This winter’s irresistible flannel check shirts are even softer than even

 

This winter, like never before, the season’s item everyone will be talking about is the tartan shirt. A bold, heritage piece that although a familiar piece to us over the years, and a key item in fashion history, is coming to Xacus’ fall/winter collection with the aim of surprising us with its retro-inspo colour combinations and new sizes and styles. The traditional check shirt is back on the market with a brand new, contemporary look, and an exceptional façon, thanks to cutting-edge manufacturing techniques that allow Xacus to enter the game with a team of genuine star players. Because it is above all in terms of research and continued innovation, such as the use of Japanese flannel and partners like Albini that Xacus can count on such successful collections.

 

 

 

 

Xacus and Albini, a research partnership to bring you a winter season that’s all about exclusive style

 

These check flannel shirts, made with Albini fabrics are defined not only by their absolute quality, but by their contemporary aesthetic, with bold distinctive feature elements that see a modern mix of materials and colours, all blended with skill. The new elements behind this excellence are mélange yarns in shades to bring to life flannel with a contemporary feel. The techniques used include grinding, which creates the so-called peach-fuzz effect and brushing (resulting in a softer fluff), achieved using specialist, scalable machinery to create a downy surface on the fabric, where the hand is soft and better able to trap air in contact with the fabric, leaving it as soft and warm as wool.  

 

 

 

 

The different faces of the check shirt

 

For nature-lovers who like to fall in love with comfy, timeless elegance, this tartan-effect shirt will take them right back to the typical scenery of the mountains, inside a chalet or to a casual business setting, with a mix of corduroys, soft woollen trousers and unlined blazers. 
But there are also those who never want to give up the perfect Brit-pop look, letting their minds wander to the streets of Shoreditch and Brick Lane, home to a constant creative energy vibe, where traditional tartans were mixed (and in some cases, still are) with lace and leather jackets, as seen at important moments in fashion history, penetrating into the ranks of punk chic fanatics, who inspired the iconic creations of Madame Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Burberry, and Ralph Lauren. Authentic institutions who have not only made tartan shirts  their feature pieces, but they have also made them famous by transforming them into 100% metropolitan pieces, paired with trousers, leather skirts and boots with 4-inch heel or Chelsea boots.