Labels · six makers
Labels
The first designer to sew his name into his clothes, Charles Frederick Worth, came from Bourne, a Lincolnshire market town.
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Slitrig
Lambswool and undyed wool: crewnecks, cardigans, one stripe. I take a small run each autumn.
Hawick has made knitwear since John Hardie brought the first knitting frames to the town in 1771. The label takes its name from the Slitrig Water, which meets the Teviot there.
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Strond
Two coats a season, in Harris Tweed, cut long enough to cover a jumper.
Strond is the village where, in 1846, the Paisley sisters wove tweed in the Murray tartan for the Countess of Dunmore's estate.
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Urajiro
Cropped flares, straight jeans and one jacket, in shuttle-loom denim.
Urajiro, “white back”, was the local name in Ibara for cloth dyed indigo on the face and left white on the reverse, which is how denim is still made.
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Ise Valley Boot Co.
Goodyear-welted boots and brogues, in calf and suede.
A Goodyear welt is a leather strip stitched round the boot. The sole is stitched to the welt, so a cobbler can take it off and fit a new one many times.
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Perrin
Dresses and blouses from a workroom of four people. Small runs, short waits.
Perrin cuts and sews every piece in the same room it was designed in.
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Hallam Row
Poplin shirts, a loden jacket, one coat in melton each winter.
Hallam Row cuts and sews in a workroom in east London and puts every shirt's size on a woven tab at the hem.
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