MONOCLE MAGAZINE’s Jonathan Openshaw picked up on CHERCHBI as ‘One to Watch’ at Pitti Uomo last month. The review is in the March issue, page 125.

NEW YORK TIMES Style Supplement: The Herdwyck bag collection is included in the Pitti Uomo country/utilitarian/tweed-focused trend report, alongside Nigel Cabourn, Engineered Garments and Japanese brand Haversack. Here’s the full report, see final paragraph for new folks CHERCHBI. Next fall, men are going to need a gaming license to make proper use of all the hunting- and fishing-inspired fashion that was … Continue reading The New York Times; CHERCHBI Herdwyck bags

A preview of the trade invitation to view the new collection in Florence next month. A very large thank you to Jim Lincoln [photographer], Matt Foney [model] and Miss Kirsty Lee [art direction & voice of sanity], all invaluable in the creation of the images. If, by chance you are in Florence in the middle … Continue reading CHERCHBI Herdwyck tweed bags at Pitti Uomo, Florence

JAPAN PRESS II > here’s a piece from Senken Shimbun, Nov 30th. This is a Japan-wide fashion industry daily newspaper covering all fashion related news. This is a translated summary of the article below. “UK Fashion and Jewellery Showcase – Determined Craftsmanship and Mode including fashionable eco brands UK Fashion and Jewellery Showcase was held in … Continue reading CHERCHBI in Japanese press II; Senken Shimbun

JAPAN PRESS > just received press clippings from the recent Tokyo trip. Click here for a link to the piece, and an English translation just here. The site is run by Asahi Newspaper, second largest newspaper companies in Japan. Asahi.com has 8.2 million unique visitors and 230 million page views per month. Heck. “CHERCHBI drew my attention … Continue reading CHERCHBI in Japanese press

CHERCHBI’s first interior leather work commission is now showing at The Gallery in Cork St, London. A monolithic hand-stitched English-tanned buffalo hide plinth supporting a solid silver sculpture by Hamish Mackie. This major solo show runs until 23 October.

Further to the last blog post I am highly delighted to announce that the Herdwyck project took Runners Up prize at Northern Futures awards last night. It’s hugely encouraging for this work to get recognised so early on – the collection isn’t commercially available until the end of this year, and even then only in … Continue reading CHERCHBI Herdwyck wins Northern Futures award

CHERCHBI Herdwyck tweed bag project has been shortlisted for the Northern Futures Fashion Award, click here to see the full list. The latest Herdwyck tweed bags will be shown in a public Award Exhibition at The Civic in Barnsley, 28 July – 3 September, with the awards ceremony itself on 17 August. The competition has … Continue reading Herdwyck tweed project shortlisted for award