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Community Clothing launches plastic-free sportswear

Community Clothing, the apparel brand and social enterprise founded by Patrick Grant, has launched a line of high-performance and durable athletic clothing that is 100 percent plastic-free, organic, natural and biodegradable. The new 13-piece ‘Organic Athletic’ collection is made exclusively using plant-based textile technology, stepping away...

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Community Clothing launching trainers with Norman Walsh

Community Clothing, the apparel brand and social enterprise founded by Patrick Grant, is launching trainers made in the UK with cult British sports shoemaker Normal Walsh. Grant has worked with the Walsh team to re-design a 1980s running shoe from their extensive archive to introduce a new unisex running shoe named ‘Beacon’ after Beacon Fell, a...

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Community Clothing looking to bring underwear manufacturing back to Wales

Patrick Grant’s clothing brand and social enterprise, Community Clothing, is looking to reignite Welsh underwear manufacturing with a new inclusive range of affordable, high-quality underwear for men and women made in Wales. Community Clothing, known for championing British manufacturing through its partnership with 42 factories across the UK,...

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Community Clothing to host first Swap Shop and second-hand pop-up

British clothing brand Community Clothing, founded by designer Patrick Grant, is opening its first-ever swap shop and second-hand shop in the Media City Quayside outlet this weekend. The pop-up will be part of the free ‘We Invented The Weekend’ festival, taking place at MediaCity and Salford Quays from June 3 to 4. The fashion brand is inviting...

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John Lewis launches Community Clothing line

Menswear label Community Clothing by Patrick Grant has launched exclusively with John Lewis for spring 2021. The launch is a partnership between John Lewis and Grant to champion small independent and British businesses, as well as offer clothing that “underlines great quality, strong purpose and offers timeless, affordable clothing”. Community...

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Pure London: Patrick Grant on embracing slow fashion and local manufacturing

“Fashion is on such a messily over-consumptive model that we have sort of lost the joy of it, and we have to collectively find a way to bring the joy back,” said British fashion designer and owner of Savile Row tailor Norton & Sons, Patrick Grant, during his keynote talk at Pure London on Sunday. In front of a crowd of industry professionals,...

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Patrick Grant launches Community Clothing project

British designer Patrick Grant has launched a not-for-profit fashion brand called Community Clothing with the aim of reigniting British clothing and textile manufacturing. The social clothing initiative is dedicated to making clothes, creating jobs and supporting the UK textile community, and Grant has set up a Kickstarter fund inviting the...