Description
The iconic traditional Fisherman's Classic Smock has been refined sympathetically to suit today's customer needs. Originally worn by seafarers and fishermen as a loose over garment to protect their knitted sweater, these garments were traditionally made from hardwearing cotton sailcloth.
The Classic Smock from Yarmouth Oilskins has an open neck and two pockets, made in 100% cotton twill and with contrast taped vents and cuffs treatment. Garment washing gives a pre-worn look and feel and a 'lived in' touch.
Yarmouth Oilskins has designed and manufactured quality workwear garments to the highest standards in Great Yarmouth, Great Britain for over 100 years. They don’t produce new ranges every season or year. Instead their pieces are pretty much timeless and Yarmouth Oilskins pieces will never become ‘out of date’ or ‘last seasons colours.’
Fit
This style is based on a traditional fishing smock, worn loose as a protective garment over others. The fabric is non stretch, and it’s an over-the-head style so we suggest sizing up to allow for ease of movement and dressing. Therefore if you are usually a Medium, we would recommend buying Large.
Spec
Open neck
Two front pockets
Contrast taped vents and cuffs
Garment washed for ‘lived in’ feel
Material
100% Cotton twill
Care
As a consumer you can reduce your impact significantly* by taking care of your clothes. We recommend that to save water, reduce detergent usage, reduce energy consumption and to extend the life of this garment that you wash it as infrequently as is practical.
*wearing your clothes for 9 months longer can reduce carbon, water and waste footprints by 20-30% each.
Delivery
UK: Free delivery 3-5 working days from dispatch
Look behind
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smock
Strong points
Cut and sewn in-house
Family like working atmosphere
Designed to get better with age
People
Yarmouth Oilskins make their collections in house. They employ a team of skilled craftspeople, many of whom have been with them for decades. It is a family like atmosphere with everyone being celebrated for what they bring to the team. The team have been designing and manufacturing quality workwear garments at the same site for over 100 years!
Yarmouth are proud to be working with British suppliers and manufacturers where possible. Their fabrics are sourced in the UK, mostly from mills in Yorkshire and Lancashire. The navy fabric is sourced from Carrington Textiles and dyed by sister company, Pincroft Dyeing & Printing Company, located at the same premises as Carrington Textiles in Adlington, Lancashire. Carrington textiles source the cotton twill fabric from one of four suppliers in Pakistan. Senior management visit these mills and Carrington are in the process of introducing a policy where all suppliers must have some form of external social audit.
Planet
Yarmouth Oilskins make hard wearing garments that get better with age. Their philosophy is ‘buy well, buy once and then wear it to death. Every mark and repair is a story.’
Fabrics are Oeko-tex certified. This means they are free of harmful substances and safe for human health and the environment too.
Carrington Textiles fabric dyeing and finishing plant has installed one of the largest heat recovery units in Europe, enabling a saving of over 4,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. In addition through using water efficiently and recycling processes they are able to use 50% less water than many similar set-ups.
Suppliers
Cut & sew: Yarmouth Oilskins (in house), Yarmouth, UK
Navy fabric: Carrington Textiles, Lancashire, UK.
Areas for development
Brothers We Stand would like to see Yarmouth Oilskins and their partners consider the use of BCI (Better Cotton Initiative) or GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certified cotton.