Most of what we make at Rosa Rugosa is built to be repeatable. Same cloth, same patterns, same hands. If your favourite shirt wears out in six years, we want the same shirt to be on the table when you come back. The lined Dufferin is the exception, and the reason is a roll of flannel.
The find
We came across a run of vintage deadstock cotton flannel here in Toronto — woven decades ago for an order that ended, then shelved. One roll survived. Deadstock means exactly that: cloth from a production run that is no longer made. The mill isn’t weaving it again. There is no reorder, no second batch, no restock. What’s on the roll is all there will ever be.
Why we lined a chore coat with it
The Dufferin is our take on the French workman’s jacket — boxy and honest, a five-pocket design, hand-finished like everything we cut at our Factory of Roses in Parkdale, Toronto. It deserved a winter version, and this flannel deserved to be worn instead of stored. So for the cold months we lined it: heavy cotton shell in 10 oz duck canvas, warm flannel body, cotton corduroy lined collar and cuffs. We cut this version slightly smaller than our classic Dufferin Chore for a warm, snug fit.
One run only
We cut coats until the roll runs out. When we sew the last one, the lined Dufferin is finished for good — not as a marketing device, but as arithmetic. If you own one, you own a coat nobody can make again, including us. Built to be worn hard and handed down.