BBC One - Cotton's Comeback in Manchester

At the peak of the industry, an estimated eight billion yards of cloth were produced in 1912. Today we're making a shirt from little more than two yards. But it is British spun. British dyed. British woven - and now British stitched. 🇬🇧 Our CEO James Eden explains: "I don't think we'll ever see a return to those halcyon days of Cottonopolis, of regional manufacturing and textiles. "However, certainly on a global scale, there are huge opportunities for businesses and brands like ours to create sustainable viable and ultimately very profitable businesses by making things here again in the UK and selling to an international marketplace." Cotton is the foundation of many of the products we make and perhaps we take it for granted. Read the full article on The Journal of how Private White V.C. is building on a legacy where cotton is still king: http://bit.ly/TheJournalCottonOn