Enfants Riches Deprimes Denis Jacket

Enfants Riches Deprimes Denis Jacket

The Enfants Riches Déprimés Denis Jacket resurrects the bleu de travail — France’s anonymous uniform for the working hand — and promotes it to the rank of relic, a jacket that still smells like the factory floor even though the factory closed decades ago and nobody filed for unemployment.

The body is cut from a dense cotton in washed French blue — the exact shade that once covered every mechanic, painter, and postal worker across mid-century France, here drained and distressed into an uneven, mottled patina that no two pieces will wear the same way. The surface carries subtle marks of artificial ageing: faint staining, tonal variation, and softened creases that suggest years of manual labour compressed into a single production process. A pointed fold-down collar sits flat across the neckline in classic chore-coat fashion, and a full-length dark button placket runs the centre front with evenly spaced buttons. A single patch pocket on the upper right chest — utilitarian, square-cornered, unadorned — holds the only functional real estate the jacket offers. The hem is cropped and finished with a subtle adjustable tab, cinching the boxy silhouette at the waist while preserving the proportions of a garment that was designed for labour, not luxury.

Constructed in a cropped, boxy oversized unisex silhouette that inherits the proportions of postwar French workwear — wide through the shoulders, short at the waist, built to move in rather than be looked at. Each piece is individually hand-finished and hand-distressed within a strictly limited micro-batch production, making every jacket a singular artefact rather than a serial product. Specialist dry clean only is recommended; store on a wide padded hanger away from direct sunlight and moisture to preserve the intentional patina — see full garment care instructions. Available in sizes S, M, L, XL.

Enfants Riches Déprimés — French for “Depressed Rich Kids” — was founded in 2012 by conceptual artist Henri Alexander Levy. The label crashes 1970s French avant-garde tailoring into raw punk nihilism, producing hyper-exclusive isolating objects that steal the clothes off the backs of people who could not afford to keep them and sell them to those who never had to work in them.

Crafted across Los Angeles (USA), Italy, and Japan.

The shift is over. The uniform never comes off.

Specifications

• Brand: Enfants Riches Déprimés
• Design: Classic French chore jacket silhouette in washed and distressed bleu de travail with mottled ageing patina
• Colour: Washed French Blue (faded, distressed)
• Style: Cropped chore / work jacket
• Material: Cotton
• Fit: Oversized unisex, cropped boxy silhouette
• Details: Pointed fold-down collar, dark button-front placket, single square patch chest pocket, hem tab detail, hand-applied distressing and ageing, individually finished
• Made in: Los Angeles (USA) / Italy / Japan
• Production: Strictly limited micro-batch, individually hand-finished and hand-distressed
• Price: $250.00 (was $300.00)
• Size: S · M · L · XL

Care Instructions (Leather / Suede / Outerwear)

Specialist dry clean only. Store on a wide padded hanger away from sunlight and moisture. Do not machine wash, steam directly, or store in plastic garment bags. Do not attempt to remove intentional distressing or patina. See full garment care.

FAQ

What material is the Enfants Riches Déprimés Denis Jacket made from?
A dense cotton in washed French blue, finished with an intentionally distressed, mottled patina that gives each jacket the character of vintage workwear. The hand-ageing process means every unit carries unique tonal variation and surface marking.

What is the design inspired by?
The Denis Jacket draws directly from the bleu de travail — the iconic blue cotton chore coat that served as a universal work uniform across France for most of the twentieth century. ERD appropriates the silhouette and colour, distresses it by hand, and recontextualises it as a luxury artefact.

Why does the jacket look worn or stained?
All surface variation — fading, tonal mottling, and soft staining — is hand-applied during production. The distressing is an integral part of the design and should not be cleaned off, repaired, or treated as a defect.

How should I care for this jacket?
Specialist dry clean only. Store on a wide padded hanger in a cool, dry space away from direct sunlight. Do not machine wash, tumble dry, or steam. Avoid storing in plastic garment bags.

Is the Denis Jacket a limited-edition release?
Yes. Each jacket is individually hand-distressed within a strictly limited micro-batch run, meaning no two pieces share identical wear patterns. Once the run is exhausted, the design will not be reproduced.

Style it with: Enfants Riches Deprimes Blanket Lined Work Jacket