Hand linking socks is both expensive and time consuming but creates a seamless perfectly flat finish giving the greatest comfort and durability. The art of hand linking requires skill, experience, enormous manual dexterity, and excellent vision. Skilled hand linkers are in short supply. Caroline Taylor, pictured here, links socks at J. Alex Swift of Hathern Leicestershire, manufacturer of socks to many of the UK's finest brands, including Community Clothing. Caroline was trained in the art at Scott Nicholl of Shepshed just six miles away, one of many firms engaged in producing exceptional hosiery in the East Midlands. Caroline's career began in 1983.
Hand linking socks is both expensive and time consuming but creates a seamless perfectly flat finish giving the greatest comfort and durability. The art of hand linking requires skill, experience, enormous manual dexterity, and excellent vision. Skilled hand linkers are in short supply. Caroline Taylor, pictured here, links socks at J. Alex Swift of Hathern Leicestershire, manufacturer of socks to many of the UK's finest brands, including Community Clothing. Caroline was trained in the art at Scott Nicholl of Shepshed just six miles away, one of many firms engaged in producing exceptional hosiery in the East Midlands. Caroline's career began in 1983.
Everything we do is a celebration of the people, the skills and the traditions of the amazing factories we work with, all of them the very best of their kind, all of them deeply embedded in the culture and history of their communities.
Great photographs don’t just show our clothes, they tell our story and connect you with what we do.
Our philosophy around photography is really simple: just keep it honest. Shoot the clothes as they are, don’t alter or pin them, don’t retouch. When our clothes arrive and you put them on we want them to look like the clothes you see in the pictures.
Celebrating 10 Years of Community Clothing. The highs, the lows, the socks and the factories