At Community Clothing we are fairly fanatical about reducing waste and one of the ways we do this is to use what our industry calls ‘Deadstock’, a rather unpoetic name for, often, some pretty great fabrics.
Fabrics become deadstock for various reasons: the shade may not be quite right, a brand may have been forced to over-order because of minimum quantities, or sometimes designer simply change their minds. Either way, each year millions of metres of perfectly good fabric finds itself without a good home to go to. And we think that’s a crime.
Roy Powley, who knits the cotton jersey for our rugby shirts, has, over his more than 30 years in the game, made the jersey for the great and the good of the rugby world, from school boys to superstars.
The fabulous green, cerise and maroon stripe we’re launching today was knitted several years ago and this one excess roll lived on a shelf in Roy’s Warehouse until I spotted it looking lost and forlorn a few months back. Now I’m hoping it will find a new home as a much loved part of your wardrobe.
Because of the limited quantity of fabric we’ve made it in just the two most popular sizes, a mens size M and L. But if it flies off the shelves then Roy can always knit us some more so we can do a full size run.
Patrick Grant
Community Clothing Founder.
At Community Clothing we are fairly fanatical about reducing waste and one of the ways we do this is to use what our industry calls ‘Deadstock’, a rather unpoetic name for, often, some pretty great fabrics.
Fabrics become deadstock for various reasons: the shade may not be quite right, a brand may have been forced to over-order because of minimum quantities, or sometimes designer simply change their minds. Either way, each year millions of metres of perfectly good fabric finds itself without a good home to go to. And we think that’s a crime.
Roy Powley, who knits the cotton jersey for our rugby shirts, has, over his more than 30 years in the game, made the jersey for the great and the good of the rugby world, from school boys to superstars.
The fabulous green, cerise and maroon stripe we’re launching today was knitted several years ago and this one excess roll lived on a shelf in Roy’s Warehouse until I spotted it looking lost and forlorn a few months back. Now I’m hoping it will find a new home as a much loved part of your wardrobe.
Because of the limited quantity of fabric we’ve made it in just the two most popular sizes, a mens size M and L. But if it flies off the shelves then Roy can always knit us some more so we can do a full size run.
Patrick Grant
Community Clothing Founder.
Many of you love the Field trouser, our heavy duty military inspired wide leg chinos. We’ve sold lots and lots of them this year (are we finally getting over our 20 year obsession with skinny?). So many in fact that we’ve decided to launch them in denim!
I have long fancied including a classic Guernsey in our collection and so last summer I was delighted to have the chance to visit the Le Tricoteur factory on the island's western coast.
Everything we do is a celebration of the people, the skills and the traditions of the amazing factories we work with, all of them the very best of their kind, all of them deeply embedded in the culture and history of their communities.