“If you’ve met me anywhere in the last year or two, you’ve probably seen me wearing these. It’s probably my favourite of all the trousers we make at Community Clothing.” Meet Patrick's favourite trousers. The Field Trouser.
One Track Club is a global, science-driven running community and coaching platform designed for "everyday athletes" seeking structured training who we've been chatting to recently about our nature positive running gear.They've very kindly offered CC customers a month's free trial (open to everyone), on top of which you have the chance to win a coaching package worth £450.
We asked award-winning photographer, writer and skater Stuart Clapp (whose photos now appear in the pages of skateboard magazines - something that would have blown the mind of his younger self), along with his pals in the South Essex skateboarding community, to field-test the Community Clothing trousers.
Brilliant British Wool.
It’s that time of year when a third of our design team (it’s a small team) disappears and comes back a week later rather bleary-eyed and smelling slightly of wool.
Over 70% of clothing is made from oil-based plastics. Discover the impact and explore our plastic free range, made entirely from natural, biodegradable materials.
When we developed our kidswear we set out to make it brilliant: gorgeous organic materials, zero plastics, and the super-high make standards that we set for our adult clothes. Partly this was because we wanted to offer something better than everything else on the market, but partly because that’s the only way we know.
A well-worn pair of Cortez, nights in Leeds, and the origins of a design that inspired the Community Clothing Catlow.
International Women’s Day celebrates the cultural, economic, social and political achievements of women. As a business, our staff, including our freelance colleagues, are 73% women. Seven of our eleven female colleagues are working mums. And amongst the amazing people who manufacture our clothes there is a similarly positive story of equality in our workplaces. 43% of the manufacturing staff at our UK partner factories are women. We recognise equality in ability and reflect this through equality in pay.
It’s British Pie Week next week. Which in our office means one thing: serious debate.Steak & ale versus pork pie. North v South.
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2025 was a year of some pretty amazing numbers for Community Clothing, but there are two that mean more than all the others. Read Patrick's New Year Impact Update |
Maybe it’s because we’ve been into wool for at least six thousand years? Or maybe it’s because whilst pretty much everyone else on the planet switched to trying to make the cheapest clothes they could, we stuck to trying to make the best ones.
The first question to ask is, what do we mean by a good raincoat? We think to be really good it needs to do several things.
