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Pride, Pomp and Pageantry: Hainsworth’s Role in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022

This weekend the country will come together to mark a moment in history, as Her Majesty The Queen becomes the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service. The celebrations begin on Thursday 2nd June with Trooping the Colour, when over 1400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians march together […]

Commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with the Limited-Edition Jubilee Throw

We are delighted to introduce you to a very special, limited-edition throw which commemorates The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022. Woven in the colours of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee emblem – purple and platinum grey – featuring a 7-stripe design in honour of our monarchs’ 70 years on the throne, The Jubilee is both a luxurious […]

Interiors Colour Trends 2022: Optimism, Authenticity, and Exaggerated Nature

At Hainsworth, our commitment to our heritage and the production of iconic, timeless fabrics is finely balanced with innovation and the latest industry trends. Each year, we devour colour forecasts and scour trend predictions for the coming season to inspire our Interiors Colour Trends, which are edited using the compete collection of Hainsworth Interior cloth. […]

Wool Week 2021: Championing the Benefits of Nature’s Wonder Fibre

Slow fashion is turning the industry on its head. As we become wise to the waste created by fast fashion – in which trend-inspired garments are mass-produced then discarded as quickly as they are made – many of us are seeking to make more mindful wardrobe choices. This drive for change has resulted in a […]

Slow Fashion X MMUFDT – Live Brief Competition

The Slow Fashion movement is continuing to gain momentum. As consumers wake up to the negative impacts of fast fashion and brands look to slow down the constant churn of production, attitudes across the industry are changing for the better. Slow Fashion was at the heart of Hainsworth’s 20/21 live brief competition, challenging students at […]

Matty Bovan wins 2021 International Woolmark Prize

Fashion Designer Matty Bovan has won both the International Woolmark Prize and the Karl Lagerfeld Award for Innovation, becoming only the second Designer in IWP history to win the double award. Praised for his ‘technically advanced weave designs’ which were developed in collaboration with Hainsworth and woven on the jacquard looms at the iconic mill, […]

Hainsworth Launch Short Run Bespoke Fabric Service

Designers from the worlds of Fashion, Interiors and Costume can now develop their own short run bespoke fabric, a unique service recently launched by luxury woollen mill AW Hainsworth. The bespoke woollen jacquard service utilises the fully vertical manufacturing capabilities and hundreds of years of manufacturing knowledge held by the iconic company. Until now, designers […]

AW Hainsworth Releases Annual Sustainability Update

Renowned textile mill AW Hainsworth have published their 2021 Sustainability Update, which follows on from the in-depth Sustainability Report that was launched at the beginning of last year. In the exceptional year that was 2020, Hainsworth continued to develop their approach to sustainability, implementing and maintaining activities that focus on their long-term commitment to the […]