Makepiece

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Makepiece 2 Dale Street, Todmorden, Lancashire OL14 5PX Tel: 01706 815888 e-mail: info@makepiece.co.uk website: www.makepiece.co.uk Opened in the autumn of 2004, Makepiece was the brainchild of knitwear designer Nicola Sherlock and her business partner Beate Kubitz, both of whom wanted to establish a business based on an ethical and aesthetic response to our landscape and the desire for design with principles. These principles include: "Buy as locally as possible _ we even keep our own sheep"; pay people properly; look after animals; and create real fashion, not passing fads. "We all desire beautiful designs and lovely things," says Nicola, "but don't really want to pay in environmental damage, exploitation or pollution." She uses luxury yarns from Makepiece's own flocks and from farms where she can be sure that the land is sustained and people and animals are treated fairly. Each garment is meticulously finished by hand to ensure it is perfect to wear and enjoy. As Beate puts it: "Makepiece is both an ethic and an aesthetic. We make clothes that are not just for the body, they're for the soul." Nicola and Beate's enterprise received a major accolade when it was selected by the Crafts Council to exhibit at the prestigious New Designers showcase exhibition in London in June 2005.

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