THE ALMA SHACKET.
Because committing to a jacket at 9am is a lot.
Some mornings it’s a top. Some evenings it’s a jacket. Most of the time it’s exactly the right amount of both - which is the entire point of a shacket and also the reason you will wear this three times a week without once feeling like you’ve run out of ideas.
The Alma jacket is handspun and handwoven khadi cotton. Lightweight enough to wear as a top. Structured enough to pull everything together as a layer. A band collar that sits close and clean. Full sleeves. Front button placket. Two patch pockets large enough to be useful, now also large enough to be charming.
Next. The embroidery.
Watership Down was published in 1972. Richard Adams wrote it for his daughters, about rabbits who just wanted to find a home. It was rejected by seven publishers before it became one of the most beloved books in the English language.
Someone in The Summer House studio read it, picked up a needle and thread, and put those rabbits on a jacket. By hand.
A bird near the collar, mid-flight. A rabbit leaping across the chest like it has somewhere to be. Two more on the left pocket, having apparently sorted out the urgent business and settled in. Each one slightly different. Because hands are like that.
The result is a shacket that works as hard as you do and has considerably more personality than your average outerwear. It’s not trying to be a shirt. It’s not trying to be a jacket. It has a better idea.
The Alma Shacket by The Summer House. Shirt, jacket, or both. Decide later.
