Some weeks ago I promised to show you the Autumn/Winter 2013 collection from British knitwear brand Alan Paine, starring the older bearded model used in previous campaigns.
The range comprises 75 colours and, although not manufactured in the UK, is made using lambswool and Geelong spun in England by the same supplier that the brand has worked with for over 60 years, Z. Hinchliffe and Sons, who have over 250 years of dying and spinning expertise.
Alan Paine’s English Explorer collection is inspired by the brand’s connection with the eminent English mountaineer, George Mallory who took part in three expeditions to Mount Everest, the final one being his last when he and his climbing partner, Sandy Irvine, disappeared on the North-East ridge on 8th June 1924. It is still not known whether they reached the summit.
Mallory's frozen body was discovered 75 years after his disappearance. Several items of clothing were recovered, one bearing the label W.F. Paine, Godalming; the shop owned by Alan Paine’s father, William Paine, and the place where William founded his knitwear business in 1907.
The Alan Paine Autumn/Winter 2013 collection will shortly be available from select stores and www.alanpaine.co.uk.
