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Gary Newbold is a designer who has travelled the world in search of the best fabric. After working with top names like Barbour and Ralph Lauren, Gary now focuses on his own luxury brand – English Utopia…
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Millions of tonnes of waste are sent to landfill each year. But what if we could turn that junk into useful, everyday items? That’s the mission of Neil Wragg, founder of Ragsto and resident artisan on BBC1’s Money for Nothing.
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Craft heritage is the activity of using traditional materials and knowledge to practice a craft and continue it for successive generations. They emerge from a need, a place and the materials found at that location. A rich craft heritage reflects local skill, knowledge and community identity. But crafts become extinct when needs change, manufacture is
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Xtenders is a company that builds bespoke tenders for superyachts. They use carbon fibre for many components, a fabric that is heavy, thick and difficult to cut. We’re proud that Xtenders choose for the traditional Ernest Wright Tailor shears to cut this modern material.
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Modern fashion moves fast. People are buying more and more, but clothes are worn less and discarded faster than ever before. Nowadays, clothes have increasingly short lifespans because of the poor-quality, blended fabrics used. And because trends change quickly, clothing styles soon end up becoming obsolete…
The seamstress promoting fair fashion Read More »
Things that belonged to our parents and our past family members hold a special significance. There’s an emotional attachment that adds to the function of something. It’s a unique feeling of the past generations that simply can never be replicated by “new things”.
Giving old scissors a new lease of life Read More »
FRANK TURTON Born in 1886, Frank Turton was to become a pioneer industrialist. A 1901 census records him as “Frank 14, scissor grinder”, and a decade later he took his skills to France during WW1, where he made and repaired surgical instruments. In 1920, he set up Frank Turton Scissors Limited and led the way
Continuing the ‘Legacy of Gentleman Frank’ Read More »
STRAIGHT FROM SCHOOL Cliff and Eric started work straight from school, at the ages of 15 and 14. They swept the floors and made the tea, as well as learning about scissor making from old hands and experienced Master Putters. Eventually, they each earned themselves the title of ‘Scissor Maker and Puttertogetherer’. Their experience, passion
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Making kilts is completely different from tailoring or dressmaking. You start by cutting out 8 yards of tartan cloth and press, pleat, sew and steam the fabric into shape.