Ricky is the guy who runs Kingston farm’s shearing team. Known as the “quiet boss,” he has been shearing the Kingston flock for 15 years and sees his role primarily as quality control - getting the superfine fleece off the Merinos in one piece. Ricky is also an eight-ball gun, in case any M.J. Bale customers come across him in his hometown of Cressy, Tassie. (You’ve been warned; never bet against the man.) This is Hayley from Campania, a town in Tasmania’s Coal River Valley. When Hayley first st

Grown in Australia, woven in Italy and made in Japan, M.J. Bale’s Collection suits are the culmination of a global artisanal journey, and the epitome of our quest to create ‘garments of integrity’. Each Collection suit is created from 100% superfine Australian Merino wool that has been woven into elegant worsted cloth by centuries-old Italian weaver, Vitale Barberis Canonico. Our Japanese tailors in the Iwate Prefecture of Japan then craft each suit over 200-plus stages of production, including

Kaneko-san, our Japanese Master Tailor, describes the fibre in our Kingston single-source suits as “calm and gentle wool,” sourced from a Tasmanian conservationalist farm crucial for over a dozen threatened species. Each Kingston suit purchase supports environmental regeneration by reinvesting funds back into the farm. | M.J. Bale

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