Eight details that decide whether a jacket lasts a season or a lifetime. Click any one for a closer look.
Lies flat under a jacket in town. Turns up against the wind out of it.
Two up top, sized for what you actually carry: phone, notebook, pencil. Stitched on three sides so they stay open to a quick hand.
No plastic, no snaps. Sewn on a thread shank so they sit proud of thick canvas and stay put through years of doing up.
Brass rivets at the corners, where a loaded pocket tears a lesser jacket first. Fill them with whatever the day needs.
Every load-bearing seam sewn with three rows of stitching. Nothing raw inside, nothing waiting to give.
Stiff on day one, yours by day hundred. Dense enough to turn thorn and weather, honest enough to show where you've been.
Two words at the hem. We meant them.
Roll it up for the work. Button it down for the cold. Reinforced so the cuff is the last thing to go.
Collar down, cuffs buttoned. Over a shirt, into the meeting, across town. Nobody needs to know where it was on Saturday.
Collar up, sleeves rolled. Thorn, dust, a tailgate, a fire. Same jacket, same pockets. It's been here before.
Ridgeback started in Cape Town in 2018 with a simple complaint: clothes weren't made to last any more. Jackets frayed by the end of winter. Seams gave up before the owner did.
So we make fewer things, and make them properly. Heavy cotton canvas. Metal buttons. Triple-stitched seams. Clothes cut for the drive out of town on a Friday and the meeting in town on Monday, without making you choose.
None of it is complicated. It just takes more cloth, more care and more time than most are willing to give. We think the people who wear it are worth that.
Go looking for it. The jacket will keep up.
| Size | Chest | Waist | Hips | Arm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 87 – 92 | 97 | 98 | 82 |
| M | 97 – 102 | 102 | 103 | 84 |
| L | 107 – 112 | 110 | 111 | 86 |
| XL | 114 – 122 | 117 | 118 | 88 |
| 2XL | 125 – 133 | 125 | 125 | 90 |
| 3XL | 135 – 142 | 133 | 134 | 92 |
Measure around the fullest part of the chest, the narrowest part of the waist, and from the shoulder bone to the wrist.
Between sizes? The Chore Jacket is cut to layer, so take the larger one.
Add what you want to your cart and check out: delivery is quoted from your postal code before you pay, and you pay securely by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through Yoco. Free delivery on orders over R1 000, at your door in 3–5 working days. South Africa only.
Prefer to talk to a person? Order on WhatsApp instead. Tell us the item, colour and size and we'll confirm stock and send you a payment link within the day.
Cape Town
South Africa
If it isn't right, we'll make it right.
The Ridgeback range isn't available to order online just yet, but it will be very soon. Leave your details and we'll let you know the moment it goes live.
We'll be in touch as soon as the store opens. Until then, have a look around.
