Designed for the Goldendoodle
The Goldendoodle collection
Six pieces drawn for a full coat, on a doodle of any size. A weekend in New England: a Boston brick lane, a Maine harbor, a Newport terrace, a lake camp in the North Woods. Every piece is cut to one dog from three measurements.
Couture
Ensembles of three and four pieces, layered and styled.
Beacon Hill
Couture · Wool-cashmere · €460
A wool-cashmere coat with a notched collar, an oxford shirt, a silk repp fold at the chest and a saddle-leather harness.
A structured coat with grosgrain edges and a strong color, so it holds its own line over a full coat.
- Structured wool-cashmere coat in a light weight, a wide notched collar, navy grosgrain edging, dark horn buttons at the side, sleeves to the elbow
- Blue oxford-cloth button-down collar and cuffs, sewn into the coat
- Short square fold of navy silk repp with crimson stripes, stitched flat to the side of the chest, no tail hanging down
- Tan saddle-leather harness with brass fittings
Camden
Couture · Buffalo check · €370
A buffalo-check mackinaw with cap sleeves, a waffle-knit placket, a hand-knit band along the collar and a harness with a flat waxed-canvas pocket.
Short and square, with toggles along the side: a definite shape that reads over the curls.
- Light wool buffalo-check mackinaw, short and square, a wide collar, short cap sleeves, wooden toggles along the side
- Cream waffle-knit placket, sewn into the collar
- Flat band of cream hand knitting with a single red stripe, stitched along the collar edge
- Leather harness with a small flat waxed-canvas pocket
Newport
Couture · Duchess satin · €380
A duchess satin evening coat with an organza collar, a satin bow and a slim harness.
A portrait collar open across the shoulders and a bow set low: clear edges against the coat.
- Duchess satin evening coat, a wide portrait collar open across the shoulders
- Silk organza collar with a scalloped edge, lying flat over it
- Small flat satin bow stitched over the band's closure at the side of the chest, no loops standing up and no tails
- Slim midnight silk-cord harness with gold-toned fittings
Essentials
Single pieces, the ones worn most days.
Acadia
Essentials · Coated cotton-nylon · €190
A rain coat in matte coated cotton-nylon, with a full underbody panel and a low collar that fastens at the side.
A heavy coat gathers rain and mud from below first, so the point of this piece is its underbody panel.
- Matte coated cotton-nylon
- Full underbody panel from the chest to the belly, cut back for males on request
- Low collar fastening at the side, open at the throat, wide straps that hold over a thick coat
Vineyard
Essentials · Cotton seersucker · €170
A seersucker vest bound in navy grosgrain, covering the whole back to the croup and the full depth of the chest.
The one summer piece: light over a heavy coat, cut to cover the whole back and chest, with a clean edge for an outline the fur blurs.
- Cotton seersucker vest, sleeveless, from the withers to the top of the croup
- Wraps the full depth of the chest, with deep armholes clear of the elbow
- Navy grosgrain binding on every edge
Kennebec
Essentials · Blanket wool · €180
A camp-blanket cape in light blanket wool, with woven stripes at the hem and a blanket-stitched edge.
A cape reads as a cape even when the dog's own line is lost in fur.
- Light wool-cotton blanket cloth, flaring from the shoulders to the loin, no sleeves
- Wide woven stripes along the hem, a blanket-stitched edge
- One strap under the chest
Why it fits a Goldendoodle
The cut
Drawn for the Goldendoodle's own shape, and cut to three measurements you take at home with a sheet of paper. You approve them before anything is cut.
- Two parents, no standard: The Goldendoodle is a Golden Retriever and Poodle cross with no breed standard of its own, so the cut works from both parents' standards. A doodle can land anywhere from a miniature Poodle to a Golden, and mini, medium and standard are breeder labels with no fixed limits. No size is assumed: every dog is measured, and the pattern is chosen by the chest.
- A familiar body: Both parents give a deep chest reaching the elbow, a level back and a mild tuck-up. The cut itself is conventional. The size range and the coat are what it has to solve.
