"the trade mark should have been granted exclusively to Harris, the Orb Trade Mark was granted. The Harris Tweed Association, a voluntary body, was formed to protect both the use of the Orb Trade Mark and to protect the use of the name ‘Harris Tweed’ from imitations. The original definition attached to the Orb Trade Mark stated that: Harris Tweed means a tweed, hand-spun, hand-woven and dyed by the crofters and cottars in the Outer Hebrides. In 1993, a new statutory body to guard the Orb Trade Mark, the Harris Tweed Authority, replaced the original Harris Tweed Association. Also in"
"However, in 1856 he acquired from the Clark family a small hardware galvanisation business, utilising the Crawford hot-dip technique, at Temple Back, Bristol. The business was renamed John Lysaght Ltd., and initially employed six men and a boy. Lysaght expanded the business, buying in iron sheets and galvanising them for the expanding factory market. He adopted the name ""Orb"" as his trademark, and Orb corrugated galvanised iron sheeting became highly prized. Demand grew quickly, and in 1869 Lysaght purchased a larger site at St Vincent's, Netham, Bristol, for a new factory which by 1878 employed 400 men and produced 1000"
"Despite the name the Harris tweed industry is today focused in Lewis with the major finishing mills in Shawbost and Stornoway. Every length of cloth produced is stamped with the official Orb symbol, trademarked by the Harris Tweed Association in 1909, when Harris Tweed was defined as ""hand-spun, hand-woven and dyed by the crofters and cottars in the Outer Hebrides""; Machine-spinning and vat dyeing have since replaced hand methods, and only weaving is now conducted in the home, under the governance of the Harris Tweed Authority, established by an Act of Parliament in 1993. Harris Tweed is now defined as"
"standard definition became essential. Groups of merchants in both Lewis and Harris applied to the Board of Trade for a registered trade mark. When this trade mark, the Orb, was eventually granted, the Board insisted that it should be granted to all the islands of the Outer Hebrides i.e. to Lewis, North and South Uist, Benbecula and Barra, as well as to Harris, the rationale for this decision being that the tweed was made in exactly the same way in all those islands. In 1909, after much negotiation and a degree of acrimony from merchants in Harris who felt that"
"Leith. McNaughton’s of Pitlochry was a traditional supplier of mainland yarn to Lewis small producers. Scottish Crofters Weavers Ltd. was associated with Robert Laidlaw Ltd Wool Mills of Leith who was also a traditional supplier of mainland yarn to Lewis small producers. Each of these mills were marketing and selling cloth marked as Harris Tweed but that had not been produced authentically or stamped with the Orb Mark. As such, they found themselves excluded from the lucrative American market, where the Orb Mark had recently been registered. Also in 1958 the Independent Harris Tweed Producers Ltd announced a group emblem"
"Aertex Aertex is a British clothing company based in Manchester, established in 1888, and also the name of the original textile manufactured by the company. The company owns the trademark for Aertex fabric, a lightweight and loosely woven cotton material that is used to make shirts and underwear. Aertex sells a range of menswear. In the late 19th century Lewis Haslam, a Lancashire mill owner and politician, began to link the partnering of holes and warmth and with two medical colleagues, began experimenting with aeration; trapping air within the warp and weft of fabric. The result was a fabric that"
"mark. When this trade mark, the Orb, was eventually granted, the Board insisted that it should be granted to all the islands of the Outer Hebrides, i.e. to Lewis, North and South Uist, Benbecula and Barra, as well as to Harris, the rationale for this decision being that the tweed was made in exactly the same way in all those islands. The Harris Tweed Association existed until 1993, when it was replaced by the Harris Tweed Authority under the terms of the Harris Tweed Act of 1993. The Harris Tweed Authority was established in 1993, replacing the Harris Tweed Association"
"Grenfell Cloth Grenfell Cloth is a densely-woven cotton gabardine material used to make luxury and outdoor clothing since its creation in 1923. It was named after Sir Wilfred Grenfell, a British medical missionary working extensively in Newfoundland. He required a cloth to be woven to protect himself from the snow, wind, wet and cold weather he encountered in his work. The cloth is made from 600 thread-per-inch cotton originally by T. Haythornthwaite & Sons Ltd at Lodge Mill, Burnley, in the United Kingdom. It is similar to Byrd Cloth. After a spell under Japanese ownership in the 80's and 90's,"
