Olive Monk Robe, Brown Scapular | Benedictine-Style Habit

Front view of an olive monk habit with a dark brown scapular, hood and rope cincture

Olive Hooded Monk Robe with Brown Scapular, Benedictine Style Habit

$220.00 USD

An olive habit with a dark brown scapular, hood and braided rope cincture finished in knotted tassels.

In cotton, in your size code or tailored to your own measurements.

Monk habit sizing

Find the row where your chest and your height both match. Between rows? Size by chest, or choose Made to Measure.

How to measure

Measure over what you will wear underneath, tape level, not pulled tight.

A - Robe length: nape of the neck straight down the back to the hem. Ankle length is usual.
B - Chest: around the fullest part, under the arms.
C - Sleeve: centre back of the neck, over the shoulder, down to the wrist bone.
Height: floor to the top of the head, no shoes.

Full guide: How to measure for vestments

Size	Chest (B)	Height	Sleeve (C)	Robe length (A)
S-54	34-37 in	5 ft 7 in to 5 ft 8 in	32 in	54 in
S-56	34-37 in	5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in	33 in	56 in
S-58	34-37 in	5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in	34 in	58 in
M-56	38-41 in	5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in	33 in	56 in
M-58	38-41 in	5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in	34 in	58 in
M-60	38-41 in	6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in	35 in	60 in
L-56	42-45 in	5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in	33 in	56 in
L-58	42-45 in	5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in	34 in	58 in
L-60	42-45 in	6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in	35 in	60 in
XL-58	46-49 in	5 ft 9 in to 5 ft 10 in	34 in	58 in
XL-60	46-49 in	5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in	34 in	60 in
XL-62	46-49 in	6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in	35 in	62 in
2XL-58	50-53 in	5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in	33 in	58 in
2XL-60	50-53 in	6 ft 1 in to 6 ft 2 in	34 in	60 in
Made to Measure	your own	your own	cut to your figures	cut to your figures

Inches. Chest is your body measurement; the habit is cut with ease over it. Wool adds $70. Made to Measure is priced as the L sizes.

Cloth

Wool adds $70 to the cotton price at every size.

Fabric

Choose your size code above. Open the habit size guide for the chest, height and robe length each code covers.

Tailored to your own measurements, priced at the same step as the L sizes. Take them over what you will wear under the habit.

A Robe length - nape of the neck straight down the back to the hem. B Sleeve length - centre back of the neck, over the shoulder, to the wrist.

Measurements are in

Height

Chest

Robe length

Sleeve length

Waist

Neck opening

Anything else we should know

We confirm every measurement by email, and alter or replace the habit if it does not fit.

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Additional information

This item qualifies for free worldwide shipping

Dispatch

5–7 days

Standard

10–15 days. Free on orders of $200 or more

Rush

7–9 days. Choose Rush shipping at checkout

Dispatch and transit are counted separately. Duties, where they apply, are payable on arrival.

Overview

What this habit is

An olive habit with a dark brown scapular, hood and braided rope cincture finished in knotted tassels.

In cotton, in your size code or tailored to your own measurements.

Why it is chosen

Dispatch

Dispatched within 5–7 days, with tracked delivery worldwide.
Liturgically correct

Olive with a dark brown scapular and hood — worn for daily wear in community, choir and prayer, retreat
Cloth and finish

Cotton or wool, chosen on the page. Shown in cotton: smooth matte finish. Tunic with dark brown scapular front and back, attached hood, braided rope cincture, wide bell sleeves, pulls on over the head.
Cut to your measurements

Cut to your size code or your own measurements

Details

About this habit

An olive tunic carries a dark brown scapular and matching hood, gathered at the waist with a braided rope cincture finished in knotted tassels - an earthy two-tone pairing.

The cut

The scapular sits front and back over an olive tunic, cut in a dark brown that contrasts rather than matches, and the hood follows the same dark brown, pointed, with the panel's hem sitting just above the tunic's own hem beneath it. A braided cincture in brown and tan is tied at the front, its ends knotted and finished with visible tassels hanging below the knee. Sleeves are olive, wide and bell-shaped. There are no pockets and no visible fastening beyond the pull-on neckline.

Cloth and finish

This is a cotton habit with a smooth, matte surface and medium weight, close in hand to the other cotton pieces in our range. The olive and dark brown are both solid, flat colours, with the contrast carried entirely by the scapular and hood rather than by any print, weave pattern or trim.

This habit is made in either cotton or wool, and the choice is yours on this page. Cotton is lighter and breathes in warm weather; wool is heavier and holds more body in the fall of the skirt. The photographs show the cotton. The price changes as soon as you choose the cloth, and again with the size code.

