Best of British: Apparel Textiles
Apparel Textiles is the second part of UKFT’s Best of British Textiles campaign, where we showcase some of the UK’s most iconic apparel fabric mills, with products ranging from sumptuous tweeds through to exquisite cashmere accessories, impeccable worsted fabrics and stunning silks, to name just a few.
British apparel textiles are renowned the world over for their creative edge and technical ingenuity, always striving to create a newness that will wow, whilst respecting and drawing on their unique heritage.
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Discover the manufacturers and brands

Linton Tweeds
Linton Tweed's latest collection of innovative novelty tweeds incorporates many colourful and textured fancy yarns, mixed with natural fibres
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Abraham Moon
Abraham Moon is a UK manufacturer of quality woollen fabrics to leading high street fashion brands in the mid-range to high-end apparel sectors
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Bella Tela
Bella Tela designs and manufactures indulgent embroideries, luxurious 3D florals, artisan silk hand paints, and glistening hand-beaded embellishments
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Harris Tweed Hebrides
Harris Tweed Hebrides fabric is now exported to over 60 countries and supplied to many of the world’s most recognised designers, fashion houses and luxury brands
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Neill Johnstone
Neill Johnstone produces gorgeous novelty colour-woven fabrics mainly for the womenswear market
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London College of Fashion
Students on the BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles course at London College of Fashion offer exciting ideas for embroidery, print and knit
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Laurent Garigue
Since 1947 Laurent Garigue has manufactured high quality sustainable fabrics in Yorkshire, supplying Haute Couture houses and leading designers worldwide
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Joshua Ellis
The Joshua Ellis Spring/Summer 22 collection offers a range of light-weight jacketing cloths combining simplicity with luxury
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Margaret
Margaret is a new creative design studio based in London, which develops beautiful and modern prints for the fashion and graphic industries
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Lion & Leopard
Lion & Leopard is a new and exciting kids’ print design studio offering surface pattern prints for retailers and brands all over the globe
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Escorial
The new Spring season brings together perfectly all the elements that Escorial has to offer – lightness, performance, and indulgence
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Samuel Tweed
Samuel Tweed has been producing luxury mohair fabric and accessories to the highest standards in the UK for more than 80 years
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Marton Mills
Marton Mills is based in the very heart of Yorkshire, producing cloth for a wide range of customers throughout the clothing and furnishing industries
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Hainsworth
With an unrivalled heritage and reputation for exceptional quality, Hainsworth’s premium woollen apparel fabrics are utilised by designers and tailors crafting not only garments, but statements
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Taylor and Lodge
Taylor and Lodge designs and manufactures worsted textiles for leading international fashion houses and luxury brands: their fabrics are all manufactured locally in Huddersfield and Yorkshire
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Calzeat
Calzeat & Co Ltd is a specialist jacquard weaver of high-quality textile accessories, based in Biggar, Scotland.
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Kynoch 1788
With a heritage stretching back to 1788, the Kynoch name has always been synonymous with fine weaving
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Pincroft
A leading textile printer and dyer with over 130 years of UK manufacturing experience in apparel textile finishing, Pincroft is one of Europe’s largest commission textile finishers
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Pongees
Pongees specialises in luxury silks from stock with a minimum order of just 1 metre and rapid delivery
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Hand & Lock
Hand & Lock has 250 years’ experience embellishing, embroidering and monogramming garments for the Royal family, the military and fashion houses including Dior, Hermès and Louis Vuitton
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Dash & Miller
Dash and Miller textile design studio specialises in the design, development and production of woven fabrics for the global fashion, interior and automotive industries
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John Foster
John Foster has been weaving fine cloth since 1819 and the latest collection encompasses contemporary men’s fashion from formal attire to casual
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Halley Stevensons
Halley Stevensons is one the world’s leading manufacturers and innovators in waxed cotton and weatherproofed fabrics
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Cluny Lace
Cluny Lace is the last independent leavers lace manufacturer in the UK, able to produce a wide range of exquisite and unique designs, concentrating on the Cluny and Valenciennes styles
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Alfred Brown
Established in 1915, Alfred Brown weaves fine worsted and wool blend fabrics for apparel including suiting, jacketing and coating fabrics
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Stephen Walters
Based in Sudbury in Suffolk, Stephen Walters combines artisan traditions and advanced technical capabilities to create innovative fabrics for both menswear and womenswear
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Standeven
Established in 1885, the Standeven name continues to be synonymous with the finest worsted weaving
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British Millerain
Established in 1880, British Millerain is the world’s premier manufacturer of waxed cotton and a global leader in specialist textiles for outerwear
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Joseph H Clissold
Joseph H Clissold offers a seasonal collection, alongside a collection of stock-supported fabrics that are available in Extrafine Merino and Super 160’s Merino wool
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County Brook
Heritage runs deep at County Brook Mill where the talented creative team design and weave enduring ‘artisan’ apparel fabrics
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Hield Brothers
Hield Brothers was established in 1922 in the British hub for worsted wools as a manufacturer of the finest quality English cloth for apparel and furnishings
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RA Smart
R A Smart is one of the UK’s largest textile printers and can print onto almost any fabric
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William Halstead
William Halstead – cloth maker and originator – is a highly valued fabric innovator to international fashion houses and clothing artisans
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Lochcarron
The latest Lochcarron fabric collection is vivid and eclectic, with a playful take on some of the key signature tartan fabrics
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Jenny King Embroidery
Jenny King Embroidery has been established since 2003 and specialises in Irish machine embroidery which creates free hand satin stitch
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English Cloth
English Cloth is a merchant of luxury British tailoring fabrics based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
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Mallalieus
Mallalieus is a fully vertical mill based in the village of Delph which has been synonymous with luxurious woollen fabrics and accessories for over 150 years
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The House of Edgar
The House of Edgar is one of Scotland’s foremost manufacturers of authentic and quality Highlandwear established in 1783.
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Alex Begg
From its mill on the West Coast of Scotland, Alex Begg designs, weaves and finishes bespoke fabrics and soft accessories for internationally renowned luxury brands, and niche fashion clients
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Heritage Weavers
Heritage Weavers creates the finest British cloths in the heart of Yorkshire
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Dugdale Bros & Co
Dugdale Bros & Co. is the last remaining independently owned cloth merchant in Huddersfield and has been at the heart of the textile trade for 125 years
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Liberty Fabrics
From signature, obsessively fine-tuned Tana Lawn cotton and luxurious silk to lightweight linen, Liberty Fabrics are brilliant canvases for bespoke creations of all kinds
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Huddersfield Fine Worsteds
Huddersfield Fine Worsteds‘ Fresco range marches on into 2021 with new colours and designs. Fresco remains the original travel suit fabric and the most popular for those that appreciate their history
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Fairbairn and Wolf Studio
Fairbairn and Wolf Studio is a London-based creative print design studio producing innovative print collections for the fashion industry
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