within an hour of leaving the house). But the jacket I’ve got is very versatile, and goes (I think) with just about any pair of jeans that I’ve got (from Eternal 811 as the slimmest, to Warehouse and Sugar Cane 47 repros worn true-to-size as the fullest-cut).

When I bought the jacket, I asked them about the dyes they used, and I was told, ‘old-fashioned sulphur-based dyes’. The jacket that I have is starting to fade very nicely. They do have two weights of denim that they can make any of their clothes in, but I don’t know where it comes from, or what it’s dyed with.

Anyway, blah blah blah. Not sure a first post counts for much, but I’d recommend this stuff unreservedly.

[fre-co]

nice first post!

Welcome to superfuture.

lol at jonboy walton.

[Kesnel]

The D, very informative post. I'd be interested to see some pictures of your jacket. Which model do you have? I've got my eye on the Overall Jacket, which from the looks of it on the website would make a great jacket for autumn (I don't really have a lighter weight jacket, only my heavy winter coat).

[The_D]

Kesnel, I've got the Borough jacket. It's fairly lightweight (unlined), even though it's 'heavyweight' canvas. I'll bring it home from work tomorrow and post some pictures.

[The_D]

Kesnel, here are some images of the Borough jacket:

A close-up of the jacket front, so you can see the stitching, and how it's starting to fade:

Then, for true stitching nerds, a shot of a button, beautifully hand-stitched on a stalk. Oh yes:

[Kesnel]

Thanks for the pictures, The D; the jacket looks really good. I see from your first post that you have a shirt made from their linen. I was just wondering how heavy that was? I'm seriously considering getting an unlined linen jacket from here.

[The_D]

The linen on the shirt I have isn't particularly heavy (I really don't think it would be heavy enough for an unlined jacket); but it is beautiful quality Irish linen. Don't know if they make any of their jackets in a heavier linen than that, though. If they do, and it's the same quality linen, that would be a lovely jacket.

[i know you're talking about a jacket here, but if fro some reason you decided to buy a linen shirt, they're very full cut, with a long tail - they're clearly designed to be worn tucked-in]