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    Kindred of Ireland Autumn Winter 26, Kept for Good

    Kept for Good

    Autumn Winter 26
    A little ceremony in the everyday.

    Kept for Good · Autumn Winter 26 The things we kept for best

    Every family has a good room, and a good coat to go with it. There were the good clothes, brought out with extra care. Someone straightened your collar at the door. Getting dressed was part of the occasion, and part of showing up for one another.

    Kept for Good begins with those memories of Sunday dressing and the life around it. Some things are too good to save for best, so we made them to be worn on an ordinary Tuesday too.

    The collection film

    The Good Room

    Sunday best, and the life around it. Sound on.

    Trying to be good

    Of course, we remember the interruptions too. Arriving late and hoping no one would notice. A sweet unwrapped just as the room fell quiet, or catching someone’s eye when you really shouldn’t.

    The Sweetie Trousers carry some of that mischief. Pink beetled-linen pockets are turned out against dark striped linen, with wide legs and an easy elasticated waist. Finding the sweets should be rather easier now.

    Discover the Sweetie Trousers
    Dad’s Shirt in Loinnir Pink; Dad’s Tie in Loinnir Pink; Sweetie Trousers

    Twinkle Tweed.
    A little more gold.

    Textured gold Donegal tweed catches the light in the folds of the cape. Its shape borrows from choir robes, with ivory linen inside. There is ceremony in putting it on.

    The same cloth makes the bow-tied Bralette and rounded Puff Shorts. Over the soft ivory Choir Practice Shirt, the gold feels easy to wear. Bring one piece into an everyday outfit, or enjoy the whole ensemble.

    Anointed Coat in Loinnir Pink

    Loinnir Pink.
    The good coat.

    Loinnir is Irish for sparkle. This is our signature pink, beetled until it sparkles, and the latest chapter in our ongoing development work with William Clark & Sons. At their beetling mill in Upperlands, wooden hammers pound the linen until it turns crisp and catches the light.

    The Anointed Coat gives it gathered sleeves and a subtle puffball hem, with red linen flashing inside. There are pockets, and room for a jumper. Wear the good coat on an ordinary day.

    Discover the Anointed Coat

    Inheritance.
    A new shape for Kindred.

    After the generous, oversized fit of our much-loved tweed jackets, Inheritance introduces a more fitted shape. A tailored waist and stand collar bring a new proportion to familiar Donegal tweed.

    In the brown blazer, black beetled linen gathers into a small bustle at the back. Over everyday trousers, or with the Twinkle Tweed Puff Shorts showing beneath.

    Shamrock & the beetled bow skirts

    Shamrock brings green and glints of gold to the Inheritance Blazer. A tailored waist and stand collar give the tweed a neat line above the fullness of the Slate Bow Skirt.

    The skirts owe that shape and sheen to beetled Irish linen. A bow gathers the front; an elasticated back and pockets make them easy to wear. Choose slate, black or Loinnir Pink, and bring out the good skirt with a shirt or a familiar knit.

    Beetled Bow Skirt in Slate with the Inheritance Blazer in Shamrock, full-length campaign photograph by Emma Kenny.

    Shamrock & the beetled bow skirts

    Shamrock brings green and glints of gold to the Inheritance Blazer. A tailored waist and stand collar give the tweed a neat line above the fullness of the Slate Bow Skirt.

    The skirts owe that shape and sheen to beetled Irish linen. A bow gathers the front; an elasticated back and pockets make them easy to wear. Choose slate, black or Loinnir Pink, and bring out the good skirt with a shirt or a familiar knit.

    Inheritance Coat in Candlelight Tweed, full-length front view in the Emma Kenny campaign.

    Candlelight.
    The long coat.

    Small shimmers run through the pale Donegal tweed of the Inheritance Coat, catching the light as you move.

    A stand collar and fitted waist give it a long, tailored line. Lined in Irish linen, it buttons at the top and falls open below. Over a Sunday dress, or your familiar layers when the weather turns.

    Discover the Inheritance Coat

    Inheritance Coat in Candlelight Tweed, original campaign macro of the cream wool, gold threads and ivory buttons by Emma Kenny.
    A weaver at a wooden loom in the Mourne Textiles workshop. Photograph: Mourne Textiles.

    From Mourne,
    for the everyday

    The Locking Up Jacket begins with textured tweed woven by Mourne Textiles in County Down. Black beetled Irish linen brings a smooth, light-catching contrast.

    An asymmetric zip and generous pockets give this special cloth an everyday purpose.

    Workshop photograph: Mourne Textiles.

    The Shawl in Mourne Tweed

    Mourne tweed,
    up close

    Off Duty Joggers in black; The Shawl in Mourne Tweed

    Bolts of turquoise run through the dark ground of this Mourne tweed, woven in a family workshop in County Down.

    The Shawl gives the cloth room to fall from the shoulders, with Irish linen inside. Pull it over a dress, or your Off Duty Joggers for a walk.

    For the other six days Good clothes.
    Ordinary days.

    A good jacket over jeans. A generous dress with flat shoes. The pleasure of dressing up can belong to an ordinary day, too.

    With the collar showing

    The Orla Poncho takes its generous shape from choir robes. Underneath, the deep purple collar and cuffs of the Temple Shirt bring the layers into view. Olive Off Duty Joggers keep the whole thing easy.

    Orla Poncho; Off Duty Joggers in Army Washed linen

    With the collar showing

    The Orla Poncho takes its generous shape from choir robes. Underneath, the deep purple collar and cuffs of the Temple Shirt bring the layers into view. Olive Off Duty Joggers keep the whole thing easy.

    A different kind of Sunday colour

    Stained Glass linen brings colour into easy pieces you can wear together or make your own.

    Kindred of Ireland Autumn Winter 26, Kept for Good

    A different kind of Sunday colour

    Stained Glass linen brings colour into easy pieces you can wear together or make your own.

    Things you notice up close

    Lace at Josephine’s collar. The neat white neckline of Agnes. The generous collar and double-breasted front of Bridget.

    The Bridget Blouse takes a formal double-breasted front and gives it the ease of soft, tumbled Irish linen. Put it beside the crisp sheen of a black Beetled Bow Skirt: two finishes of the same familiar cloth.

    Things you notice up close

    Lace at Josephine’s collar. The neat white neckline of Agnes. The generous collar and double-breasted front of Bridget.

    The Bridget Blouse takes a formal double-breasted front and gives it the ease of soft, tumbled Irish linen. Put it beside the crisp sheen of a black Beetled Bow Skirt: two finishes of the same familiar cloth.

    Ceremony Dress

    The Ceremony Dress

    The Ceremony Dress takes the long, easy lines of choir robes into black Irish linen. Soft gathers at the neck give the cloth fullness, with a frog fastening adding a considered detail.

    Flat shoes for a long lunch. The Twinkle Tweed Cape when the evening wants some gold.

    Bell Ringing Dress in Black Beetled Linen

    The Bell Ringing Dress

    Bell Ringing Dress in black beetled linen

    Named for the bells that call everyone to church, with a decidedly short hem. Black Irish linen is beetled by William Clark & Sons until it has the sheen and crispness to hold those sculptural puff sleeves.

    With tights and flat shoes, or over trousers for a different proportion.

    Kept for Good Worth wearing.
    Worth keeping.

    Made to order in Ireland, with care in the cloth and in the making. Clothes to wear often and grow fond of, until the good coat is simply your coat.

    Kept for Good. For Sunday best, and the days we make special ourselves.