The follow up to the Cone Food tray Workshirt, this time in a 100% cotton composition. It's the same beautiful construction, weight and indigo dye, just without the recycled food tray fill.
Cone Mills rarely makes canvas. Heavy, 10.75oz selvedge canvas like this style is almost unheard of. It's the perfect weight for a substantial workshirt. Next comes the sheer beauty of the color. It's an incredibly deep indigo with subtle navy tints that come from the navy reactive dyed fill yarn. Nice contrasty wear-in comes your way as you make this shirt your own - the indigo of the warp chips away handsomely. The prominent white with red selvedge ID lets you know this is a rare canvas. We're also sewing this shirt up with what's probably the most beautiful thread we've ever seen - a true, indigo dyed thread. The shade pairs perfectly with this dark blue fabric. This is one that will wear as nicely as a pair of your favorite jeans.
There are a number of construction details that define our workshirt. The first is ample triple needle work with a classic chain stitch runoff. Triple needle is a specialized stitch not found on a standard button downs and that serves as the heart of any good work shirt. Ours gets triple need flat felled yoke and side seams with chain stitched bottoms. We also allow the side seam chain stitch to “runoff” the end giving you three chain stitch ends on each side. We bar tack to ensure the runoff can’t compromise the security of the side seam. The second detail is double chest pockets. We keep ours a bit cleaner, without flaps, but use button closures and double bar tacks in each corner for added strength. The left chest pocket gets the addition of a small pen slot. The third detail is side hem gussets. It’s a small functional element and looks absolutely great. On our selvedge styles we incorporate the selvedge on the bottom. Finally, we love the chin strap. Ours is small enough to be tasteful while still reminding you of the work wear roots of the garment. We created new custom Corozo buttons specifically for our work shirts. They’re a deep navy shade with a slightly domed top and two holes for securing. Overall, this is one of our most intricately constructed garments and one of the most costly to produce.
For production on these, we're teaming up with a small shop that exclusively sews reproduction workwear for Japanese brands - always above $300 per shirt. Their work is immaculate, and we're excited to be partnering with them.
Our workshirts will be available in our Classic and Slim fits. The main differences in details between our workshirts and our other shirting come down to construction - no back box pleat, and differently shaped side scoops. The Slim fit has a more tailored body as compared to our Classic fit. Chest and waist come in to provide a more fitted option. Details are in our fit guide now.
Fit
Available in our classic and slim fits
Fabric
#19 USA Selvedge Canvas, 10.75oz, White/Red ID
Finish
Raw, Indigo Dyed Thread
Trims
Custom Corozo buttons, Gustin logo label
Made in
Fit guide