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Field Notes

Short essays on materials, repair, and the people making our clothes.

Notes from the workshop

How we wax cotton (and why it matters)

A short walk-through of the six-step waxing process we use on every Cypress Coat, and the reason we hand-finish instead of dipping.

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Policy

Repair, don't replace: our lifetime warranty

Every jacket we sell comes with free lifetime repairs. Here's how to send one in — and what we can and can't fix.

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Team

Meet our seamstress: Rosa, twelve years in

Rosa has stitched every Norma Field Jacket since 2014. We asked her about the pattern, the pressure, and why she'll never own an overlocker.

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Materials

Where our cotton actually comes from

A visit to our mill in Spartanburg, South Carolina — 122 years of family ownership and one very loud loom.

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