Scott’s Last Expedition

The National History Museum has recently opened a new exhibition 'Scott's Last Expedition' which covers the remarkable scientific discoveries of Captain Scott over the three year journey he took to race to the South Pole. Exploring the Terra Nova Expedition also know as The British Antarctic Expedition 1910. HRH the Princess Royal opened the exhibition at the Natural History Museum on the 20^th Janauray to mark the 100th year anniversary of Scott arrival at the South Pole. The exhibiton will be on until 2 September 2012.

This is an exhibition that is close to Wolsey’s brand heritage; Wolsey supplied under and outerwear garments to the British Polar explorer, Captain Scott and his team in 1910 and received a letter of thanks which is stored in our archive.

Visitors are promised tales of human endurance and for the first time uses real objects used by Scott and his team.The exhibition also featured a life-size hut, representative of the hut which still survives today in the Antarctica. There are 200 rare specimen and original artefacts feature in this exhibition, clothing, skies and diaries are also on display together for the first time.

Scott and his party of five died in March 1912 on their return journey from reaching the South Pole, 11 miles short of their supply deport. The bodies of the team where recovered eight months later in a tent with notebooks, photos and fossils.

This is the year to get on board with this heroic journey of endurance which has marked the British history.Scott and his team founded modern polar science. The BBC recalls “2,000 of the specimens of animal collected by Scott were new discoveries - the jewel in the crown was a trio of Emperor penguin eggs.”

The anniversary of race has been already been very topical this year. Not too long ago we told you about Henry Worlsey’s race to the pole to raise £500,000 for The Royal British Legion in the Scott Amundsen Centenary Race 2011/12.  Over a 70 day period Henry and his fellow team member, acting as part of the Amundsen team, reached the South Pole on the 9th January 2012.

Swansea’s Museum also opened an exhibition on the 18^th Janurary called ‘Ninety Degrees South’ This exhibition reveals the story through the eyes of Perry Officer Edgar Evans from Gower , one of the team of five that died on the return journey from the South Pole.

Next Friday the sixth episode of The BBC production of ‘The Last Frontier’. This series covering topical scientific discovery and has a scenes of David Attenborough’s in Scott’s hut and highlights the wonders of the Polar Regions that have kept people visiting them for thousands of years.

Wolsey in Berlin

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Wolsey revealed a glimpse of what’s to come for Autumn Winter 2012 in the tenth anniversary of Bread and Butter Berlin.

We joined hundred of brands at the Bread and Butter 2012 exhibition between January 18^th -20^th in the L.O.CK. area of the Airpore Berline – Templer holf. This event has established itself as quote ‘One of the world's most important fashion metropolises’. This year 92,500 tickets were sent out to industry professionals, relevant buyers and trade visitors before the event

Our sales, design and marketing team and CEO travelled to Berlin to stand alongside some world’s leading street and urban wear brands to showcase the Wolsey and Wolsey 1755 Autumn Winter 2012 collection from the oldest clothing brand in the world, established in 1755. This year also marked the 26th Bread and Butter exhibition and tent anniversary of Bread and Butter.

To set the scene, we managed to carry a truck load of bricks to formulate a wall within the heritage inspired set we installed within the space we held at the event over the three days. The wall brought definition between the two collections, Wolsey 1755 and Wolsey defining the essence of slim silhouettes with a sleek casual elegance from Wolsey 1755 and an urban travelled heritage appeal from Wolsey. We also displayed a plaque with an imprint of the brand’s Royal Warrant to highlights the brand’s and official supplier to Her Majesty the Queen since 1953.

To stage an authentic heritage set reflective of the 255 year heritage of the Wolsey brand and referencing Wolsey’s original manufacturing background the fixtures used to display our garments were inspired by the original machinery from one of our mills from the 1920s. Imagery from our new AW12 campaign featuring a strong inspiration from World War II with salutes to a bygone era of uniform shapes and unstructured silhouettes. The collection itself revealed strong influences from archived military uniform detailing with an aviation theme.  Replicating an era of which Wolsey’s archive history reveals the brand supplied aviator sweaters for the British Royal Airforce.

Our onsite team meet several customers and received positive feedback about our upcoming Wolsey and Wolsey 1755 Autumn Winter 2012 collection. Thank you to everyone who dropped by to visit us. Take a look at the images we took over the three days.

 

History in the Making

 Congratulations to Henry Worsley for completing a 700 mile journey through the South Pole for The Royal British Legion.

Travelling a 700-mile grueling journey over snow and ice, British army officer, polar adventurer and author Lt Col Henry Worsley and his team recreated the footsteps of legendary explorers Captain Scott and Roald Amundsen in the Scott Amundsen Centenary Race 2011/12.

Over a 70 day period Henry and his fellow team member, acting as part of the Amundsen team, reached the South Pole on the 9th January 2012. Team Scott led by Mark Langridge arrived at the South Pole  close to the exact date Captain Scott reached his destination.

In 1910 Wolsey provided both Scott’s and Amundsen’s team with the under and outer garments for the race. 100 years later Wolsey is proud to be an official partner of the Scott Amundsen Centenary Race 2011/12 which aims to raise £500,000 for The Royal British Legion in association with Patron HRH The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William.

Spring Summer 2012 Preview

Wolsey updates an authentic vintage gym style with a contemporary edge.Wolsey kicks off Spring Summer 2012 with an array of transitional seasonal knits and relaxed fit shapes combining an urban edge with contemporary suiting.

Linen workwear brings new silhouettes to the mix with reworked bomber inspired styles, teamed  with slim fit trousers. Staple vertical stripes give shirting a retro sport inspired look with bright flashes of colour blocking and playful checks.

 Summer knits deliver transitional warmth. Crew neck sweaters and cable knit cardigans are finished with signature Wolsey heritage details, referencing the brand’s 250 years archive of British clothing.

 This season’s palette embraces understated neutrals. Subtle colour layering with summer rustic tones with clashes of blues, greens and reds. Soft textures and subtle details are explored with linen cotton mix yarns that give a relaxed rugged look. Sharp tailoring is redefined with lightweight fabrics.

Bread and Butter Exhibition 2012