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Italian Check Cotton

An Italian check, brushed after weaving.

Fibre
100% cotton
Pattern
Check, designed in Italy
Finish
Brushed
Cut
Regular fit, classic collar
Made in
Portugal
Italian Check Cotton
The story

The check on this shirt is designed in Italy, and the cloth is brushed after it is woven. Brushing softens the surface, so the pattern reads hazy up close rather than sharp, and the shirt loses the flatness a plain check has. It is 100% cotton with nothing else in the blend, cut regular with a classic collar and our own buttons at the cuffs and the placket. Both colourways are made up in Portugal.

Why choose it

For when the pattern is the reason you are buying the shirt.

01

Brushed after weaving

The finish comes last, which is why the check reads soft instead of sharp.

02

All cotton

No elastane and no second fibre. The hand comes from the finish, not from the blend.

03

Cut with room

A regular fit and a classic collar, where most of our shirting runs slim and widespread.

Transparent pricing

One piece, every euro

What one piece costs us, to the cent. Then where the rest of the price goes.

Brookvale NP Cotton Check SH01035-GRY
Brookvale Shirt €104,00
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What you pay for

Brookvale Shirt: €104 here. €149 average market price.

Average market price is what a comparable piece costs from a brand that sells through other people's shops: department stores and multi-brand retailers. That price has to carry the brand's margin and the shop's margin, stacked. Ours carries one.

Materials
€17,00
Making
€14,00
Trims
€2,00
Transport
€1,00
VAT (21%)
€18,05
Our margin
€51,95

Margin is not profit. It goes to getting the piece to your door: shipping, returns, the warehouse. Then to running No Label: the team, the stores, the fit sessions, the photography. What is left goes into next season's fabric. On sale pieces there is often nothing left at all, because overstock is money sitting in a warehouse and we would rather it moved than marked up.

Care

Wash at 30°C
mild detergent (400-700RPM)
Medium heat
iron the shirt inside out
Air dry
no tumble drying
No bleach
wash with similar colours

Made from Italian Check Cotton