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Warehouse was a British clothing retail chain, founded in 1976. [1]Warehouse was owned by Aurora Fashions, as were women's fashion brands Coast and Oasis. [2]In November 2016, the administrator for Aurora Fashions, Kaupthing Bank, placed the retailers up for a £100 million sale.
In 1946, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill was founded by Drew Stevenson as the Langholm Dyeing and Finishing Company Limited, dyeing wool yarn to order. His eldest son, David Stevenson, opened the first retail store in Randolph Place, Edinburgh, in 1970. In 1972, the first English store was opened in Carlisle. [8] [9]
The members were wholesale dealers in wool and later woollen cloth. The Company dominated the trade in Welsh cloth and in 1566 was given a regional monopoly in the Welsh Wool trade. In the seventeenth century the trade had difficulties particularly during the English Civil war and then further declined in the eighteenth century with the ...
Ladies' clothing warehouse of the 19th century, originally based in Piccadilly but then later 174 Sloane Square, London. [80] Claude Alexander: Men's multiple tailor chain based in Scotland with 44 shops, who were bought by United Drapery Shops in 1951. [81] Became part of UDS Tailoring group, along with John Collier and Alexandre Tailors. [82]
Scotswomen walking (fulling) woollen cloth, singing a waulking song, 1772 (engraving made by Thomas Pennant on one of his tours). Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (Scots: waukin, hence often spelt waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make it ...
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.
Wool House seen from corner of Forbes and Pinchin Streets. Wool House is a grade II listed Victorian wool warehouse at 74 Backchurch Lane, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets . It was originally five storeys tall, and spanned a total of 137,455 square feet (12,770.0 m 2 ).
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