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Wax and wool-cashmere spring mac
February 18th, 2012

The dry-waxed mac marries the weather-proof properties of British Millerain with a bespoke wool-cashmere from West Yorkshire.

Moving images from West Yorkshire
February 10th, 2012

The finest mohair mill in the country, doing what it does — on video.

Export strength
January 22nd, 2012

Fifteen “high summer” garments put together and shipped to Japan in six short weeks over Christmas and New Year.

Four walls and a lid
January 19th, 2012

Coming soon: a workshop on Boundary St. in London. As its name implies, part of it is for work and part of it is shop.

Some meritable mohair making
December 13th, 2011

The newest makers write-up returns to West Yorkshire, and a place at the top table of domestic manufacturing.

Bashed-about wool-cashmere blazer
November 27th, 2011

Had a hard but character-building upbringing, the birdseye wool-cashmere cloth of the three-button blazer.

The made-in-Donegal cardigan
November 10th, 2011

Offers little in terms of details, trims, or stitches, the Donegal minimal cardigan, but nor does it much need them.

Revisiting the moss-stitch
November 1st, 2011

Makes for deceptively steadying knitwear, the moss stitch — the all-new button-up crewneck cardigan, for instance.

Overshirts in sideways chalk-stripe wool
October 17th, 2011

The chalk-stripe woollen seam overshirt: the first fruits of partnership with a mohair mill in West Yorkshire.

Hopsack tweed autumn jackets
October 13th, 2011

The neat jacket might be a simple-looking garment, but below its surface are one or two autumn-aiding peculiarities.

From the Heavy Woollen District, pt. 2
October 5th, 2011

The second serving of a behind-scenes look at West Yorkshire’s — if not the country’s — oldest and finest cashmere maker.

Wool-cashmere and cord vests
October 1st, 2011

Flecked wool-cashmere and ten-wale cord on the outside, warm wool-melton inside, and winter-proof quilting between.

Lambswool stitched three ways
September 22nd, 2011

Some soft but steadying Yorkshire-spun lambswool and three fit-for-purpose stitches make up the Nottinghamshire-made three-stitch rollneck jumper.

Making things better
September 12th, 2011

Production: back on track. The first bunch of autumn-ready garments are off the line at a new London factory.

Introducing the Kelly collar
August 16th, 2011

Take a penny collar, neaten it up, then add a tab to brings its points together — do that and you get a Kelly collar.

From the Heavy Woollen District, pt. 1
June 21st, 2011

First of a two-parter. Words and pictures from a world-beating mill in West Yorkshire in the north of England.

Panama stowaway overshirts
May 29th, 2011

Two sturdy cotton-panama overshirts, with large pocketing, at the light-jacket end of the overshirt continuum.

Half-hidden placket raglan shirts
May 5th, 2011

Cumbria-made cotton pinpoint shirts: expertly woven, satisfyingly crisp, and disciplined with a good wash.

Cotton-drill tour jacket
April 19th, 2011

A four-button jacket, made from crisp, comfortable cotton-drill, and intended to be worn in two different ways.

Midlands-made horn buttons
April 1st, 2011

Horn buttons makers in the British Isles weren’t always so tricky to come by, but now, for one well-trod reason or another, this is only one.

Samples and small runs in North London
March 14th, 2011

Not the most prepossessing of places, the workroom, but a textbook example of the sort of place that the trade really would be lost without.

Spring-weight linen shirts
February 21st, 2011

Shirts made from an organic linen, sourced from a mill between the Pennines and the Calder in West Yorkshire.

Corduroy blazer cut crossways
February 20th, 2011

Short, three-buttoned and step-collared, the blazer — and a welcome return to lightweight Lancastrian corduroy.

Wool-cashmere charcoal shirt
January 6th, 2011

The pockets of mills in south-east Gloucestershire are a prolific source of good wools — not least the charcoal wool-cashmere used for shirting this winter.

Moss-stitched in time for winter
November 22nd, 2010

Grey and navy moss-stitch crewnecks for Book No. 1, knitted by a family-run mill in Nottingham in numbers that are comfortably counted on one hand.

Overshirts and under jackets
November 1st, 2010

Occupying wardrobe middle-ground, the turned-down collar overshirt is available for Autumn and Winter 2010 in slate grey and mustard cotton-twill.

Cotton-twill winter work jacket
October 11th, 2010

The first work jacket of the season is nothing if not winter-proof, constructed as it is from the most stouthearted cotton-twill the north-west has to offer.

Brushed-cotton autumn shirts
September 27th, 2010

With summer steadily drawing to a close, and the crisp days of early autumn imminent, the first group of new season garments have arrived.

Some real horn buttons
August 1st, 2010

With five generations of experience, our supplier of horn buttons — one of the last few in England — knows a thing or two about making them.

Salute to bloggers
July 17th, 2010

Where would Preface be without a few good bloggers? Still in the stockroom, most likely.

Printing with Newspaper Club
July 14th, 2010

“Always a pleasure, never a chore” goes our new printer’s byline.

Preface now in stock
May 14th, 2010

Preface is a small set of garments for summer 2010. It has been put together with mills and co-operatives from Lancashire to Cumbria, and from the Midlands to London.

Open all hours
February 12th, 2010

It is no slight pleasure to announce that S.E.H Kelly is now up and running and online.