Y Harness — Navy with Red Stripes (Tie Cloth)
Y Harness — Navy with Red Stripes (Tie Cloth)
A regimental stripe with an attitude problem — yarn-dyed tie cloth in deep navy with red verticals at irregular spacing, the kind of stripe arrangement a club tie would recognise but rerouted away from the throat. As a Y Harness in the Alpha 30 Archive.
Yarn-dyed woven cloth in the regimental stripe grammar — deep navy ground broken by red verticals at irregular intervals, paired thin stripes alternating with thicker single ones in the same broken-stripe rhythm that gives club ties their refined neckwear discipline. The colour pull is the cloth's argument: cool navy ground, warm red stripes, a tension that wouldn't settle on either register and decided to be both. The Y silhouette holds the stripe openly across the chest — the longest, lightest body of the silhouettes, the one where the verticals catch the diagonal cuts and become deliberately broken composition. Navy stitching anchors the silhouette without competing with the print. Sourced via Dalston Mill Fabrics in Hackney, who listed the cloth as deadstock from Vanners of Sudbury, Suffolk — the heritage British silk weaver that entered administration in November 2020. The cloth is terminal: no more is being made anywhere. Heritage neckwear, redirected.
Specifications
| Fabric | Navy with Red Stripes — yarn-dyed regimental stripe tie cloth, deep navy ground with red verticals at irregular spacing |
| Origin | Deadstock, sourced via Dalston Mill Fabrics, Hackney, London — listed by the supplier as Vanners of Sudbury, Suffolk (British silk house, into administration November 2020) |
| Stitching | Navy 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 — finite, irreplaceable, no more being made anywhere. This configuration won't be reproduced either. Both finite at once. The regimental stripe in the Tie Cloth collection's stripe register.