Cheeky Houndstooth in Navy

A houndstooth that's done its homework — slate blue on near-black, mid-weight cloth, the kind of pattern that knows it belongs in tailoring and arrives instead on a harness body. Tie-cloth grammar in a tailoring register. As an H Harness in the Alpha 30 Archive.

Yarn-dyed houndstooth woven to the four-pointed star repeat, slate blue on near-black ground — the colours interlocking rather than printed, the dogtooth points crisp on both faces of the cloth. Mid-weight, structured, with the dry hand and the bite of a properly woven check rather than a print pretending to one. The H silhouette frames the print symmetrically across the chest: the H reads as the most disciplined of the silhouettes, and houndstooth is the most disciplined of patterns — the combination is heritage on heritage. Navy stitching anchors the silhouette without competing with the check. Sourced via Dalston Mill Fabrics in Hackney as genuine deadstock — a finite vintage remnant, no more being made anywhere. The strongest scarcity claim in the Alpha 30 Archive sits on this collection. The quietly punk sibling of Savile Row tailoring.

Specifications

Sizing

Adjustable across a 34–50 inch chest. Universal sizing across the Alpha 30 Archive — broader than most fashion harnesses cap at.

Care

Spot clean only. Hand care preferred. Do not machine wash.

Genuine deadstock — a finite vintage remnant, irreplaceable, no more being made anywhere. This configuration won't be reproduced either. Both finite at once. The most disciplined cloth in the Tie Cloth collection's houndstooth pair (alongside #11 in the quieter grey).