by Bong Burgundy » Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:08 am
England’s football team flew out to the World Cup on Tuesday, kitted out in a patriotic Marks & Spencer suit.... made in Cambodia.
The England players wore the official £264 suit for the team photograph before taking a flight to St Petersburg. The tournament starts on Thursday with England’s first match against Tunisia on Monday.
M&S had proudly trumpeted the suit’s design, with red, white and blue trim and proudly boasted that the pure merino wool was woven at the Alfred Brown mill in Yorkshire.
The M&S website does not disclose where the suit is made. Customers might feel a little upset to discover it is made in Cambodia. The M&S website states: “Complete with jacket, trousers and waistcoat, this suit is carefully crafted from luxurious, 100% Merino wool woven in England by Alfred Brown, for a modern, streamlined silhouette that’s sure to make an impression at your next formal event.”
M&S repeatedly refused to say where the suit was made. Asked four times by the Telegraph where it was manufactured, a spokesman repeatedly answered: “The fabric is woven by Alfred Brown mill in Yorkshire.”
In the end, the Telegraph dispatched a journalist to investigate the labelling of suits being sold in M&S stores.
A spokesman then confirmed that the suit was made abroad. “We’ve been the official tailor to the England team for 11 years and the suit has always been manufactured abroad which allows us to offer our customers the best value for money," the store said.
"We always clearly display for our customers where the product is made on the care label – in this case Cambodia. We’re very proud the wool is woven by British supplier Alfred Brown – a longstanding supplier of M&S.”
Nigel Farage, the former Ukip leader, said: "We have forgotten to stand up for our own people and take more pride in our own workmanship."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/0 ... -cambodia/
[quote]England’s football team flew out to the World Cup on Tuesday, kitted out in a patriotic Marks & Spencer suit.... made in Cambodia.
The England players wore the official £264 suit for the team photograph before taking a flight to St Petersburg. The tournament starts on Thursday with England’s first match against Tunisia on Monday.
M&S had proudly trumpeted the suit’s design, with red, white and blue trim and proudly boasted that the pure merino wool was woven at the Alfred Brown mill in Yorkshire.
The M&S website does not disclose where the suit is made. Customers might feel a little upset to discover it is made in Cambodia. The M&S website states: “Complete with jacket, trousers and waistcoat, this suit is carefully crafted from luxurious, 100% Merino wool woven in England by Alfred Brown, for a modern, streamlined silhouette that’s sure to make an impression at your next formal event.”
M&S repeatedly refused to say where the suit was made. Asked four times by the Telegraph where it was manufactured, a spokesman repeatedly answered: “The fabric is woven by Alfred Brown mill in Yorkshire.”
In the end, the Telegraph dispatched a journalist to investigate the labelling of suits being sold in M&S stores.
A spokesman then confirmed that the suit was made abroad. “We’ve been the official tailor to the England team for 11 years and the suit has always been manufactured abroad which allows us to offer our customers the best value for money," the store said.
"We always clearly display for our customers where the product is made on the care label – in this case Cambodia. We’re very proud the wool is woven by British supplier Alfred Brown – a longstanding supplier of M&S.”
Nigel Farage, the former Ukip leader, said: "We have forgotten to stand up for our own people and take more pride in our own workmanship."
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/12/england-world-cup-squads-patriotic-ms-suits-made-cambodia/
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