WEBBING FLY SHIRT IN WATTLE DYED DENIM

The three body panels for the Webbing Fly Shirt are assembled with the sleeves and then bias bound all around in one pass, starting and ending underneath the collar, which is added at the end. Instead of a standard button placket, a wide strip of cotton herringbone webbing is sewn to the outside of the right front, and the inside of the left, with buttonholes sewn in place. These are also caught into the edge binding, forming a concealed button fly. Because bias binding can not be used to edge sharp corners, the front opening and sides are cut in smooth curves.  The 10 oz Cross Weave Denim fabric is dyed with saddened wattle dye. Wattle comes from Acacia wood, also known as wattle, mimosa, or cutchwood, is a thorny tree native to Australia, India, and China, and has been used for thousands of years to tan leather and dye fabrics. When British settlers arrived in Australia in the mid 19th Century they built shelters using the ancient ‘wattle a