Marling & Evans

Undyed natural wool and English flannel

Marling & Evans has made cloth since 1782, first in Stroud in England's southwest, then from the 1960s in Huddersfield, where the mill still runs the whole process from spinning through to finishing. The house built its name on flannel. In the 1920s, Rolls-Royce used its thick flannel to trim car interiors.

These days the name means natural wool above all. Marling & Evans weaves British fleece left undyed, so the colour you see is the colour the sheep grew. No dyes or chemicals touch the yarn in spinning or weaving, and the finishing uses natural soap. Production happens within five miles of the mill. The palette runs from oatmeal to slate, and no two bolts are quite alike.

This is woollen cloth in the old sense: flannel, saxony, lambswool and shetland, with a dry, matte face and real body. It cuts cleanly and holds a lapel line, and it softens with wear rather than tiring.

Our Haddington Black Jacket is cut from Marling & Evans cloth. The texture reads from across the room, which is exactly what this mill is for.