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The Dobcoat
Last time around at the one-man-mill in north-east London, there was a Dobcross Loom halfway towards being assembled. A whizzing, thumping, cast-iron bruiser of a machine, the Dobcross, the likes... Leer más...
Out of the rubble, pt. 2
All very well, isn’t it, not writing anything down? You know — passing know-how down from generation to generation, by the medium only of spoken word? Learning by hard rote... Leer más...
Out of the rubble, pt. 1
Somewhere in the West Midlands is a start-up. Not your usual new-fangled start-up, this, but rather one which specialises in making old-fangled horn buttons — and, in so doing, becoming... Leer más...
Heavy metal riff, pt. 2
It seems unlikely, here at the buckle maker in the West Midlands, that they’d ever claim theirs the most picturesque trade. But, once a day, just before noon, they have... Leer más...
The outer-knit
The heavyweight tuck-stitch jumpers are back. You can't miss them, either — for they occupy, almost completely, the precious commodity of space here in the capital's premier 14-square-meter apparel fridge.... Leer más...
Scarf all you like
Your scarf. You ask one thing of your scarf in winter. You ask for warmth. You ask that that feeble throat of yours be kept safe, snug and shielded from... Leer más...
The return of Tetris tweed
Tetris tweed really is a curious cloth — at once traditional, with its nepps and burrs and decades-old Donegal provenance, and also modern, with its pattern surprisingly geometric, its palette... Leer más...
On the road in Donegal
Big, bracing, bold sort of place is County Donegal in north-west Ireland. The sort of place which, if you're not careful, if you don't stand up to it, can overawe... Leer más...
Digging trenches
The phrase “classic with a twist” is right up there in the pantheon of sartorial cliches, but the thing with the “twist” is that, were it any cop, it would... Leer más...
Peacoats of Donegal County
What can be said of the peacoat which has not been said already? For the peacoat goes way back; way, way back; back perhaps as far as 1700. Has been... Leer más...
Laying on the lambswool
Noticed anything different about the place? That's right — autumn is here. Slipped in unannounced last week. Hasn’t fully expressed itself yet, but will, sooner or later — and, once... Leer más...
Peacoat comeback
The peacoat, about which much was blathered at the end of last year, is coming back. And, tinkering aside — marginally softer shoulders, slightly wider sleeves, squared-off pocket flaps —... Leer más...