"Rab (company) Rab is a British brand that specialises in making clothing and equipment for climbing and mountaineering. Founded in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in 1981 by leading Scottish climber Rab Carrington, the company is now headquartered in Somercotes, Derbyshire after being acquired by Equip Outdoor Technologies in 2007. Rab's primary focus is insulation products, in particular down jackets, sleeping bags and expedition wear. They also make synthetic jackets, waterproof jackets, overtrousers, gloves, t-shirts, baselayers and tents. Marketed as being ""by climbers for climbers"", Rab's strapline is ""The Mountain People"". Rab Carrington (born 1947 in Glasgow) began climbing while studying at"
"Orenburg shawl The Orenburg Shawl is a Russian knitted lace textile using goat down and stands as one of the classic symbols of Russian handicraft, along with Tula Samovar, the Matrioshka doll, Khokhloma painting, Gzhel ceramics, the Palekh miniature, Vologda lace, Dymkovo toys, Rostov finift (enamel), and Ural malachite. This type of finely knit, down-hair lace shawl originated in the Orenburg area about 250 years ago, in the 18th century. The Orenburg region of Russia is famous for its shawls, known as Orenburg shawls/scarves/ ""Orenburgskyi Platok"" in Russian. In the English-speaking world, they are often called ""wedding ring shawls"" because,"
"an OBE for services to textile weaving. Marianne Straub Marianne Straub OBE (23 September 1909 – 8 November 1994) was one of the leading commercial designers of textiles in Britain in the period from the 1940s to 1960s. She said her overriding aim was: ""to design things which people could afford. ... To remain a handweaver did not seem satisfactory in this age of mass-production"". Linda Parry, curator of modern textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum, described her in 1990 as one of two or three British artists who used their great ability to serve industry. Although she became"
"or silver-gilt thread of the Durham examples flowered from the 12th to the 14th centuries into a style known to contemporaries as ""Opus Anglicanum"" or ""English work"". Opus Anglicanum was made for both ecclesiastical and secular use on clothing, hangings, and other textiles. It was usually worked on linen or dark silks, or later, worked as individual motifs on linen and applied to velvet. Throughout this period, the designs of embroidery paralleled fashions in manuscript illumination and architecture. Work of this period often featured continuous light scrolls and spirals with or without foliations, in addition to figures of kings and"
"any flaws. Once ready the cloth is finished. Dirt, oil and other impurities are removed by washing and beating in soda and soapy water before it is dried, steamed, pressed and cropped. The final process is the examination by the independent Harris Tweed Authority which visits the mills weekly, before application of their Orb Mark trademark which is ironed on to the fabric as a seal of authenticity. In 2012 the weavers and mills of the Harris Tweed industry produced one million metres of Harris Tweed, compared to 450,000 metres in 2009, which was the highest production figures in 17"
"Grenfell Cloth garments are once again manufactured in Britain. Grenfell is now based in London. Grenfell Cloth has been used on many expeditions. Grenfell Cloth Grenfell Cloth is a densely-woven cotton gabardine material used to make luxury and outdoor clothing since its creation in 1923. It was named after Sir Wilfred Grenfell, a British medical missionary working extensively in Newfoundland. He required a cloth to be woven to protect himself from the snow, wind, wet and cold weather he encountered in his work. The cloth is made from 600 thread-per-inch cotton originally by T. Haythornthwaite & Sons Ltd at Lodge"
"Osborne & Little Osborne & Little is a British manufacturer and retailer of upmarket wallpaper and fabrics. It was established in 1968 and now has showrooms worldwide. It was among the brands included in the Victoria and Albert Museum's ""British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age"" exhibition in 2012. Osborne & Little was established by Sir Peter Osborne (father of Conservative Party politician George Osborne) and his brother-in-law Antony Little. The company's shop, in the King's Road, Chelsea, put it in the heart of Swinging London. Little was the designer – he had been responsible for Biba's distinctive black"
"of the transatlantic slave trade, and 50 years of independence for Ghana. In September 2018 British Airways PLC media centre confirmed that Ozwald Boateng OBE has been chosen as the designer for their new uniform, to be launched in 2019 as part of the organisation’s centenary celebrations. This appointment is a matter of controversy amongst customers of the airline and staff alike, who have come to believe that the new uniform would be designed in partnership with the iconic and historic British brand Burberry. Boateng has designed bespoke costumes for films including: ""Hannibal"", ""Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"", ""Tomorrow"
"later 1730s as an imitation of an imported German fabric that was a coarse lint- or tow-based linen cloth. It quickly became the most important variety in east-central Scotland. Sales quadrupled, from 0.5 million yards in 1747 to 2.2 million yards in 1758. It was exported mainly to England, the Netherlands, and Britain's colonies in America, and some rough fabrics were called osnaburg as late as the twenty first century. In the Atlantic plantation complex, prior to the abolition of slavery, osnaburg was the fabric most often used for slave garments. In ""The Prairie Traveler"" (1859) Captain Randolph B. Marcy"
