Thomas Mason
I work with Thomas Mason since my beginnings in the shirt making industry (i.e. since 1997). His history and his experience actually one major actor in this industry.
Who is Thomas Mason?
In England , Thomas Mason is, in 1750 , one of the main entrepreneurs of the textile industry English. In full industrial evolution , Thomas Mason was able to grasp a great opportunity in a sector which, until then, only relied on a large manual component .
What opportunity? I'll tell you...
For centuries, in fact, in the regions between the Yorkshire and the Lancashire , textile products were manufactured according to old methods : THE spinning was being done by hand, at home or in shops, then the fabric was made on manual trades .
Later, textile machines were mechanized , multiplying production thanks to the use of hydraulic energy . At that time, a significant waterway connecting Liverpool to Leeds , the Yorkshire textile hub was built and the first ships arrived loaded with cotton from the Antilles .
Thomas Mason, who had correctly guessed the current potential , founded one of the first cotton fabric factories in Leeds, for shirts . The fabrics, which were already first quality at the time, were used by tailors West End London for the aristocracy and the rich upper class and were then exported throughout the British Empire and elsewhere in the world.
Thomas Mason and masculine elegance
The industry founded by Thomas Mason then became a reference in terms of masculine elegance . It all happens in the neighborhood St. James's in London, where they are installed the clubs and the manufacturers of shoes, umbrellas, hats and shirts more exclusive who, over time, have focused on the famous Jeremyn Street . This small street, near Piccadilly, has become the world shirt capital .
1914
Thomas Mason is called to leave on the front . However, its industry continued to work, tirelessly: new fabrics And treatments are factory experienced to make the waterproof cotton and resistant. The helicopter pilots immersion were the first to benefit. They wore special combinations in cotton dense weaving which have become impermeable to contact with the sea.
Thanks to this great innovation of the time, the fabrics Thomas Mason have saved the lives of many aviators: London, with its famous Savile Row And Jermyn Street , is once again confirmed as the centre of international male elegance .
The Rise of Thomas Mason House
The Thomas Mason factories were booming when the Duke of Windsor gets elected the most beautiful man elegant and the most aristocratic between the two wars. Thomas Mason obviously becomes the supplier exclusive of Turnbull and Asser , the exclusive manufacturer of shirts of the English royalty . The comfort and especially the color are the pillars of fashion at that time. Turning the pages of the archives of those years, these are the drawings and the polychrome patterns that catch the eye.
Masculine elegance traditional allows itself to be involved in this new trend fashion and brilliant designers build a bridge between Savile Row, Jermyn Street and Carnaby Street. The clothes are colorful , imaginative And funny . The shirt becomes eccentric, the ties typical And very flashy.
The 1990s and today
In 1992, English brands Thomas Mason And David & John Anderson are acquired by the family Albini from Bergamo, as well as their two centuries of history and of tradition . Today, Thomas Mason fabrics, inspired by the collections of historical archives , are descended in continuous lines Silverline And Goldline. As for seasonal collections they still represent the reference for lovers of British taste.
Why did I choose Thomas Mason as my shirt fabric supplier?
It's very simple...
Her british inspiration at first. His touch of eccentricity in a second time.
When I choose my fabrics, I feel the cotton quality , made only with the the finest Egyptian threads in the world . This House has always known how to reinterpret its rich heritage in a way modern And original , through precious fabrics And colorful .