The Saluki collection

Couture

Ensembles of three and four pieces, layered and styled.

Rancho Mirage

Couture · Silk shantung · €420

A silk shantung cocktail coat over a charmeuse edge, with a brass-bar band at the neckline and a bone leather harness.

Narrow through the long chest and ending at the loin, with a wide bateau neckline cut clear of the ears.

• Silk shantung cocktail coat, narrow through the long chest and ending at the loin, a wide, low bateau neckline, a single large covered button at the side
• Bias-cut silk charmeuse, its soft edge at the neckline and forelegs
• Soft, flat band along the neckline with a single polished brass bar
• Slim bone-white leather harness with one plain gold-toned ring

Joshua Tree

Couture · Wool-cashmere · €440

A wool-cashmere car coat with raglan shoulders, a denim collar and cuffs, a plaited leather trim and a saddle-leather harness.

Raglan shoulders, so no seam crosses the top of the shoulder and the stride stays clear.

• Wool-cashmere car coat with raglan shoulders and sleeves to the elbow, a low flat collar and three large flat buttons at the side, ending at the loin
• Washed denim shirt collar and cuffs, the points lying flat over the coat's collar and the cuffs turned back at the elbow
• Plaited natural tan leather trim along the collar's edge
• Saddle-leather harness with plain brass buckles

Indio

Couture · Raw silk · €420

A raw silk dolman jacket over an eyelet edge, with a band of silk embroidery at the neckline and a natural leather harness.

A dolman cut, with the shoulders in one piece with the body, so no armhole seam sits at the stride.

• Raw silk jacket cut dolman style, wide and soft over the shoulders with sleeves to the elbow, narrow at the loin, a low, open neckline, fabric-covered buttons along the side
• White cotton eyelet layer, its scalloped edge at the neckline and the elbow
• A narrow band of flat silk embroidery in small geometric stitches, worked along the open neckline
• Flat natural leather harness with plain brass fittings

Essentials

Single pieces, the ones worn most days.

Borrego

Essentials · Cotton poplin · €150

A camp-collar shirt in crisp cotton poplin, printed with large palm fronds.

The one print in the collection, placed where the coat can carry it, with the camp collar lying low and open on the chest.

• Crisp cotton poplin printed with large, open palm fronds
• Flat camp collar lying low and open on the chest
• Snaps along the side, a straight hem ending at the loin

Smoke Tree

Essentials · Cotton piqué · €210

A sleeveless V-neck tennis knit in cotton piqué, tipped at the V and the hem.

The V runs deep so the throat feathering falls over it, and the armholes are cut high and wide.

• Sleeveless cotton piqué knit
• Deep V-neck, with two stripes of tipping at the V and the hem
• Armholes cut high and wide, ending at the loin

Twentynine Palms

Essentials · Fine-wale corduroy · €190

A short, boxy jacket in fine-wale cotton corduroy, with patch pockets and snaps along the side.

The everyday layer, cut narrow through the long chest and ending at the loin, before the feathering on the thighs.

• Fine-wale cotton corduroy lined in smooth cotton, short and boxy
• Low flat collar, two patch pockets on the sides
• Snaps along the side, ending at the loin

Why it fits a Saluki

The cut

Drawn for the Saluki's own shape, and cut to three measurements you take at home with a sheet of paper. You approve them before anything is cut.

• No two alike: The FCI standard says Salukis vary in type, and that the variation is desired and typical of the breed. It gives an average height of 58 to 71 cm, with bitches smaller. No piece comes in small, medium and large: every one is cut to your dog's own three measurements.
• Square, but reads long: The body is about as long as the dog is tall, though it often looks longer. The back panels are short, and long vertical lines (a V, a front edge, a side seam) keep the long look without adding length the body does not have.
• Chest and tuck: The chest is deep, long and moderately narrow, and the underline well tucked up. The chest panel runs long under the body before the underline rises, and the belly strap closes just behind the ribs.
• The ears and the throat: The long ears are covered in silky hair and hang close to the skull, and adults may have feathering on the throat. The ears hang where a collar would sit, so every neckline is low, wide and away from them, and nothing at the neck rises above its base.
• The feathering: The legs, the backs of the thighs and the underside of the low tail are feathered. Every hem ends at the loin, before the feathering on the thighs, and armholes are cut high and clear of the feathered forelegs.
• Two varieties: The smooth variety has no feathering and takes the same pattern; the feathered dog gets more room at the neck and armholes. Nothing goes over the head, so nothing drags across the ears.

1. Neck: Around the base of the neck, below the ears. Every neckline here sits wide and low, so this number guides the opening rather than a snug fit.
2. Chest: Around the deepest part of the chest, just behind the front legs. On a Saluki this is far more than the waist, and the chest panel is cut from it.
3. Back: From the base of the neck to the base of the tail. The pieces end at the loin, before the feathering on the thighs.

The breed facts are from the FCI and AKC Saluki standards.

Made to be worn

Every piece fastens at the side, so nothing goes over the head or near the long feathered ears.

Colors for the coat

• White, cream or pale fawn: Ink, terracotta, cobalt, jade
• Golden, red or fawn: Pool turquoise, ink, bone, jade
• Grizzle, or grizzle and tan: Coral, saffron, bone, cobalt
• Black and tan, or tricolor: Bone, pool turquoise, coral, saffron

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.

• White, cream or pale fawn: Disappears in ivory, bone, sand, pale pink
• Golden, red or fawn: Disappears in camel, terracotta, rust, saffron
• Grizzle, or grizzle and tan: Disappears in gray, taupe, silver; busy prints
• Black and tan, or tricolor: Disappears in black, chocolate, ink; busy prints on the tricolor

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 fastens at the side, so nothing goes over the head or near the long feathered ears. Necklines are low, wide and open, and nothing worn at the neck rises above its base or closes around the throat. Sleeves stop at the elbow, the pieces end at the loin, and the feathering on the legs and thighs and the tail stay free.

Shown on

• Rancho Mirage: Shown in pool turquoise with bone on a golden feathered Saluki, a pool terrace by a glass house at dusk. Ink with coral, for white, cream and pale fawn coats. Coral with bone, for grizzle.
• Joshua Tree: Shown in terracotta on a cream smooth Saluki, a dirt road in the high desert at dusk, among Joshua trees and granite boulders. Jade, for golden, red and fawn coats. Bone, for grizzle, black and tan and tricolor.
• Indio: Shown in saffron with coral embroidery on a black and tan feathered Saluki, rows of date palms at noon, beside an irrigation channel. Cobalt with bone embroidery, for white, cream and pale fawn coats. Jade with bone embroidery, for golden, red and fawn.
• Borrego: Shown in bone with ink fronds on a young red feathered Saluki, a desert wildflower bloom at golden hour, ocotillo behind. Ink with bone fronds, for white, cream and pale fawn coats. Solid coral with no print, for grizzle, black and tan and tricolor.
• Smoke Tree: Shown in coral with bone tipping on a grizzle feathered Saluki, a tennis court behind a white breeze-block wall on a bright morning. Bone with ink tipping, for golden, red, fawn, black and tan and tricolor coats. Ink with bone tipping, for white, cream and pale fawn.
• Twentynine Palms: Shown in saffron on a senior tricolor feathered Saluki, the porch of a small desert cabin at blue hour. Ink, for white, cream, pale fawn, golden, red and fawn coats.

The pattern is redrawn for your dog's shape.