- The coat hides the outline: The Golden's coat is flat or wavy, the Poodle's profuse and curly, and a doodle's can be anywhere between. A soft garment near the coat's color disappears into it, so every piece carries its own structure: firm cloths, clean edges, strong contrast and a definite shape.
- Between grooms: A doodle's coat changes length between grooms, so a piece fitted on a full coat is loose after a clip. Every piece closes with wide straps that adjust.
- Linings: The pieces are lined in a smooth cloth, so they move over a curly or wavy coat instead of dragging on it.
- On and off: Nothing goes over the head. The pieces wrap under the chest and fasten at the side or under the belly, with straps wide enough to hold over a thick coat.
- Neck: Around the base of the neck, over the coat.
- Chest: Around the deepest part of the chest, just behind the front legs, over the coat. This number chooses the pattern, whatever the size label says.
- Back: From the base of the neck to the base of the tail, over the coat as it usually is.
The Goldendoodle has no breed standard. The facts are from the FCI Golden Retriever and Poodle standards.
Made to be worn
Every piece goes on from the side and closes with one strap or a side fastening under the chest, so nothing goes over the head.
Colors for the coat
- Cream or white: Navy, forest, crimson, mustard
- Apricot or gold: Navy, slate blue, forest, crimson
- Red: Navy, forest, cream, denim blue
- Black, or black with fawn markings: Crimson, mustard, camel, ivory
- Chocolate or gray: Crimson, mustard, ivory, sky blue
- Parti or merle: Solid navy, forest, mustard
A piece in the same tone as the fur disappears into it. Every look is cut in more than one color, chosen by this rule.
- Cream or white: Disappears in cream, ivory, oat, pale gray
- Apricot or gold: Disappears in camel, gold, mustard, tan
- Red: Disappears in rust, cognac, brick, crimson
- Black, or black with fawn markings: Disappears in black, charcoal, navy
- Chocolate or gray: Disappears in brown and tobacco on chocolate; slate and gray on gray
- Parti or merle: Disappears in busy patterns such as checks and stripes
How it is fitted
It is cut to three measurements: neck, chest and back. You approve all three before anything is cut. After you commission, you take them at home with a sheet of paper, and we show you the numbers. How it is measured
The promise
If a finished measurement is more than 2 cm off the numbers you approved, or the piece gapes or pulls, we remake it once, free, and you send nothing back. Because it is cut to one dog, it cannot be returned.
How it goes on
Every piece goes on from the side and closes with one strap or a side fastening under the chest, so nothing goes over the head. Collars lie open, and a bow or a neckerchief sits low on the chest, never at the throat. Sleeves stop at the elbow. Over a full coat, the under-layers are sewn into the outer piece as collars and cuffs, so the look is layered without bundling the dog.
Shown on
- Beacon Hill: Shown in navy on an apricot Goldendoodle with a wavy coat, a brick lane of Boston townhouses on an autumn afternoon. Crimson, for cream, white, black, chocolate and gray coats.
- Camden: Shown in red and black check on a cream Goldendoodle with a curly coat, a dock on a Maine harbor at dawn. Forest and navy check, for red coats. Solid mustard melton, for black, parti and merle.
- Newport: Shown in ivory with a midnight collar and bow on a black Goldendoodle with a straight coat, a marble terrace above the sea at dusk. Midnight with an ivory collar and bow, for cream, white, apricot, gold, red, parti and merle coats.
- Acadia: Shown in mustard on a chocolate mini Goldendoodle puppy, a granite coastline trail in the rain. Navy, for cream, white, apricot, gold and red coats. Forest, for parti and merle.
- Vineyard: Shown in blue and white seersucker with navy binding on a solid apricot Goldendoodle with a wavy coat, the porch of a shingled cottage with hydrangeas on a summer afternoon. Red and white seersucker with navy binding, for cream and white coats. Solid navy, for parti and merle coats.
- Kennebec: Shown in forest with cream stripes on a senior red Goldendoodle, a lake camp on a frosty autumn morning. Crimson with cream stripes, for cream, white, black, chocolate and gray coats. Solid forest, for parti and merle.
The pattern is redrawn for your dog's shape.