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How the time flies!... While our factory here in Manchester has been making lingerie & sleepwear since 1935, it's 10 years this coming weekend since we decided to sell our wares 'online', direct to the public & we have to say, it's one of the best decisions we've ever made. Before this point we manufactured product for most of the large UK high street retailers under their own brand names, a thankless challenge, trying to downwardly engineer garments to fit pricing models, with the constant threat of fines for late deliveries, random cancellation of orders if stock wasn't selling, hugely elongated payment...

Several weeks ago one of our faithful customers reached out to us about producing a 'snood or neck buff' style garment in the beautifully soft bamboo fabric, something that could also be worn as a face covering, foregoing the need for irritating, uncomfortable ear loops & which would be convenient when popping into a shop, post office or venturing onto public transport. We loved the idea and to be absolutely honest, we were already halfway there since some of our machinists had made their own, for those chilly early morning starts. Naturally the idea, (or should I say garment), had to be refined somewhat, patterns were made, a sprinkle of...