DRAKE'S NAVY cotton FIVE-POCKET CHORE JACKET

The preserve of hard workers for the best part of two centuries, the chore jacket is one of those garments that brings with it a reassuring sense of solidity. We took our popular Five-Pocket Chore Jacket (so called because it is a counterpart to our Five-Pocket Trousers, not, as you may think, because of the number of pockets it has – it actually has six pockets) and had it made up in that most revered of working fabrics. Crafted from a robust 12.6oz cotton duck, a tightly woven cotton fabric with two yarns in the warp and a single yarn in the weft for a smooth, plain weave less prone to tears, the name is derived from from the dutch word for cotton - ‘doek’ - and since 1899 has been used for sails, tents and, of course, workwear. In doing so, we have created a piece of clothing with all the utility of a chore jacket – a surfeit of pockets; a comfortable, roomy shape – that will age and patinate beautifully over the years. Finishing things off with classic copper rivets and you have an