THE CLOTH LIBRARY / AUTUMN 2026 / CLOTH NO. 003
Cloth No. 003 · Batch 001

Brown Nep
Waistcoat

The entry point. The piece that makes the suit.

$79 BATCH 001 · 120 UNITS WOVEN
PURE NEW WOOL430 GSMCOLOURED NEPSLEATHER BUTTONS
Chest sizeSizing & fit
Free size exchangefirst one, on us
Shipping & dutyincluded, door to door
Returns30 days, unworn
The labelyour batch number, woven in
The Specification

What it is, exactly.

The brown nep weave and leather button, close
The weave and the leather button, close: brown nep at 430gsm. Photographed, not rendered.
ClothBrown tweed with coloured neps the flecks are dyed into the yarn, not printed on
Fibre100% pure new wool no recycled fibre, no polyester blend
Weight430 grams per square metre enough body to hold a shape under a jacket, light enough to wear indoors
ConstructionSingle-breasted, notched lapel, back cinch the cinch pulls the waist; the front lies flat under a jacket
ButtonsLeather football, hand-wrapped the detail that decides whether a waistcoat reads as considered
LiningViscose twill, forest the house colour, on the inside where only you see it
PiecesWaistcoat only wears under Nos. 001 and 004, or alone with an oxford shirt
Batch001 · 120 units your unit number is woven into the interior label
CareBrush after wear, air between wears dry clean rarely; wool cleans itself with time
GuaranteeSeam failure repaired free, always tweed outlives trends; the stitching should too
The Label

Every jacket carries its number.

Inside the collar of every Clothweight garment is a woven label with the cloth number, the batch, and your unit within it. When a batch sells through, the cloth retires to the archive and the number is never woven again. A suit you can date, from a cloth you can trace. The label photograph on this page is placeholder until Batch 001 lands — the label gets photographed on the garment, not mocked.

The waistcoat back and cinch
The back and the cinch. Your batch label is sewn inside — photographed on the garment at unboxing.
The Cost

What $79 buys, line by line.

No sales, no codes, no theatre. The price is the price on the first day and the last.

Cloth, cutting & making$56
Shipping & duty, to your door$12
Payments, platform, packaging$4
Size-exchange reserve$9
Our margin−$2
You pay$79

The waistcoat is priced at cost on purpose. It is the door into the library, not the profit.

If a cost line changes, the page changes. That is the whole policy.

Sizing & Fit

Cut full, as tweed should be.

Measured on the garment, in centimetres. Between sizes, take the larger: tweed tailors down, it does not stretch up. If the fit is wrong, the first exchange is on us.

SizeChestShoulderJacket lengthSleeveWaist (trouser)
369243.5706076
389744.871.561.581
4010246736386
4210747.274.564.591
4411248.4766696
4611749.677.567.5101
Fair Questions

Asked and answered.

The questions we get by email about Cloth No. 003, answered here so the answer is public.

What are the coloured neps?

Small flecks of contrast fibre spun into the yarn. They are a feature of the spinning, not a defect: each waistcoat takes the flecks slightly differently, so no two read exactly alike.

Is a $79 waistcoat really pure new wool?

Yes, 100% pure new wool at 430gsm. The cost breakdown on this page shows exactly where the $79 goes. No polyester, no recycled fibre, no theatre.

Does the waistcoat work without the jacket?

That is the point of it. Worn over a shirt with the sleeves rolled, or under the Charcoal Stripe jacket, it earns its place in any season.

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