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2. List of clothing and footwear shops in the United Kingdom ...

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   British designer knitwear: Founded as Lea Mills in 1784 by John Smedley and Peter Nightingale, it was in 1825 when John Smedley's son John took over the running of the business and started making clothing not just cloth. Operates a shop in Brook Street, London and concessions in several department stores. Paul Smith

3. Viyella - Wikipedia

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   Viyella logo. Viyella is a blend of wool and cotton first woven in 1893 in England, and the "first branded fabric in the world". [1] It was made of 55% merino wool and 45% cotton in a twill weave, developed by James and Robert Sissons of William Hollins & Co, spinners and hosiers.

4. Harrods - Wikipedia

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   The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m 2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m 2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe. The UK's second-biggest shop, Selfridges, Oxford Street , is a little over half the size with 540,000 square feet (50,000 m 2 ) of selling space. [ 39 ]

5. Claire's - Wikipedia

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   In 1961, Rowland Schaefer founded Fashion Tress Industries, a company that sold wigs and became the world's largest retailer for fashion wigs. [7] In 1973, Fashion Tress acquired Claire's, a 25-store jewelry chain, and began shifting its focus towards a line of fashion jewelry and accessories under the new name, Claire's Accessories, Inc. [7] Claire's Accessories began providing ear piercing ...

6. Aran jumper - Wikipedia

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   At the height of the fashion for Arans, the knitwear even inspired the British and French fashion scenes: Dublin-born London designer, Digby Morton (1906–83) featured Aran-“inspired” handknits for the first time in his 1955 autumn show in London, and by 1960, the Irish Times fashion editor was noting that the Irish hand-knit look was ...

7. Cashmere wool - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, under the U.S. Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939, as amended, (15 U. S. Code Section 68b(a)(6)), a wool or textile product may be labelled as containing cashmere only if the following criteria are met: such wool product is the fine (dehaired) undercoat fibers produced by a cashmere goat (Capra hircus laniger);