You can still buy one. A pattern, that is.
I woke up to my emails all about the MerchantxMills release of a pattern they created with the Paynter Jacket company. I fell in love with their marketing last year; they release one product every quarter, people sign up for their size (and color if that's an option), and then they manufacture a run of that item to those preorder quantities and sell only through their website. It's an efficient and effective way of manufacturing clothing. In addition to Paynter, Sleepy Peach clothes in California and Viapiana Denim in Toronto have moved to this model exclusively.
Less waste, less outlay for unneeded materials. Custom orders open you up to so much held stock inhouse and switching from one unrelated project to another is exhausting. If I were going to make things for sale again, this is the direction to go. One item at a time, multiple sizes, preordered.
Paynter is a mood. They are a UK company that does ape American classic styles from LC King and Ralph Lauren. A little fancier than Levi's. A lot fancier than my Old Navy chore coat, but even that one has lined patch pockets.
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| Yes, this is my Old Navy Chore Coat. I found it on the deep sale rack |
You can buy the pattern and pdf on Merchant and Mills.
https://merchantandmills.com/us/the-paynter
You can buy both on Paynter's website
https://paynter.co.uk/collections/paynter-x-merchant-mills-field-jacket-pattern
I bought the PDF, mostly to read the directions, but I am considering making a chore jacket in black for work. It's that or a chef coat, but this will give me more pockets, and the covered placket is speaking to my heart this week.
There is a video on the bellows pocket construction on the Merchant Mills youtube channel
https://youtu.be/2sBUoPvbZD4?si=VjMufD1p8YqETrkb
The Paynter website has much pretty photography of chore jackets
https://paynter.co.uk/collections/womens-batch-no-18-the-five-year-chore-jacket
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