Locally produced stuff - ie "Made in England"

[Ness Rowlah]

This should maybe go in the clothes thread (sic), but I admire companies (often small) that still MAKE stuff in their own country. I guess if you are German that's not much of an issue, but back home in Norway (Helly Hansen and Norønna "Made in China") and here in the UK (Burberry "Made in China", Dyson etc) more and more of everyday goods are made abroad (as in the US: where Levi's ironically sell a premium collection made in the US http://us.levi.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10952143&cp=3146842.4305630.11326985).

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Just discovered this British company http://www.cherchbi.com/ that makes (expensive though) bags out of wool from the Herdwyck sheep

and I like the approach of a company like Brompton (foldable bikes) who refuse to "outsource", but rather stay small and continue to produce bikes in West London http://www.brompton.co.uk/page.asp?p=3088

 

[mistersloane]

The Carrier Company does really great Norfolk Slops, for that 'just going for a stroll, darling! Won''t be long!' look. They're a good look on some people.

http://carriercompany.co.uk/shop/item.php?ProductID=46

 

[mistersloane]

Their Sea Trout bag is great as well.

http://carriercompany.co.uk/shop/item.php?ProductID=42

 

[baboon2004]

http://www.newleftreview.org/?view=2809

It's a tangent, but I found this really excellent reading (it's old now, but only got round to reading it this week) on Chinese economic policy (obv overwhelmingly based on exports).

 

[Ness Rowlah]

Their Sea Trout bag is great as well.

http://carriercompany.co.uk/shop/item.php?ProductID=42

It is indeed Mr. And thanks for that link, they have satchels ~1/14 of the price
of those Chercbi ones (£32 vs £435). Might just get one (I need a new "manbag").

 

[blacktulip]

http://stockroom.inventorymagazine.com/category/inverallan

They come with a wee tag attached that says which granny knitted it. Lovely stuff, as Alan Partridge would say.

 

[hint]

For those who aren't yet proper grown-ups:

 

[Ness Rowlah]

http://fuckyeahmadeinusa.tumblr.com/

A tumblr for stuff (clothes mostly by the looks of it) made in the US