english/ british made clothing is there such a things

[JamesT]

English,british i am looking for shops or brands high street or online that sells tshirts trousers and jumpers just pain clothing etc etc (100% cotton wool natural materials) that are made in this country,
Can even be organics just i was think that eveything that i buy normally has travelled thousands of miles, just would like to buy closer to home.
anyone that knows of such place please let me know
cheers

 

[nuggets]

barbour springs to mind ???

 

[John Fenna]

Harris Tweed?
Anything cotton will have been grown many miles away I am afraid!

 

[falcon]

I think most of the Bison Bushcraft clothing fits your description. have a look on thier website http://www.bisonbushcraft.co.uk/

 

[gregorach]

Depends on what you mean by "British made"... You can (very) occasionally find garments that are made here, but fabric and fibres are more difficult. You certainly won't find any British-grown cotton, for example! You can get tweeds and woollen fabrics produced here, but they tend to be very expensive. If you want 100% British-made, the only option that immediately comes to mind would be bespoke Harris tweed - second mortgage stuff for most of us. Maybe a few of the better kiltmakers...

Your best bet might be to haunt the charity shops looking at labels.

 

[mr dazzler]

Whatever happened to proper size's, you know like 36 waist/32 inside leg. Whenever did this S/M/L/XL/XXL/one-size-fits-all crap come in? Clothes these days are so shoddy its unbelievable. Thats why I prefer military stuff (within reason) or "vintage" ebay stuff.
As for British clothing, the wollen and cotton industries finished 30 years ago, as did fine quality (in principle) Its all fashion led now, the goon squad came to town annd took over

 

[maddave]

 

[SRC]

Old Town clothing make all their stuff in the UK.

Probably not what your looking for but the Jackets are rather nice!

http://www.old-town.co.uk/products.htm

John Smedley make all their merino and cotton jumpers in the UK as well.

 

[Nonsuch]

Hilltrek and SASS Kit make their stuff here, and do trousers as well as jackets, also Slioch and Keela I believe - and Ventile is woven here.

Lots of Barbour products are now made abroad.

NS

 

[rik_uk3]

These chaps are very good

http://www.gievesandhawkes.com/shop/made-to-measure/

http://www.gievesandhawkesmilitary.com/home.html

 

[Peat]

Your best bet might be to haunt the charity shops looking at labels.

Well, if you're looking primarily to reduce the mileage that your clothing has travelled, then anything from a charity shop (which would likely have otherwise been thrown away) has an advantage over newly made items, looking at the labels to see if it was made in UK seems somewhat unnecessary. To be honest I can't remember the last time I bought an item of clothing that wasn't from a charity shop, but then I am skint... In fact I have found a fair number of wool items that were produced locally including a great tweed woolen shirt.
Pete

 

[Mikey P]

I think Buffalo and Snugpak are still made here - they certainly used to be but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[EdS]

some Snugpak stuff is still made in Silsden as is the Ventile stuff.

Altebergs make some boots in Richmond, the rest in Italy.

 

[Limaed]

Hilltrek and SASS Kit make their stuff here, and do trousers as well as jackets, also Slioch and Keela I believe - and Ventile is woven here.

Lots of Barbour products are now made abroad.

NS

Slioch no longer exists, one of the previous owners ran it into the ground. However a new company has replaced it with many of the old designs:
www.firemore.com Ed

 

[JamesT]

thanks for the post good to hear them keep them coming please, by the sound of everyone talkin here there still wainting to buy english/british