"a fiber measuring 11.5 microns. The company uses antique machinery together with up-to-date equipment, such as a £120,000 scouring machine. In 2006, Joanne Alsop, then head designer of the company, won a Silver Shuttle Award from the Worshipful Company of Weavers. As of 2010, the company was using 8 looms and producing about 500 single pieces or 35,000 metres per year, using archives going back to the 1930s for ideas. As of 2011, its fabric are priced between £300 ($480) and £11,000 ($17,600) per metre. 95% of the production is exported. In 1999, the company introduced socks woven with a"
"Orca (company) Orca is a New Zealand company that makes wetsuits and sports apparel, primarily for triathletes. The company was founded in Auckland in 1993 by Scott Unsworth, a former New Zealand age group triathlon champion. He decided to start manufacturing wetsuits after discovering that traditional wetsuits were not suitable for swimming. In Unsworth founded a company called Performance Speedsuits Ltd., also in Auckland, that manufactured swimming-friendly speed suits, and these speed suits gained much popularity. It was eventually renamed ""Orca"". In 2008 the company agreed a global distribution deal with Spanish cycling giant Orbea. Orca specialises in high range"
"Oxford (cloth) Oxford is a type of woven dress shirt fabric, employed to make a particular casual-to-formal cloth in dress shirts that may be called ""Oxford shirts"". Oxford cloth has a basketweave structure and a lustrous aspect making it a popular fabric for a dress shirt. Plain Oxford and Pinpoint Oxford are commonly used for casual shirt designs such as a button-down collar. Pinpoint Oxford is made from finer yarn and has a tighter weave than plain Oxford. It shows a ""pin"" or ""dot"" effect in the texture. Royal Oxford is considered a more formal option. It is a versatile"
"Burberry Burberry Group PLC is a British luxury fashion house headquartered in London, England. Its main fashion house focuses on and distributes trench coats (for which it is most famous), ready-to-wear outerwear, fashion accessories, fragrances, sunglasses, and cosmetics. Established in 1856 by Thomas Burberry, originally focusing on the development of outdoor attire, the fashion house has moved into the high fashion market, developing a first of its kind fabric called Gabardine, which is completely breathable and waterproof, and exclusively made for the brand. Their pattern-based scarves, trench coats, and other fashion accessories are unique. The first shop opened in the"
"weave that is suited to business or sporty dress codes. Oxford (cloth) Oxford is a type of woven dress shirt fabric, employed to make a particular casual-to-formal cloth in dress shirts that may be called ""Oxford shirts"". Oxford cloth has a basketweave structure and a lustrous aspect making it a popular fabric for a dress shirt. Plain Oxford and Pinpoint Oxford are commonly used for casual shirt designs such as a button-down collar. Pinpoint Oxford is made from finer yarn and has a tighter weave than plain Oxford. It shows a ""pin"" or ""dot"" effect in the texture. Royal Oxford"
"cloth claiming to be Harris Tweed that was not being woven at the islander's homes, tweed not being woven by hand, yarn being spun outside the Outer Hebrides, tweed being finished outside the Outer Hebrides, use of yarn that was not made from 100% Pure New Wool and the selling and marketing of Harris Tweed that had not been inspected or stamped with the Orb certification mark. In 1958, three mainland mills interests formed a group called the ‘Independent Harris Tweed Producers Ltd’, they were: Argyll-shire Weaver’s of Oban, A.&J. McNaughton of Pitlochry’ and Scottish Crofters Weavers of Aberdeen or"
"Osnaburg Osnaburg was a coarse type of plain fabric, named from the archaic English name for the city of Osnabrück, Germany. Osnaburg fabric may have been first imported into English-speaking countries from Osnaburg. Originally made from flax yarns, it has also been made from tow or jute yarns, and from flax or tow warp with a mixed or jute weft. The finer and better qualities form a kind of common sheeting, and the various kinds may contain from 20 to 36 threads per inch and 10 to 15 picks per inch. It began to be woven in Scotland in the"
"Harrods in Britain, and comparable department stores in North America, Europe and East Asia. Crombie also sells worldwide over its website. Crombie (clothing) J&J Crombie Ltd. is a British fashion company, which produces high-end clothing and accessories under its Crombie brand. Crombie is most famous for its luxury coats – so much so that the word 'Crombie' is sometimes used by other companies to refer to their own coats produced in the style of Crombie's most famous three-quarter length (usually wool) overcoats, although the Crombie company has been known to take legal action to prevent this trademark word from being"
