Design study

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DOKPA Expedition dossier, study 04
02 Dossier sheet

What is on the garments

Four groups, read from the supplied photographs at high zoom. Closures, pockets, hoods, collars, cuffs and quilting only. No fabric is named, because no fabric can be read off a photograph, and none was supplied.

A Plate viewer

Six plates, one at a time

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A grey shell jacket laid flat with a stand collar, front zip closed
Plate 01 Grey shell jacket, front, zip closed, stand collar upright, laid on grey carpet.
A grey shell jacket laid flat with a stand collar, front zip closed
Plate 01Grey shell, front
The plain back panel of a grey shell jacket laid flat on a grey carpet floor
Plate 02Grey shell, back
A charcoal hooded shell jacket laid flat, with a second olive lined jacket underneath it
Plate 03Charcoal shell
A charcoal quilted puffer jacket with a hood, laid flat and zipped
Plate 04Charcoal puffer
A periwinkle blue insulated hooded jacket laid over a brown lined jacket
Plate 05Periwinkle layer
An off white hooded jacket laid flat with a large black chest pocket panel
Plate 06Off white layer
B Observations

Four groups of observation

JavaScript is not running, so all four groups are printed one after another below, each under its own heading.

Group 01

Shell jackets

Two shell garments appear in the set, one grey shown front and back, one charcoal shown laid over a second jacket. Their collars differ, and one of them has no hood at all, so they are recorded separately rather than merged into a single description.

01
Full length front zipRuns from hem to collar on the grey shell, closed in the photograph.
Observed
Checked in shell-grey-front.jpg
02
No hood on the grey shellRecorded as an absence rather than a feature. Front and back views both show a plain upright collar band and no hood behind it. Nothing in either frame supports calling this garment hooded.
Observed
Checked in shell-grey-front.jpg and shell-grey-back.jpg
03
Attached hood on the charcoal shellFolded down behind a raised collar band, with the second garment's olive hood visible beside it.
Observed
Checked in shell-charcoal-flat.jpg
04
Angled hand pocket openingsOne at each side of the lower body on the grey shell, set on a slant into the side panel.
Observed
Checked in shell-grey-front.jpg
05
Flap pockets on the charcoal shellOne at each side of the lower body, each cut with a pointed flap. A small pocket also sits high on one sleeve.
Observed
Checked in shell-charcoal-flat.jpg
06
A handwritten paper tagTied to the front of the charcoal shell. What is written on it cannot be read at this resolution and is not reproduced here.
Observed
Checked in shell-charcoal-flat.jpg
07
Second jacket in the same frameAn olive lined garment lies underneath the charcoal shell. It is a different garment and is not described as part of the shell.
Observed
Checked in shell-charcoal-flat.jpg
08
Shell fabric, weight, coating or weather performanceA photograph cannot carry any of these, and nothing was supplied.
Unresolved
Not published. Ask the company.
Group 02

Insulated layers

The largest group. Hooded and non hooded jackets with quilted or baffled panels, photographed flat, zipped, or held open to show a contrasting inner lining.

09
Quilting in horizontal channelsContinuous rows across body and sleeves on the charcoal puffer. Small printed lettering sits on both of its sleeves. It is not legible at this resolution, it is not identified, and it is not reproduced anywhere on this study.
Observed
Checked in puffer-charcoal.jpg
10
Drawcord hood togglesA cord and toggle at each side of the hood opening on the charcoal puffer.
Observed
Checked in puffer-charcoal.jpg
11
Gathered cuffs and a drawn hemThe cuffs are gathered rather than tabbed, and a cord toggle sits at the hem corner of the charcoal puffer.
Observed
Checked in puffer-charcoal.jpg
12
Hook and loop cuff tabPresent on the periwinkle jacket and on the blue grey jacket photographed on the table, a dark loop patch on the outer face of each cuff. The off white hooded jacket does not carry one, and an earlier draft of this study wrongly credited it with a pair.
Observed
Checked in hood-periwinkle.jpg and down-blue-table.jpg
13
Large contrast chest panel with a zipA dark rectangular panel set on the chest of the off white hooded jacket, with a short zip along its upper edge.
Observed
Checked in hooded-cream-pocket.jpg
14
Two plain welt pockets, lower bodyOn the off white hooded jacket. Re-inspection at high zoom shows plain openings with no zip teeth and no pull, and plain rounded cuffs with no tab.
Observed
Checked in hooded-cream-pocket.jpg
15
Contrasting inner liningVisible only where a garment is held open. It is a colour difference, not a material identification.
Observed
Checked in hood-periwinkle.jpg
16
Insulation type, fill, warmthThe word down appears in one supplied file description. Nothing corroborates it and nothing in the photograph proves it, so this study does not state it as fact.
Unresolved
Not published. Ask the company.
Group 03