Who wears it

Tunic, scapular, hood and rope cincture together read as Benedictine in character, though the earthy olive-and-brown pairing is a warmer palette than the black or grey usually associated with that dress, and it is our own colourway rather than any order's. This suits monks, friars, oblates and lay people who keep a simple rule and prefer a habit in a colour closer to the natural world than to formal black.

Size and fit

Fourteen graded sizes pair a chest measurement with a finished length: S 34-37 in, M 38-41 in, L 42-45 in, XL 46-49 in, 2XL 50-53 in, with robe lengths of 54, 56, 58, 60 or 62 in from the nape of the neck to the hem. Made to Measure, our fifteenth option, is priced the same as the L sizes and built to your own figures. The habit pulls on over the head, with no front fastening.

Compare this earthy colourway with the black-and-grey habits in religious habits, check the cincture and knotting style on our fabric guide, measure against the measuring guide, or order a custom vestment in your own combination of colours and cloth.

At a glance

Liturgical use

Daily wear in community, Choir and prayer, Retreat
Liturgical colour

Olive with a dark brown scapular and hood
Worn by

Monk, Friar, Oblate, Lay use — Loose monastic cut, pulls on over the head, no front fastening
Cloth

Cotton or wool, chosen on the page. Shown in cotton: smooth matte finish
Construction

Tunic with dark brown scapular front and back, attached hood, braided rope cincture, wide bell sleeves, pulls on over the head
Dispatch

Dispatched within 5–7 days
Personalisation

Cut to your size code or your own measurements
Made in

Pakistan

Care

Machine wash on a cool, gentle cycle or hand wash.

The dark brown scapular and olive tunic are both colourfast at this temperature, but wash separately from pale garments the first few times.

Hang to dry and iron on a medium setting.

Product type

Monk Habit

Style

Benedictine in character - tunic, dark brown scapular, hood and rope cincture

Liturgical colour

Olive with a dark brown scapular and hood

Material

Cotton or wool, chosen on the page. Shown in cotton: smooth matte finish

Length

54 to 62 in robe length by size code, or cut to your own

Fit

Loose monastic cut, pulls on over the head, no front fastening

Construction

Tunic with dark brown scapular front and back, attached hood, braided rope cincture, wide bell sleeves, pulls on over the head

Worn by

Monk,
Friar,
Oblate,
Lay use

Customisation

Cut to your size code or your own measurements

Dispatch time

5–7 days

Made in

Pakistan

Monastic dress varies between orders and communities. Where your own custom differs, follow it.

FAQs

Before you order

What is the rope cincture made from?

It is a braided cord in brown and tan tones, tied at the front with both ends knotted and finished in a visible tassel. It ships with the habit and is tied rather than sewn, so you can adjust how it sits.

Why olive and brown rather than black or grey?

It is simply a colourway we offer alongside our more traditional black and grey habits - the pairing is not drawn from any particular order's dress. We chose it for those who want something warmer and less formal than the usual monastic palette.

How do I choose my size code?

Each code pairs a chest range with a robe length. The letter is the chest: S is 34-37 in, M is 38-41 in, L is 42-45 in, XL is 46-49 in, 2XL is 50-53 in. The number is the finished robe length in inches, measured from the nape of the neck to the hem.

So a man with a 40 in chest at 5 ft 11 in takes M-58. Open the size guide on this page and read down to the row where your chest and height meet. If you are between two lengths, the longer one gives a fuller hem and the shorter one clears the floor more easily.

What if none of the size codes fits me?

Choose Made to Measure. The measurement fields appear as soon as you select it, and there is no separate made-to-measure charge: it is priced at the same step as the L sizes, in whichever cloth you choose.

It is the right choice if your chest and height fall in different rows, if you are outside the ranges given, if you want a particular hem length, or if you want the sleeves cut narrower or fuller than standard. We read every made-to-measure order and write to you if a figure looks unlikely.

How is the habit worn?

It goes on over the head and falls loose over whatever is worn underneath, so it needs no fastening at the front. The cincture ties at the waist and gathers the fullness; the hood sits back on the shoulders and is drawn up when wanted.

Where a habit has a scapular, that is the straight panel worn over the tunic, hanging front and back, and it goes on after the tunic and before the cincture.

How should the stole be cared for?

We recommend professional dry cleaning for embroidered vestments. Store the stole flat or loosely rolled rather than folded, so no crease forms across the embroidery, and keep it out of direct sunlight to protect the gold thread. The Journal's vestment care guide covers pressing, storage and stain removal in full.

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