1. Toumazi & Co. Ltd
About:
Toumazi are a small, friendly Cut, Make and Trim ( CMT) workshop who pride themselves in quality garment manufacturing in mens and womenswear, great customer service and an exemplary understanding of both emerging and established design teams’ needs. They are also members of Ethical Fashion Forum’s Fellowship 500.
Products and Services:
Pattern Cutting: They have highly experienced pattern makers offering a full pattern making service from flat pattern cutting to draping on the stand. Pattern alterations are also taken on.
Toiles: Production of toils, working with the client on any fit and amendments that need to be made.
Grading: Full grading service to UK manufacturing standards.
Sampling: All samples are produced by an experienced sampling machinist who works to a very high standard.
Production: Facilitate small and medium size production runs with no minimum quantity order. Please note that a sample must be made prior to production to determine accurate pricing.
Customers:
William Hunt (Savile Row), Nicole Farhi, Temperly, French Connection, Osman Yousefzada, Nicki Macfarlane, Palmer Harding, Forest Casual, Casson, Barrington Ayre, Favourbrook, Angels Costumes, Coco De Mer and TeamTogs.
2. Cornish Organic Wool
About:
Cornish Organic Wool is 100% organic – produced, spun and hand dyed organically with Soil Association certification at every stage. The aim of the company is to produce organically certified yarns with minimal impact on the environment. All farmers are Soil Association accredited or are certified with Organic Farmers & Growers Ltd (OF&G) and are dedicated to the welfare of their animals.
Products and Services:
wool yarns, dyed, natural: stuffing, blended wool. Dyeing, Mail order selling, Processing (other), Retailing, Spinning, Trading, Wet processing
Key Product:
Peruk – a blend of 75% Cornish Organic Wool with 25% Peruvia.
Certifications:
Soil Association
Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)
Organic Farmers & Growers Ltd (OF&G)
Customers:
James Purdey & Sons have recently produced their own knitted accessories using Cornish Organic Wool that has been specifically dyed for them, and major retailer John Lewis has added the brand to their stock list. Also supply to ethical brand, Lu Flux.
3. WT Johnsons & Son Ltd
About:
W.T. Johnson & Sons, based in Bankfield Mills Huddersfield, is one of the world’s leading textile dyeing and finishing companies. Through a combination of craftsmanship and innovative technology, they create high quality finishes on an ever increasing range of fabrics, from the finest gentlemen’s worsted suiting to specialised safety clothing and upholstery fabrics.
Products and Services:
The company work the fabric from start to finish and offer Milling, Decating, Drying, Dyeing, Cropping, Finishing
Key Products:
They have a range of interesting products, the ones that make them stand out are Coolstretch™, Nanobloc®, Silvershield®, V.V Finish®
Certifications:
Soil Association
Customers:
WT Johnson is a retailer focused company whose customers include Escorial, All Saints, Charles Clayton
4. Ardalanish | Isle of Mull Weavers
About:
Rare native Kyloe Highland cattle and Hebridean sheep. Ardalanish use the sheeps’ wool for weaving their unique and distinctive tweeds. Farming practices represent their belief in the primary importance of understanding the land and its needs and allowing ecological relationships to develop with animals that are already co-evolved with the environment.
Products and Services:
They offer a range of high quality yarns, tweeds for both clothing and upholstery. They also have a great selection of menswear, womenswear and childrenswear available to buy online.
Certifications:
Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)
Customers:
Designer Eloise Grey, Kate’s Originals, Scottish designer James Donald, Susu Organic
5. The Natural Fibre Company
About:
Founded in 1991, The Natural Fibre Company is a 5,000 sq ft, British wool mill based in Launceston, Cornwall, and is now the only small-scale full range textile mill in the UK. The main focus of the business is to add value to naturally coloured raw fleece which it buys from farmers, smallholders and rare sheep breeders. Through this commission spinning work it is providing support in the preservation of rare breed sheep and is helping to improve commercial returns within the wool industry. It is one of only a handful of mills worldwide that processes yarn in small quantities for craftspeople and smaller businesses. It also operates the UK’s only organically accredited dyeplant.
Products and Services:
Wool, mohair, Alpaca, Vegetable fibres. The Natural Fibre Company scours, cards, spins and dyes fibre in either wool or worsted form working in batches upwards of 20 kilos.
Share Scheme:
To help small producers add value to their fleece, The Natural Fibre Company has developed a specialist scheme for small yarn producers so that their wool can be spun at an affordable cost. Tailor-made for those who want less than 20 kilograms of fleece.
Certifications:
Soil Association, Organic Farmers and Growers and Demeter certified
Customers:
The Natural Fibre Company caters to small brands and retailers that are looking fulfil small production runs.
