Layers for a wet German winter.

Layers for a wet German winter.

Two brushed hoodies, a hooded cardigan and a textured slim sweater, with four tops cut to sit underneath without bunching: a striped off-shoulder tee, a ruffled-hem long sleeve, a side-ruched stripe, a buttery fitted top. Washed five times before approval and measured flat, so the sleeve you receive is the sleeve we listed.

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The Grain Shelf

A carefully hung wardrobe of everyday favorites, designed to flatter a wide range of body types and moods. Layering, dressing up, dressing down — your routine, your call. 

Black Striped Off Shoulder Bell Sleeve Ruffle Tee

A neckline is settled by the third wash

A cotton neckline can look perfect on the first day and ripple by the third, so every top here is washed five times before it is approved and the neckline is measured again after each one. Brushed fleece is checked under the arm, where a hoodie actually rubs, and on the hood edge, where a seam is most likely to give. Yarn-dyed stripes cost more than print and keep their black and white through twenty washes, which is the only reason to use them. Drawcords are tested with the hood up, and every hem is twin-needled so it lies flat instead of curling after a month of wear.

How these eight were chosen

What we will not print

Nothing that pills by Friday

Softness is easy to claim and easy to lose in the first wash. Every fabric here was washed five times and checked for colour movement, pilling and shrinkage before it reached the rail.

Grey Striped Long Sleeve Top With Side Ruched Detail

The close-up: drawcord, cuff, hem

Hems are twin-needled at the same width all the way round, which is a small thing that shows on the outside. Even the label is a woven tape rather than a printed tab, because a print cracks and a weave does not.

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Before it goes in the mailer

01

Five washes

Each fabric is washed five times and checked for colour movement, pilling and shrinkage.

02

Seams pulled by hand

Stitch lines are pulled along their length, and every zip and cord is worked before approval.

03

30 days, rights intact

Unworn returns within 30 days of delivery, with your statutory rights never limited by this policy.