There’s something timeless about the smock. The way it slips over whatever you’re wearing. The way it takes on the shape of your day - kneeling in the garden, mixing clay, bundling herbs into a trug. It’s a garment made for use. For movement. For everyday work, however you define it.
We’re proud to introduce The Maker’s Smock, made in collaboration with British workwear makers Alfredson, who has been cutting and stitching garments since the 1960s. Their story is sewn into every seam: a small team in Staffordshire, using traditional methods and hard-won know-how to create clothing that lasts.
This is a smock rooted in heritage. The pattern is drawn from a 1950s fisherman’s original - boxy, generous, and built to shield your clothes from salt spray, clay, compost or paint. Made from a mid-weight cotton drill: sturdy, but supple, pigment-dyed and washed for a softened, worn-in appearance that will only grow better with age.
Each piece is cut and assembled by hand, with double-stitched French seams and a reinforced boat neck collar - made to stand up to daily wear. There are three deep front pockets, ready to hold seed packets, string, or simply to shield cold hands.
It’s unisex, and it’s versatile. Size down for a neater silhouette, or take your usual size and throw it on over a chunky knit.
Dyed in three deeply rooted shades:
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Moss - green and grounding, like the north side of a stone wall
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Russet - the colour of bracken, autumn leaves and weathered brick
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Ink - deep, dark, and moody, like a storm rolling in over the hills
This smock is for the gardener in the greenhouse, the painter in their studio, the gatherer walking home with a handful of hedgerow bounty. But it’s just as at home on the high street, at the kitchen table, or anywhere your day takes you. A garment for everyone, made to be worn and worn again.
Adam
(Shopkeeper, smock-wearer, advocate of British manufacturing)
