Corduroy is usually about the wale. This one is about the fleck. Donegal is a tweed word, those little coloured nubs spun into the yarn, and it is a hard effect to pull off on a pile cloth. Wythe, the Brooklyn label Peter Middleton started in 2019, developed it with an Italian mill that weaves only corduroy and velvet, has been at it since the late 1800s, and still runs a stream through the building to wash the cotton.
On a barn jacket, that cloth does the heavy lifting. It is soft and plush rather than stiff, so it breaks in fast, and Night Sky is the dark colourway, where the fleck reads as texture instead of pattern. It takes a workwear shape and quietly dresses it up.
The chart below is a guide, as this cord version has no chart of its own yet. Lay a jacket you already like flat, compare the chest and shoulder, and ask us if you land between sizes. Cotton cord shrinks a little, so wash cold, hang dry or tumble low, and expect some shrinkage.
We brought it in to sit between the denim trucker and the wax jacket you already own. Warmer to the eye than either, and it carries a dark knit and a pair of boots without trying.