The parka

One olive hooded parka, longer in the body than the jackets, and the most heavily detailed garment in the whole set. It is the only garment here that carries four distinct pocket types.

17
Snap studs down the front placketA row of studs over the front closure, continuing up to the collar.
Observed
Checked in parka-olive-flat.jpg
18
Vertical welt upper pocketsOne at each side of the chest, set into the body panel.
Observed
Checked in parka-olive-flat.jpg
19
Flapped lower pockets with snap studsA stud at each corner of each flap.
Observed
Checked in parka-olive-flat.jpg
20
Zip pocket on the sleeveA short horizontal zip on one sleeve, above the cuff.
Observed
Checked in parka-olive-flat.jpg
21
Drawcord toggles at the hoodA toggle at each side of the hood opening, matching the arrangement on the charcoal puffer.
Observed
Checked in parka-olive-flat.jpg
22
Pale inner lining at the sleeve openings and hemRecorded as a visible colour contrast only.
Observed
Checked in parka-olive-flat.jpg
23
Body length, sleeve length, any measurementNothing in the frame gives a scale, so no dimension can be read from it.
Unresolved
Not published. Ask the company.
Group 04

Label and marks

The same woven label appears on several different garments, which is the single strongest piece of first party like evidence in the set. It is a small rectangular label on a bright blue ground.

24
Wordmark reads DOKPAWhite type on a bright blue ground, with a registered mark symbol beside it.
Observed
Checked in label-hood-detail.jpg
25
MADE IN NEPAL beneath the wordmarkSmaller type on the same label.
Observed
Checked in label-hood-detail.jpg
26
A stylised emblem above the wordmarkDrawn in white outline on the same blue ground. What it depicts is not described anywhere on this study, because it cannot be identified with confidence at the resolution available.
Observed
Checked in label-collar-detail.jpg
27
Label positionStitched at the inside collar at the back of the neck, below the hood opening, on every garment where it is visible in this set. A small printed tag sits directly beneath it.
Observed
Checked in label-hood-detail.jpg and label-collar-detail.jpg
28
One printed size tag reading MA separate small white tag beside the woven label on one jacket. It is the only size marking anywhere in the set, which is why no size range appears on this study.
Observed
Checked in label-collar-detail.jpg
29
Care content or composition labellingNo second label is legible in any frame in this set.
Unresolved
Not published. Ask the company.
C Blank fields

The fields a specification sheet would carry

A real product sheet fills these in. This one cannot, so it says so instead of guessing. Every row below is a question for the company rather than an answer from it.

Size range
Not published. One printed M tag is the only size marking visible anywhere in the set.
Shell and lining material
Not published. Nothing was supplied and nothing can be read off a photograph.
Insulation and fill power
Not published. No figure was supplied and none is claimed here.
Temperature or weather rating
Not published. No waterproof rating and no windproof claim appears on this study.
Colourways offered
Not published. The colours named here are the colours of the specific garments photographed, not a range.
Certification and test reports
Not published. None was supplied and none is claimed.
Minimum order, lead time and pricing
Not published. This study carries no commercial terms of any kind.
Scope of this sheet

Twelve photographs were supplied. Some show more than one garment, and one shows a garment only as the backdrop to another. The counts above describe photographs and visible features, not a product range, a stock list or anything the company offers for sale.

How each grade was decided Ask the company directly