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atelier brutrated in cycles

workwear, sold by the piece

rated in cycles,
not seasons.

Every garment on this site publishes three things before it publishes an adjective: what the cloth weighs, how many rub cycles it took under a named method, and exactly where it carries a second layer. It fades. It softens. It is not exempt from wear, and we will not tell you otherwise.

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clothing, not protective equipment

A deep indigo cotton canvas chore jacket hanging from a timber frame on an outdoor work site under overcast daylight.
on the job — 11:40

in frame

Chore Jacket Canvas 340

cloth weight
340 g/m²
abrasion
30,000cycles
method
EN ISO 12947-2
reinforced
elbows, pocket edges
see the full sheet

what we publish

three numbers,
then the words.

32 of the 43 pieces in the catalogue carry a measured abrasion figure. The rest carry none, and say so on their own page. That is the whole policy.

how the tests work

  1. g/m²

    what the cloth weighs

    Grams per square metre, measured on the finished cloth. It is the one figure that is comparable across every garment here, and it is the reason a 400 canvas feels like a different object from a 200 twill.

    read the method

  2. cycles

    how far it got under the rubbing head

    Martindale rub cycles under EN ISO 12947-2. Where a mill has not produced a figure we print no figure at all. A number without a method is not a measurement, so you will never see one here.

    read the method

  3. N

    what it takes to keep a tear running

    Tear strength in newtons, warp and weft, under EN ISO 13937-2. It is a different property from abrasion: ripstop scores low on one and high on the other, and both are printed side by side.

    read the method

the shift

on the job,
then in the workshop.

The two grounds on this site are not a colour scheme. They are the two places one jacket goes in a day. Switch between them in the top bar and every photograph here moves with you, because every garment was shot in both.

The workshop frame is a short loop. It carries no sound and no narration; nothing on it is required to understand this page.

the catalogue

taller card, heavier cloth.

Frame height follows grams per square metre, so the grid reads as a weight chart before you read a name. Hold a card to see the same garment after long use.

jackets & overshirtstrousersshirtsknit & sweataprons & bibsaccessoriessetsall 43 pieces · €25–€299
Two identical indigo canvas sleeves side by side, the right one lightened along the elbow fold and visibly softened.

what happens next

it fades.
it does not fail.

Cotton softens along the lines you bend. Indigo lifts where the cloth rubs. A reinforced elbow abrades on the outer layer while the inner one holds. None of that is a defect and none of it is a promise: it is what these cloths do, and it is why the comparison frames on this site are part of the catalogue rather than an afterthought.

We do not claim a garment here is exempt from wear, will hold its colour, or will outlive you. We publish what was measured and let the cloth do the rest.

see it on the 14 oz

work matcher

tell us the work,
we’ll match the cycles.

Three questions: what you do, how hard you are on clothes, and what gives out first. The answer is a rule over the published figures, not a recommendation. Say your knees go first and you will only be shown garments with a knee panel. Say heavy and garments we have not had tested drop out of the answer entirely.

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Four separate groups of folded indigo workwear laid out in a grid, one group per kind of work.

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