Christian Kimber Hastings Long Sleeve Polo, Coffee

Brown is the colour that benefits most from being dyed late. Navy goes deep and even. Brown goes uneven, and uneven is what stops brown looking like a uniform.

Coffee comes out somewhere between tobacco and worn saddle leather, with enough red under it to warm rather than flatten. Italian piqué cotton, made in Portugal, half placket, mother-of-pearl buttons.

It is the shade that lets a navy jacket and an olive one both work over the top, because it is not competing with either.

Spec

• Made in Portugal
• Italian piqué cotton
• Garment-dyed
• Half placket, mother-of-pearl buttons
• Straight hem