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

Ten months and an eyewatering amount of money later, CHERCHBI is now a registered trademark in Japan. Aside from being pleased we’ve finally got the official trademark, we think the design of the certificate is lovely, puts our own IPO to shame a little.

Just returned from a trip to London. One of the highlights was half a day in Portobello doing the second-hand and vintage stores and picking up this inspirational piece.

We’re visiting Pitti Uomo in Florence this June. This is a little recce trip to check out the show, meet with the folks at the British Menswear Guild, work out best Salons and have a general sally round as a precursor for CHERCHBI showing in Jan 2011 for AW’11 season. That’s if we’re accepted. Applications … Continue reading CHERCHBI at Pitti Uomo