gabardine

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Functional for the outdoors, jackets are cut from cotton gabardine, wool and cashmere for warmth, while the Burberry Check is reworked in earthy colorways like sand and lichen.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

Exquisite pieces crafted in double cashmere and gabardine spanned little dresses, pants, coats, jackets and skirts, boldly cut above the knee, marking a chic, pared-down approach.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Mallory and Irvine, wearing wool and gabardine, hobnailed leather boots and homemade oxygen sets, disappeared into a swirling cloud on that fateful day, never to be seen alive again.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2022

They came in fluorescent orange gabardine and shaggy, silvery faux fur, but also denim that itself had been treated as a precious fiber, sourced from original machines in Japan with silver-plated hardware.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2021

Brinker looked the standard preparatory school article in his gray gabardine suit with square, hand-sewn-looking jacket pockets, a conservative necktie, and dark brown cordovan shoes.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles