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Notes from the shop floor

What we have learnt buying, washing and altering clothes for nine years, written by the people who did it.

A designer laying out bright orange cloth on a studio table

This month

How we pick a fabric that survives a year of washing

Four washes at sixty, a fortnight on a hanger in the sun, and a look at the seam allowance with a ruler. Most of what we are offered does not get past the second wash, and this is what we are looking for when it does.

6 August 2026

6 min read

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Everything else we have written

A designer laying out bright orange cloth on a studio table

How we pick a fabric that survives a year of washing

6 August 2026

6 min read

Someone carrying a cotton tote and a wrapped parcel

What actually happens after you press pay

22 July 2026

4 min read

Neutral-coloured clothes hanging close together on white hangers

Five ways to wear one white shirt

9 July 2026

7 min read

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