Accessories

Accessories: build your dungarees look from A to Z 🧰

A pair of dungarees never looks quite right without the right accessories. Browse our full selection to personalise, repair or finish off your La Salopette® outfit.

This collection isn't just about looking good. Half of what you see here exists because a part gave up on a pair of dungarees that were otherwise perfectly fine. A few grams of hardware against a garment in the bin: the maths does itself.

• 🔗 Trouser chains, steel, leather, feather: add some character to your silhouette
• 🧵 Iron-on patches, Japanese waves, Hokusai motifs, flowers: customise your dungarees in 30 seconds
• 🔘 Buckle, button and rivet kit, everything you need to fix a strap or a broken button
• 🧦 Socks and bucket hats, the perfect match to finish off your look

What gives up first, and in what order 🔩

The fabric is almost never the first thing to fail. The fasteners are. In order: the strap buckle, plastic ones especially, which go brittle in the sun, then the side press stud on the bib, then the rivet at the bottom of the pocket. The crotch and the flat-felled seams last far longer than you'd think.

A strap that slides down on its own after three steps isn't the webbing's fault, it's the buckle. Swap the buckle, keep the webbing. Five minutes, no sewing.

Buckles, press studs and rivets: the repair kit 🔘

Three families:

• Strap buckles: the hardest-working part. Metal outlasts plastic, no argument there.
• Press studs: they close the sides of the bib and set the ease. A stud that no longer clicks shut means the socket has gone oval. Replace the pair, not just one half.
• Rivets: they lock the pocket corners, exactly where the fabric tears when you force a tool in there.

A press-stud plier, or a hammer on a hard surface. It's not magic: on fabric that's already torn around the hole, the stud will pull back out. Reinforce first with a square of canvas on the inside.

Need a hand repairing a button? Check our rivet tutorial or get in touch with Laura directly at contact@la-salopette.fr.

Chains and patches: the visible half 🔗

The other half is about dressing up. A trouser chain is worn on one side only, clipped to a belt loop, never both. An iron-on patch works twice over: it decorates and it hides a tear. A 7 cm patch over a 2 cm rip at the knee is the fastest repair going.

Applying it, where people get it wrong: dry iron, no steam, fifteen seconds of firm pressure, let it cool before touching it. On 320 GSM fabric, add thirty seconds from the inside. A patch that comes off on the second wash was applied with steam. Every time.

What this collection doesn't do 🚫

No straps by the metre, no replacement zips, nothing waterproof. And repairing doesn't always make sense: a crotch seam open across ten centimetres, a seat worn through to daylight, a wash that went patchy after a 60 °C cycle. Hardware can't fix any of that. Look at our work dungarees in 280 to 320 GSM instead.

Measure before you order, and find your size 📏

Only one measurement counts: the webbing width of your straps, laid flat, in millimetres. Too wide and the buckle lets the webbing slip. Too narrow and it crumples it. Measure the head of your current press stud too, otherwise the new one won't fit.

The classic mistake is going by your top size instead of your trouser size. Start from the trousers. The straps make up 5 to 8 cm in height, so the mistake happens at the waist. Properly adjusted: two fingers between strap and shoulder, no more. We cut from XS to 8XL, and our size guide has a calculator. Above XL, our plus size dungarees are cut for it, not just scaled up.

Delivery, exchange and care 🚚

All our accessories leave our stock in France. Ideal for gifting, customising or simply looking after your favourite dungarees.

Stock leaves our warehouse in Miramas, in the south of France, and we pack every order ourselves. Items in Express Delivery arrive in 3 to 7 working days. If the size isn't right, an exchange is possible within 14 days.

Care is what decides the lifespan. 30 °C inside out, no tumble dryer. Heavy cotton shrinks less than 2% as long as it doesn't get hot. Take the chain off before washing, or it will mark the fabric in the drum. And close the press studs: they wear out twice as fast when they rattle around in the spin cycle.

We make other things too 👇

After more than accessories? Have a look at our main cuts:

• Women's Dungarees: our full women's range
• Men's Dungarees: our full men's range
• Denim Dungarees: every denim cut
• Express Delivery: delivered in 3 to 7 working days from Miramas

👉 Also discover our full La Salopette® collection. Picks from the selection: Feather Dungarees Chain and Japanese Horizon Iron-On Patch 🌼.

By category 🧭

• Packs & Kits: the Care Kit, the denim repair kit, buckle kits and patch packs
• Brushes & Comb: the horsehair brush, the denim brush and the anti-pilling comb
• Patches & Sewing: Japanese iron-on patches and everything you need for repairs
• Trouser Chain: steel, leather, feather
• Hats & Caps: bucket hats, cap, docker beanies
• Gift Ideas: gift card, mug, water bottle and little treats