Authentic materials, powder coated as a reference to the original US military standard. Such product just ages better and is simply more real.

Natural iridescence and strength bring lasting refinement that is forever.

As found on nearly all Relwen blazers, allow easy rolling of the cuffs as work requires. Functional and how the best blazers have always been made.

4-hole recessed area at the top of the button, sits lower than the physical button. Limits the amount of abrasion that our crisscrossed thread can be dealt over years of wear. A button is only as good as the thread that holds it to the garment.

Distinctly used on our shawl collar styles, but occasionally found on a parka. These clever straps provide the security of closure where buttonholes would be awkward.

Cowhide leather, as discovered on vintage military parkas, provides extreme durability and function for drawcord exits at hoods + hems and looks beautiful doing it.

The quality of snap most associated with heavy-duty military hardware, the ring is a more formidable snap and often used where more stress should be required for opening.

The audibly quieter of our snaps, easy and effortless to open and close, but without the distinctive rounded stud shape found on the “Ring.”

An underappreciated luxury, you’ll never want a jacket without one once you’ve mastered its usefulness.

An underappreciated luxury, you’ll never want a jacket without once you’ve mastered its usefulness.

Hidden tape serves as a 2nd layer to the shell fabric and provides extra foundation for thread and bartacks to anchor and keep everything strong.

Old world military feature that gives structure and control to materials and positions that might otherwise feel flimsy and misshapen.

Because all of our blazers are 4-button and can be closed to the neck, the top 2 buttons were often left stitched only to the backside material to keep them invisible to the folded lapel side. This new tape position allows us to secure often used and important buttons more securely to the garment without risk of tearing free.

Cotton herringbone tape extends from waistband positions where shell fabric only runs 1 layer thick. These fortified positions allow for beltloops to function without risk of tearing.

Discrete fabric squares back the knitted structure to ensure the knit is not torn due to button use—often a problem when securing a button to a sweater knit.

Metal hardware can cut shell fabric via its sharp edges when in use, however our stitched-thru invisible tape prevents this and helps the snap hold firm to the fabric.

Hidden tape backing stitched eyelet positions, the stitched positions can lead to breaks in the fabric with stress of the drawcord, except when eyelets are backed with tape.

Woven tape across the back neck and shoulders helps to cover raw seams, making the position flatter, cleaner, and just more refined. The result is also a shoulder line that holds its shape.

Hem patches protect side seams where motion adds stress.

These ½” deep folds add fabric and fullness when summoned by a bending elbow, limiting stress and tightness that might otherwise be felt.

Discreet on seam back pocket pays homage to hunting jackets of the past, here serving as that unexpected storage compartment…loaf of bread, wine might you?

Same as the elbows, positioning excess fabric at opposite sides of the knee caps, providing extra material and shape as the activity requires. These pleats limit stress over the knees (often the 1st place fabric weakens and breaks) while also providing loads of new found comfort. You’ll wonder why pants were ever made any other way.

Creates ease across a stressed hem, allow fabric to more naturally splay at sides when moving, bending, or sitting.

The closure on a knit placket is always more suitable with horizontal buttonholes—1st, they don’t cut the fabric along its grain (creating weakness), 2nd, horizontal holes move in the direction of the stress on such a placket and limit potential for fabric breakage.

The outer edge of the collar should never be cut as a flat line, our bodies are 3-dimensional and the collar’s shape should allow it to rest closely over the shoulders while hugging the neck.

Derivative of mountaineering, placing an extra panel of fabric at the base of the rise, the panel adds material for extra ease of movement while deleting the rise seam at the base of the crotch—just feels freer.

How to spot the real McCoy, because such flaps were always purposeful and shaped to more effectively cover a slanted opening, right vs. left (as found on parkas and cargo pants).

We deliberately cut our back pocket bags wider than the opening, this allows for a phone or wallet to be held in a back pocket while sitting but without sitting directly on the item. All bags are stitched-thru to keep a clean flat finish and hold everything in its place.

Our sweatshirts utilize a 3-snap throat design to replace drawcords that we see as ineffective on such a hoodie. Additionally, we remove fabric by way of darts at eye level to provide some contour of the hood around the face.

Shell fabric guard that limits wind and keeps cold zipper teeth away from the skin, often brush tricot backed for softness.

Makes our blazers that much more real for colder sport.

Limit stress across an opening while also allowing hard edged zipper sliders to be hidden and secure from abrading softer materials.

Often the extension used on our jacket liners, these 2x2 rib knit cuffs make the product feel and look more complete and absolutely warmer.

2” on seam openings at the base of certain knit sleeves, sweaters and jackets, allowing for the extra versatility of wearing a cuff half-way over your hand.

Nearly every Relwen garment’s pocket bags are lined with soft brushed tricot, poly fleece, or wool melton. Pocket bags are more secure with such a double lining and feel far more welcoming.

Most Relwen outerwear features some kind of dual-closure opening with buttons or snaps with a zipper. This combination allows for ultimate flexibility across temperatures, often without any need to zip a garment closed when a single snap or button is all that’s desired.

Bound edges stabilize the fly for smooth, durable use.

Reinforced bindings keep zippers and plackets neat under strain.

Often cutting and sewing our multi-layered product as one layer, our olive sateen binding material covers thick and raw seams that would otherwise be left exposed. This detail strengthens the seam and exudes something we deem essential—craftsmanship.

Aligned patterns create seamless visual flow at the sides.

Fabrics are simply more interesting and hold more of our respect when the weaving and knitting of the fabric is highlighted with individually dyed yarns, and not vat dyed or over-dyed as a singular color.

We take great pride in presenting interiors that look as finished as our exteriors, with seams that do not reflect any sloppy seam allowances, i.e. serged edges where we can prevent it, as evidence by the manner in which we finish our woven shirts.

Our beltloops are 4-layers thick along the opening seam, but we make no attempt to hide this seam which we deliberately off-set by 1/16” from the front edge of the loop. A hallmark that’s simply a style preference in our construction.

How we construct every bottom in our arsenal (outside of active bottoms). The outseam and rise seams extend straight to the top edge of the waistband with no interruption of shape. This seamless approach allows the pant to hang naturally from the hips and is simply more agreeable to wear. An applied waistband is the alternative construction, and while it is a less expensive and faster method of production, why take take shortcuts.