H Harness — Light Blue & White Preppy Stripe (Tie Cloth)
H Harness — Light Blue & White Preppy Stripe (Tie Cloth)
A cotton twill in cornflower and cream — even-width horizontal stripes, woven not printed, with the diagonal grain of the twill catching the light at angles. The preppy stripe in its honest summer register, more deck chair than tie cloth, more boat club than boardroom. As an H Harness in the Alpha 30.
Yarn-dyed cotton twill in cornflower and warm cream, the stripe rhythm laid into the warp at even widths and the diagonal twill grain visible at angle in the highlights. The cloth has the lineage of cotton awning stripe — French market awnings, English boating clubs, summer-weight workwear — woven the way deck-chair canvas has been woven for a century. The H silhouette holds the stripes parallel to the strap edges, the geometry framing the cloth's discipline cleanly across the chest. White stitching keeps the lines clean against the print. Sourced via Dalston Mill Fabrics in Hackney as genuine deadstock — a finite vintage remnant, no more being made anywhere. The summer cloth in the Tie Cloth collection: gentler than the navy-and-gold cabled stripe (#13), more domestic than the regimental (#26), an unfussy preppy cousin to both.
Specifications
| Fabric | Light Blue & White Preppy Stripe — yarn-dyed cotton twill, cornflower and warm cream, even-width stripes |
| Origin | Genuine deadstock — a finite vintage remnant, sourced via Dalston Mill Fabrics, Hackney, London |
| Stitching | White thread from G and A Haberdashery, Queens Market |
| Hardware | Silver — rings and buckles from F Martin & Son; rivets and eyelets from Trimming Shop |
| Construction | Hand-finished in East London at the Harnessed LDN studio, sewn on a Singer Heavy Duty 4423 |
| Weight | ~0.45 kg |
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 summer-light counterpart in the Tie Cloth collection's stripe register.