LUXURY CLOTHING MADE IN ENGLAND IS IN LONG DEVELOPMENT AT 1812, AND THE INSPIRATION COMES FROM AN UNLIKELY PLACE. THE MILITARY AND SPORTING GARMENTS OF DECADES PAST. THE WAY A COLLAR IS SHAPED HERE. THE WAY A BUCKLE IS SET THERE. THE FABRIC CHOSEN FOR A REASON, AND THE QUIET MOOD OF A THING BUILT TO WORK. MADE TO BE USEFUL, AND BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT MEANING TO BE. HISTORIC ARTEFACTS AS MUCH AS CLOTHES.
VINTAGE IS WIDELY MISUNDERSTOOD AS SIMPLY THE OLD. WE MEAN SOMETHING NARROWER. A PIECE THAT HAS LASTED AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS AND STANDS AS A BENCHMARK OF ITS KIND. FUNCTIONALITY BEFORE FASHION, ALWAYS. MANY ARE HARD TO FIND NOW, LOST OR DESTROYED OR CUSTOMISED BEYOND RECOGNITION. SOME ARE ONE OF A KIND, IMPROVED BY THE PEOPLE WHO WORE THEM TO MEET A NEED THE MAKER NEVER SAW. THESE ARE THE PIECES WE SPEND HOURS UNCOVERING IN OUTHOUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE BUILDING AN ARCHIVE. A REFERENCE LIBRARY OF THE BEST EXAMPLES WE CAN FIND, STUDIED FOR WHAT THEY GOT RIGHT. FROM THESE WE WILL DRAW THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MATERIALS AND THE TRUEST DETAILS AND MAKE THEM NEW, IN ENGLAND, AS LIMITED PIECES BUILT BY HAND. THE VINTAGE GARMENTS OF THE FUTURE. THIS SERIES IS WHERE WE SHOW THE THINGS THAT TEACH US. FUNCTION FIRST. BEAUTY AS THE CONSEQUENCE.
