Pexwear

About

Summing up Pexwear Pexwear is the revived heritage workwear label of John Peck & Co. , originally founded in Liverpool in 1816 and operated from the famed Edge Lane factory. For more than 150 years, Pexwear was a quiet cornerstone of British industrial dress, supplying butchers, engineers, warehousemen and craftsmen with honest, hardwearing uniform. The original company did not survive the industrial decline of the 1970s, but the archives did. Today's Pexwear is a faithful, modern reissue: original patterns and silhouettes reinterpreted for contemporary makers, hospitality crews, and the design-led customer who wants real heritage workwear rather than its costume version. At Urban Industry we have added Pexwear to our curated workwear collection because it sits exactly where we live: democratic, utilitarian, built for hands, and quietly British in its construction philosophy. How Does Pexwear Shape Up? Heavy cotton twill construction (Tradesman Jacket, Mechanics Jacket): A mid-to-heavy weight cotton twill with a tight weave, giving genuine abrasion resistance at elbows, cuffs and pocket bags. The benefit: a chore-style outer layer that breaks in like denim rather than blowing out, with enough body to hang properly off the shoulder. Workwear-spec pocketing: The Tradesman Jacket and Mechanics Jacket carry deep chest, hip and internal stash pockets with bartacked stress points, the same reinforcement logic used in industrial garment construction. Practically, that means tools, phone, notebook and gloves can live on the jacket without distorting the body. Generous, action-cut blocks (Chefs Trouser, Stewards Trouser): A roomy seat, gusseted crotch and straight leg drafted from the original 1900s service patterns. The benefit is full range of movement for kitchen, bar or studio work, plus the relaxed silhouette current streetwear actively wants. Tradesman Shorts (warm-weather utility): A cotton short cut to the same hardwearing spec as the trouser line, with multiple