“Thank you to everyone who gave the competition a go. The response has been great and some of the answers were very funny and / or thoughtful.
The winner is POTHOLE BLACK.
Catchy, original, sort of sensible-sounding, and a good (cycling-related) reason given.
For everyone who didn’t win, commiserations, but all the same — big pats on backs all round for the time and effort put in.”
This is without a doubt the best competition that we’ve ever had on Proper and believe me we’ve had some corkers. In fact it could even be the best jacket that we’ve ever featured on Proper too. And unbelievable though it may sound, one of you lucky lot is actually going to win this incredible SEH Kelly Tour jacket. Yes, it could be you. Anyway here’s Paul from SEH Kelly with all the details, good luck!
“Ventile has been a mainstay of S.E.H Kelly since before the cloth was invented. When Mr. Ventile told me about the secret Ventile Ripstop project he was working on, my ears pricked right up. It is something they’ve developed over a few years: an homage to similar cloths which Ventile made in the distant past using nylon ripstop — but this is an all-cotton version, so looks much nicer. It brings some texture to good old Ventile L24, and Mr. Ventile assures me that it scores over 700 on the Water Column Test.
The tour jacket is, we understand, the first garment ever to use Ventile Ripstop. It is stuffed with features that make cycling a little better, such as shooting shoulders at the back, an internal shoulder strap, brass eyelets under the armpits, two-way envelope pockets, and umpteen other things. It is also padded with an ecologically sound wadding that performs like feathers, only much lighter in weight and quicker to dry. It is probably the best jacket we’ve made to date.
But one thing — the colour is officially “black navy”, but can anybody help me out with a better name for it?”
So to enter this very, very cool competition you just need to put your colour suggestion (and reasons why) in the comment box below and then we’ll pick what we think is the best/funniest answer in a couple of weeks.
Please note that this jacket is available in sizes Small, Medium or Large.
166 Comments
‘Compact Neave’
Compact – because of the tight weave and water resistance of the cloth.
Neave – similar to navy an weave in sound.
Aki-esque
Bluack. Sounds like a death hard color. Or an eastern spy.
Midnight Courtier
thee combination of black navy representing companions to the queen / king of the night / universe
Svart Marine – It’s just black and blue in Norweigan, tbf, but it sounds proper cool
ECBECI
Taking the code numbers from Pantones for Black (532) and Navy (539) and translating using A=1, B=2 etc you get…
ECBECI
Cats & Dogs Black – for the frequently used saying “It’s raining cats & Dogs”
Tundra.
Deepsea black – well, because of its reference to water, navy, cold, darkness, blue and blackness etc. Besides, is there anyone on Earth not mesmerised by the mere thought of the unfathomable depths and darkness of the Earth’s seas?
Gerrard’s Soul
It’s black, dark and would probably slip on and off very well. I also can’t wait for it to get sent off to my address.
Burgundy, it´s neck reminds me to a bottle of wine. Any way is a proper colour.
squidward’s fear
“Dark N’ Stormy” because of the nice, fuzzy feelings it will give you, just like a dark n’ stormy!
Venn Black
References the crossover of the two colours (navy and black), and in its inaugural usage, the fabric it dyes.
It looks gold to me……….
Terrific jacket!
Black Betty Blue.
Payiñg homage to a great band in ramjam and a great Lynch film.
“bruise”
black & blue is exactly how you’d be if you tried to get it from me 😉
Hydrophobic Navy – the opposite of what you would expect from a maritime force, such as the one that the colour name derives from. This is appropriate since the coat appeals to the water-fearing wearer whilst appearing navy-not-as-we-know-it.
This jacket is ‘POTHOLE BLACK’. I know this because I’ve been avoiding numerous of the fuckers on my ride into work this morning.
Grey. Let the jacket do the talking.
Sort of Black
“What sort of pie is this?, “Meat pie”, “but what sort of meat?”, “just meat”, “yeah but red meat, white meat?”, “sort of brown”… Paul Calf
Hence, sort of black, or ‘blackish’ if you will…
Mustard – would look stunning along with a pair of chunky chords and work boots on a crisp spring morning
Nightshade.
I used to really love Gladiators.
Dubh-Ghorm
Or, dubh-ghormadh, depending on how the weight of the colour is affected by the elements.
Black’n’Blue – cos wearing it won’t leave you….hopefully!
Boanerges – a nod to the disturbed soul of T. E. Lawrence, of the open blackness of the desert sky and the changing presentation of the handle of the fabric mirroring the son of thunder; the name itself.
zafonista
Marina Nero- italian for navy blue
Lava black, its reminds me to black lava salt. Its also got a kind of grey tone as the jacket
I’d suggest “blarz” as a international mash-up of “black”/”bleu”/”blue” and the german “schwarz” (black) 🙂
Blue Night – Because that is the best kind of night to have, am sure my old man had a video stashed away called that, going to have a look for it next time I visit I think.
Witches Tit.
Pitch-Blue – because it’s a very dark, almost black, navy.
Master Chief Coach Jkt….after Carl Bashear the first African American to Master Diver in the Black Navy.
“Autumn Evening” because I’ve always found the Autumn to have a black/blue sky at night.
Liquorice louche
Blavy – much shorter
How about Marge’s Hearse, as quite frankly that blue hair would surely brighten up a hearse to no longer be quite black.
indigo / indie-go tour jacket
the mother of all navy blues
Midnight Fused ,a perfect fusion of blue and black as the witching hour itself !
Navy Black. Like Black Navy just the other way around.
VenVelo Black – it’s ventile, it’s for your bike and it’s almost black.
The contented soul of Thomas j – a homage to the colour vada’s mood ring shows in ‘my girl’ when Thomas j finally finds happiness – before being stung to death by irritated bees.
Ebony blue – (ebony wood has a dense texture with a smooth finish (like ventile)
Ah, well, aquatic black because it took me a while to think of it I guess. I was going to go with creative slate but that’s just to… douchey.
How about ‘Boundary Blue’ as per the Boundary Street where S.E.H Kelly are based.
TechNoir – ripped off the name of the nightclub in The Terminator film – Sounds canny eh??
Blueberry
‘The Faux Pas’ – thus proving that black and navy can in fact be worn together…
Nerazzurri, after inters famous colours