USB37 Wool Overshirt100% Recycled Wool
Woven in Oldham. Sewn in London. Soft, warm and properly tough dense English tweed that shrugs off abrasion, cuts out the wind and will keep its shape for years. Made from leftover wool fibre and yarn that would otherwise go to waste. The finished fabric is a rich colour melange - grey mist, ocean blues, blush tones and hints of yellow. The more you look, the more you see.
Reclaimed Wool. Nothing Wasted.
The USB37 is made from a beautiful woollen cloth made using fibres that would have otherwise gone to waste.
During the spinning process, small amounts of fibre and partly-made yarn are often left over inside the machinery. Normally, those leftovers can’t be used and would be discarded.
Instead, Mallalieus gathers these fibres and yarns, opens them back up into loose wool, blends them together, and runs them back through the spinning process to create fresh yarn. That yarn is then woven and finished into new cloth, just like any other fabric.
Nothing new is added. Nothing goes to landfill. It’s simply good wool, given another life.
A Timeless Piece of British Manufacturing
The USB37 is a perfect example of the pristine woollen cloth still produced in the UK. It’s the fourth edition in our USB series. Ed has worn his original USB34 through winter into spring, for walks over the moors, under his jacket on the motorbike, trips out to town. Still looks as good as the day it was new.
It's in the details
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100% recycled post-production wool
Woven in Delph, near Oldham by Mallalieus. -
Two chest patch pockets with button closures.
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Plastic-free horn buttons
Made by Courtney & Co in the Cotswolds. -
Darted back.
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Hanging loop inside neck.
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Button cuffs.
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100% cotton labels
Made for us in Colne by Pennine Labels.
Woven by Mallalieus
One of Britain's last vertical textile mills
The Mallalieus mill has been weaving woollen fabrics since 1863. Today they remain a family-run operation, managing all processes in the production from the initial processing of the raw wool fibres to dyeing and spinning.
Origins of the USB
This overshirt’s name is a merging of US (USA, a nod to this style’s origins) and B (British, from the wool it’s made from). Like many of our garments, we often look to the past to inform our design choices, favouring features and styles that have earned their status as vintage by surviving decades of wear. In the case of the USB overshirt we took our lead from a WW2 US Army shirt developed for wear in cold weather. Perfect really for life on the Pennines – a HebTroCo benchmark.
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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| Pit to Pit (A) | 22.8 | 23.8 | 25.3 | 26.8 | 28.3 |
| Back Length (B) | 26.0 | 26.4 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 28.2 |
| Sleeve Length (C) | 24.0 | 24.2 | 24.5 | 24.8 | 25.1 |
| SIZE | S | M | L | XL | 2XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit to Pit (A) | 58.0 | 60.5 | 64.3 | 68.0 | 71.8 |
| Back Length (B) | 66.0 | 67.0 | 68.5 | 70.0 | 71.5 |
| Sleeve Length (C) | 61.0 | 61.5 | 62.3 | 63.0 | 63.8 |
Product Care
It’s wool, it doesn’t need washing every time you wear it.
Do not machine wash. Do not dry clean. Do not iron.
If you absolutely have to, cool hand wash only. Dry flat on a table, do not hang on the line.
Our Wool care Guide
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