"own type waterproof liners, cordura external fabric and polar fleece sweaters. Some Barbour products contain outdoor-orientated features such as snug-fitting collars, ""storm cuffs"", waterproof pockets with drainage holes and wide ""game"" pockets. In recent years the company has successfully modernised its collections to appeal to a younger clientele while maintaining credibility with the traditional countryside customer. Many of the more fashionable ranges are influenced by the ""Barbour International"" motorcycling ranges. Taking inspiration from the company's 1936 waxed cotton motorcycling suit and the 1951 ""Original Green"" motorcycling jacket, modern collections are fashionable interpretations of the companies heritage in bikes. Despite traditional"
"Crombie (clothing) J&J Crombie Ltd. is a British fashion company, which produces high-end clothing and accessories under its Crombie brand. Crombie is most famous for its luxury coats – so much so that the word 'Crombie' is sometimes used by other companies to refer to their own coats produced in the style of Crombie's most famous three-quarter length (usually wool) overcoats, although the Crombie company has been known to take legal action to prevent this trademark word from being used generically. J&J Crombie Ltd. was founded by John Crombie and his son James in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1805, making it"
"34 and was finally registered in October 1910. The registered design consisted of a globe surmounted by a Maltese Cross, studded with 13 jewels and with the words ""Harris Tweed"" in the first line and, in the second line, the words ""Made in Harris"", ""Made in Lewis"" or ""Made in Uist"", according to the place of manufacture. Every 58 metre and 75 metre length of Harris Tweed produced by the Harris Tweed mills is inspected by a Harris Tweed Authority inspector and ""stamped"" with an iron-on transfer of the Orb certification mark as outline above. Typically the mark is applied"
"J. Barbour and Sons J. Barbour & Sons Ltd. is a British luxury and lifestyle brand founded by John Barbour in 1894, that designs, manufactures and markets waxed cotton outerwear, ready-to-wear, clothing, footwear and accessories for men, women and children under the Barbour and Barbour International brands. Founded in South Shields, England, as an importer of oil cloth, J. Barbour and Sons Ltd. has become well known for its waxed cotton jackets which are a common element of British country clothing. The company's waxed cotton jackets are so well known that some people refer to any waxed cotton jacket as"
"by Thomas Burberry, founder of the Burberry fashion house in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England and patented in 1888. The original fabric was waterproofed using lanolin before weaving and was worsted wool or worsted wool in combination with cotton. It was tightly woven and water-repellent but more comfortable than rubberised fabrics. The fabric takes its name from the word ""gaberdine"", originally a long, loose cloak or gown worn in the Middle Ages, but later signifying a rain cloak or protective smock-frock. Burberry clothing of gabardine was worn by polar explorers, including Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole, in"
"Scabal Scabal is a Belgian textile company founded in 1938 by Otto Hertz as a cloth merchant and supplier of fabrics. ""Scabal"" is an acronym for ""Société Commerciale Anglo Belgo Allemande Luxembourgeoise"". Its headquarters are in Brussels and it now operates as a manufacturer and retailer of men's suits, jackets and shirts, as well as producing fabrics for tailors and the textile business. Most of Scabal’s cloth is woven at its heritage mill in Huddersfield, England. Stefano Rivera is the current CEO of Scabal. Scabal stores are located in London, Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Kiev, Baku, Beijing, and Moscow. Marlon Brando"
"Byrd Cloth Byrd Cloth is a type of fabric similar to Grenfell Cloth which was designed in the 1934 by Harris Thurston and heavily promoted by Antarctic explorer Richard Byrd. The material was considered windproof yet the weave allowed some air to penetrate and therefore allowed sweat to evaporate from the body rather than freeze against the skin. It was meant to replace the fur-lined parkas which had traditionally been used for cold-weather exploration, and was discovered to also be ideal for World War II army uniforms because it absorbed less sweat, repelled mosquito bites, and was much lighter weight"
"is always striped, and so the company produces a variety of stripe designs. A line of tartan fabrics has also been created. In 2010 the company launched the Real Shetland Wool Flatweave Collection, made using British wool. The company became a supporter of HRH The Prince of Wales' Campaign for Wool The company's wool carpets have been praised as eco-friendly because wool is biodegradable. Roger Oates Roger Oates is a British company that designs, manufactures and retails flooring, fabric and interior products. The company is best known for Venetian Flatweave, a narrow width wool floorcovering usually fitted as a stair"