Echo Vest14OZ SELVEDGE DENIM
Proper pockets for summertime antics. Take the Echo Vest when it’s too toasty for a jacket. Fits like a sleeveless jacket, perfect for layering. Styled from vintage Japanese workwear. Made modern in a hardwearing and characterful raw denim. Designed by us in Calderdale. Cut and sewn for us in Leicester.
Keep the joy of winter pockets alive. Wear a vest.
We love pockets at HebTroCo and invest a lot of time in designing jackets with decent ones… so what’s the craic when it’s summertime and too toasty for the long sleeves?
Be the best and grab a vest!
You’ll get all the perks of decent pockets and if the weather turns to shit your core won’t get cold. It’s Britain… all it takes is that one cloud. Be prepared!
Our vests fit like a sleeveless jacket and can be worn with layers.
We call them vests because waistcoats are more fitted to the body and gilet is a daft French name.
It's in the details
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Raw denim
Unwashed denim in its raw form. Wear in your own fades. -
100% Regenagri® Cotton
grown on farms practicing regenerative agriculture. -
14OZ selvedge denim woven by Candiani
Italian masters of denim, renowned for their environmental credentials. -
Selvedge stripe
down the inside centre back Like the iron lines of a railway track. -
Contrast tobacco stitch details
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Corozo buttons
They’re made from nuts by Courtney & Co, Britain’s only natural button maker. -
Stand collar
with angled button fastener. -
Seams bound in arm holes
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2 large patch flap pockets
with button closure. Approx 18 x 18 cm internal volume. -
1 slanted outside chest pocket
Approx 12 x 16 cm internal volume. -
1 slanted inside chest pocket
Approx 12 x 16 cm internal volume. -
Hanging loop inside neck
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Bar tacked pocket corners
for extra strength.
Origins of the Echo Vest
A worker on Japanese railways in the 1970s would recognise the plethora of practical pockets on the Echo vest. Our design takes details from a vintage work jacket in our archive just like the ones they would have been wearing on the trains.
We’ve dropped the sleeves and created a denim vest designed with the features from a 1970s Japan Railway jacket. Named after the Kodama (translates as Echo) bullet train service that has run in Japan since 1958. Rail workers wore sleeved cotton work jackets with the same features plus a pocket for a watch. We added an inside chest pocket to replace this. A shining example of style that comes with a great purposeful design that we’re brought up to date in denim.
More about the make...
100% Regenagri® certified cotton
Regenerative Agriculture is the antidote to damaging, intensive farming. Farming with nature. Not just avoiding synthetic fertiliser and pesticides but using extra ecological practices.
Intensive farming leads to soil degradation. Regenerative agriculture is a way of farming that builds and improves soil fertility, whilst sequestering and storing atmospheric CO2, increasing on farm diversity and improving water and energy management.
Denim from Candiani
Candiani are masters in their craft, producing some of the world’s best selvedge denim.
Environmental sustainability is at the forefront of all stages of production at Candiani. Their dye process is micro-plastics-free, they use solar power and water recycling, and all their cotton is BCI certified.
Most of the selvedge we use is Regenagri© certified denim (which supports regenerative agriculture) or 100% Organic Cotton. We are proud to be one of the first brands in the world to use Regenagri© denim cloth to make our jeans.
Bob's Your Uncle
Bob at Chistia Denim, based down in Leicester, have been part of our making force for years. His team are the skilled hand behind some of our favourite pieces including the Bob Job Chore Coat and more recently the Echo and Magneto Vests – all crafted with care. Over the years, our partnership has grown into something special, and every now and then, Bob sweetens the deal by delivering us a box of his famously delicious samosas.
Size Guide
In the photos: Ed is 5’8″ / 10.5 stone and wears a size Medium.
Any questions at all please email us and we'll do our best to guide you
| SIZE | S | M | L | XL | 2XL |
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| 1/2 Chest Width (A) | 20.3 | 21.25 | 22.7 | 24.2 | 25.7 |
| Back Length (B) | 24.4 | 24.8 | 25.4 | 26.0 | 26.6 |
| SIZE | S | M | L | XL | 2XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 Chest Width (A) | 51.5 | 54.0 | 57.75 | 61.5 | 65.25 |
| Back Length (B) | 62.0 | 63.0 | 64.5 | 66.0 | 67.5 |
Product Care
Your Echo Vest is made from raw selvedge denim. Please follow the wash and care instructions included with your order to avoid f*cking it up. Raw denim is not colourfast and requires special attention when laundering.
For the best fades, washing less often will yield better results. Take a look at our denim care online guide for a comprehensive overview on what’s required.
Our Denim care Guide
Reviews
Ant O –
Absolutely loving the Echo Vest. The quality and detail are second to none. I’ve worn it a few times this week (now the temperature has dropped) and have received positive comments from complete strangers each time!!
It’s really versatile and I’ll be wearing it in the Autumn over shirts and my leather. Could we have one with sleeves for the Winter now. Ta
Merch (verified owner) –
This is practical Japanese style cut with Calderdale cool that only you fellas could pull off so well. Proper secure outer pockets unlike most vests these days, no fear of stuff falling out . Collar finishes it off nicely without getting in the way. Can’t wait to batter it and see it age.