What’s Trending In Great British Luxury News? December 2024

As we close the year, British luxury is leading the way when it comes to innovation, longevity and creativity. Keep an eye out for the next edition of our Great British Brands, out on 10 January, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a very special cover and pages packed with brand stories and features from some of Britain’s best journalists. Until then, here’s the latest news from the world of British luxury.

British Luxury News: December 2024

Totes from two great British brands 

Cambridge Satchel has created a series of leather mini totes to celebrate 200 years of the National Gallery. The handcrafted bags feature smash hits from the gallery’s permanent collection of great paintings, from Monet’s subtle waterlilies on the water to a vibrant mustard yellow version framing Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. Most striking perhaps in the mini tote featuring Whistlejacket by George Stubbs, with chocolate brown handles.

£225. cambridgesatchel.com

Connolly collaborates with Knitwise

This December, Connolly’s shop windows in Mayfair are devoted to a collection of 20 shawls hand-knitted by Knitwise, the initiative from the Kings Foundation and the Joseph Ettedgui Charitable Foundation to support knitters across the UK. The designs, each one initialled by its maker and with a poem by British writer Charlie Child attached on a paper tag, are based on the rare Taatit symbols and motifs of Shetland, with all proceeds going to Age UK and Age Scotland, helping keep the elderly warm this winter.

Each shawl knitted by hand
in the shadow of the glens
where the scent of pines
and cold dew
hang to the mist at dawn.
Warmth knitted into each thread
by these women
through their hours
of tenderness and care.
Warmth beyond our touch.

Connolly’s project with Knitwise is available to buy online and in store at Connolly, 4 Clifford Street, W1S 2LG.

Dubarry opens a new flagship in Chelsea

Dubarry of Ireland has debuted its new shop in Sloane Square in a handsome listed building in the heart of Chelsea. Named after Madame du Barry, famous as the lover of Louis XV, this heritage British brand launched in Galway in the 1930s with deck shoes inspired by the wild west coast of Ireland. Today it is known for its Signature Dubarry Galway boot, the first Gore-Tex®-lined country boot, alongside its performance outerwear and sailing clothing, and its twice-a-year collections of country clothing and accessories.

Dubarry of Ireland, 55 Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AX. dubarry.com

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