As I mentioned in one of my first posts, we are trying to find a handbag factory in the UK that we can work with to develop our new British handbag brand. A few phone calls to some of the …
Searching for a handbag factory in England: Part One Read More »
Last Sunday I was invited to a unique shopping event in one of the gorgeous Huguenot houses in Spitalfields, held by Old Town, a fantastic British clothing company. Old Town are a clothing manufacturer, based in the beautiful Norfolk town …
An article in this weeks Sunday Times, entitled ‘Made in Britain is so much sweeter’, has some interesting statistics on UK manufacturing. Apparently manufacturing accounts for only 11% of gross domestic product today, compared to 22% 20 years ago. There …
Where to start to find handbag factories in the UK? A cursory glance reveals around a dozen potential manufacturers of bags in Britain, but my previous experience tells me that not all factories are made equal. The type of bag …
Finding a handbag factory in the UK – the search begins! Read More »
…and what will happen when it no longer becomes cost effective to source from the Far East? These are a couple of the questions that I have been asking myself over the last few years. Having worked in fashion design …
