We work with nine mills and workrooms across Britain and Italy. We know each of them by name, we visit every season, and we pay them properly. Cloth made by people you know is cloth you can stand behind, and it is the reason we can offer repairs for life rather than for a season. The relationship is not a logo on a label; it is a working one, built over years of small orders and straight answers.
Cashmere from the Scottish Borders
Our cashmere is spun and knitted in the Borders, where the water is soft and the light comes in low. The yarn is grade A, the longest and finest of the fibres, which is why it resists pilling and stays smooth against the skin. Every jumper is washed by hand after knitting and checked twice before it leaves the mill.
This is where the Elsie jumper and the Aster scarf begin. The region has made knitwear for two centuries, and the skills there are passed down in families rather than written in a manual. When we ask for a finer rib or a longer fibre, the mill knows exactly what we mean. It is patient work, and it shows in the hand of the cloth.
Wool from Yorkshire
In West Yorkshire, a family mill weaves our flannel and twill. Wool from those looms becomes the Ada blazer and the Vera trouser, both made in England. The flannel has a soft nap that presses beautifully and takes a rich depth of colour, while the twill is denser and drier, with a quiet sheen that wears slowly.
We choose each cloth for how it holds up over years, not for how it photographs on the day. A cloth that looks well in a photograph but bags at the knee by spring is no use to anyone who plans to wear a trouser for a decade. Durability is a quiet quality. It rarely photographs and it cannot be rushed.
Silk from northern Italy
Near Lake Como, silk is woven and printed for us in satin, crepe de chine and twill. The Iris slip dress, the Clemence blouse and the Mae scarf all begin there, before they are cut and sewn in London. The mills print small runs for us, which lets us keep the drawings simple and the colours true. Knowing the mills is why we can promise to repair what we make, for as long as you own it. If a seam gives or a thread pulls, we can go back to the people who made the cloth and put it right.
