The making of the 'Clerkenwell' jacket by Wallace Sewell, Gieves & Hawkes and Designtex

Bringing together great textile brands, we paired Wallace Sewell's upholstery fabric with Gieves & Hawkes' tailoring know-how

By Jack Moss
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Tasked with making a jacket out of Wallace Sewell's bold new upholstery fabric collection for Wallpaper* Handmade 2014, Gieves & Hawkes chose to create a boating jacket out of 'Clerkenwell'. This striped wool sateen fabric is made in collaboration with Designtex and woven at the Hield Brothers textile mill in West Yorkshire.

Jack Moss
Fashion Features Editor

Jack Moss is the Fashion Features Editor at Wallpaper*. Having previously held roles at 10, 10 Men and AnOther magazines, he joined the team in 2022. His work has a particular focus on the moments where fashion and style intersect with other creative disciplines – among them art and design – as well as championing a new generation of international talent and profiling the industry’s leading figures and brands. 

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