I guess it doesn't make to much sense talking Spring/Summer while the snow is covering the country but we are due all the new stock in very soon which for us means eagerly waiting for our UPS man Dave to turn up while we're wielding stanley knives ready to get stuck into the deliveries. It's also time for us to round up all the lookbooks from our brands to give you a good idea of what to expect the next couple of months. First up is Folk, Spring/Summer 13 adds a little bit more sophistication to the collection compared to previous but without losing Folk's much adored playfullness and attention to detail. Every garment in the collection is carefully curated from the overall design to every button and thread.

With the colder days now here no doubt everyone as done the same as us and hit the panic button for the Winter Coat search. This normally occurs once a year and it doesn’t get any easier as selecting that one outerwear piece that will become your best friend over the Winter months and will look after you protecting you from the elements. There’s a lot of weighing up to do, the design, the brand, the fabrication and so on, with this is mind and how sure you have to be here’s a investment you won’t look back at twice, the Canvas Overcoat by Folk Clothing is a great Winter option.

Having become a well known regular with us and being a well established Folk favourite, this mid weight overcoat is a novel design that encapsulates both classic features of a double breasted overcoat while being merged with contemporary styling. This modernist approach of a classic design by Cathal and the Folk team means the Canvas Overcoat is practical and versatile, while it’s a smart substantial winter option that will serve and protect during the height of Winter, it also has a removable button out padded chambray lining allowing the coat to be worn when the weather does decide to pick up, being in England we never usually get our hopes up.

To no surprise the Canvas Overcoat is full of Folk signature detailing, I say this because the beauty to all Folk’s pieces is the detailing is always subtle and functional, serving a function on the garment while always having a great attention to the detail. Crafted from a hardwearing 100% cotton from a Belgian supplier who has supplied their military for many years, the cut of this Overcoat is really workwear inspired with a wider, straighter body. With hand cut removable vegetable tanned leather straps, Corozo Nut Buttons, Folk embossed brass buckles (crafted by a small forge in the UK), Stitched underarm detailing, drawstring detailing and a ticket pocket that holds a iphone if that’s your mobile phone of choice, this Double Breasted Overcoat  is a all-rounder, a name given to many but truly only applies to a selection, whether it be worn to the office during the week or to the pub at the weekend it’s good food for thought for that adventurous search that is the perfect Winter Coat.

At Weavers Door we never like to let our favourites be known because we truly feel to have a favourite is the decision of the individual, to be decided by that individual for reasons of their own. With that being said, we do however get giddy over every collection we are lucky enough to present from our good friends at Folk. The London based label have a vision to create simple everyday clothing with subtle, innovative and more than often than not playful detailing.

The iconic furniture designer, Charles Earnes, once said “the details are not the details, they are the design”. This is a concise explanation of the design ethos behind Folk’s thoughts and design approach in both their clothing and footwear collections. By not trying to re-create the wheel in terms of style design and function, Folk instead focus on developing our own fabrics, trims and design details to create easy wearing garments with that little bit of something extra that sits Folk alongside but apart from its peers, letting the craft of the clothing do all the talking.

Over the past few seasons, Folk have been working hard at developing their own trims, whether its buckles, buttons, pop studs, hand dipped cords or leather straps. They are very passionate in their beliefs that it’s a very important part in what they do and what helps them make their clothes a little different from the rest. Our good friend Anton from Folk recently visited one the Folk suppliers, who as it happens is up our neck of woods, just outside of Liverpool and is a bit of a master craftsman at transforming the design ideas the Folk creative’s conjure up and turn them into reality. The images in this post are compliments to the Folk team and give you a flavour of what he does and the craftsmanship that goes into the Folk detailing they are widely known for in their clothing.