howies - brainfood » chrisv http://brainfood.howies.co.uk the hub of all howies blogs, rants and team information. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:59:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Made in Manchester http://brainfood.howies.co.uk/2009/06/made-in-manchester/ http://brainfood.howies.co.uk/2009/06/made-in-manchester/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:47:17 +0000 chrisv http://brainfood.howies.co.uk/?p=8166 Myself Mel & Lou decided our friends in Manchester deserved a visit from the howies product team to see how the production of the HMD summer jackets are getting on.

1hr by road to Aberystwyth

3hrs by train to Manchester

All in all it was worth a days traveling to visit  this great factory suppling our quality jackets & outer wear

Made in UK 

Chris V.

 

Coastal road trip to Aberystwyth to catch the train to sunny Manchester.

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Train ride through north Wales

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Arrived at Cooper & Stollbrand in Manchester our UK jacket manufacturer. 

Below our HMD summer jackets ready for the line.

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Local lasses at work.

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Men’s Jacket, size S,M,L Only 30 made in UK.

Women’s Jacket, size 10,12,14 Only 30 made in UK.

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All good things come to people who wait

Hand Me Down Jackets

Many months in the making

Arrive to us at howies on Monday

Limited edition

30 Men’s

30 Women’s

The jackets are produced using fabrics chosen for their ageing qualities, woven exclusively for howies in the UK, we are using organic and traditional fabrics where possible and in the process supporting traditional production skills. The designs are clean, with all fastenings chosen for their strength durability and high quality.

Outer shell

·       Organic Ventile

Lining

·       Organic Tweed, woven in the Isle of Mull

Manufacture

·       Manchester UK

We are building a site for the HMD collection to live

Not long now.

CV

 

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