Fynch Hatton has been quietly perfecting German tailoring since 1988, and its womenswear brings that same restraint to shirts, blouses and knitwear. We stock the label at Shirley Allum for customers who want pieces built to outlast a single season. The current range leans on cornflower blue linen, crisp oxford stripes and soft ribbed jumpers, all cut with the label's usual clean, unfussy detailing.
The name is a small piece of cinema history: Roger Brandts named his label after Denys Finch Hatton, the adventurer played by Robert Redford in Out of Africa, when he launched it in Germany in 1988. That spirit shows in the clothes too, understated rather than showy, cut for people who don't need convincing of their own credentials.
We brought the label into Shirley Allum because Dorset customers wanted German tailoring without a designer price tag, and Fynch Hatton delivers exactly that. The current range runs from ribbed Breton stripe jumpers and crisp oxford shirts to linen and chambray blouses and a linen maxi skirt, most of it in cornflower blue with milk white, galaxy blue and sorbet rose pink alongside.
Fynch Hatton built its name on menswear tailoring before extending into womenswear, and that heritage still shows in the clean collars, proper button plackets and fabrics chosen to hold their shape wash after wash. The label is now sold through roughly 2,300 stockists in 55 countries, yet it has kept the same restraint it started with.
For shirting and knitwear that works in the office as easily as it does on a weekend away, this is the label we reach for first.
