This is the sligo carpenter-collar jacket cut in a deep-black wool corduroy. Produced exclusively for hollington by Duca Visconti for over thirty years, this wide-ribbed corduroy is first carefully brushed. It then receives a "vintage" finishing, which gives it a passed look. The wool is placed on the inner side of the fabric to increase its comfort, and on the top of the rib. Soft and smooth, this winter fabric falls well and hardly creases. Its comfortable, not-so ostentatious elegance can be easily combined with different seasonal clothes.
Designed in 1974, the Sligo is one of Patric Hollington’s very first pieces. As he very much enjoyed work wear, he imagined this carpenter-collar jacket which keeps the handy style of it but uses the most elegant canvases. The ‘brain workers’ from Paris or elsewhere adopted it right away, and it became the most iconic item of Rive Gauche hollington brand.
Its cut is straight and comfortable, and a back slit gives you a great freedom of movement. One can wear it over a shirt for a smart look or over a thick Irish sweater in more relaxed times.
From the beginning on, the four inside pockets have been very deep in order to fit all of your everyday tools: notebook, passport, wallet, handbook, watercolours, smartphone… They are now zipped, but the three outside piped pockets stayed as you know them.
The carpenter collar of this Sligo jacket is directly assembled to it by double, symmetrical seams to underline the architectural structure of the garment.