Coal Miner's Chore Coat

The Coal Miner’s Chore Coat draws from antique American workwear, in reference to garments built for endurance. Details such as donut-hole buttons harken to the material rationing of the 1940s, when lack of resources defined innovation.

Due to Levi Strauss’s rivet patent, makers developed alternative methods of pocket reinforcement, favoring layered fabric in high-stress areas—an approach that informs this garment’s construction. Overdyed with all-natural sumi ink, from charcoal and soot, a surface that recalls fabric darkened through prolonged subterranean labour.

An exploration of durability, material honesty,

and garments shaped by use.