Historian and well known author Mike Brown launches his new book “CC41 UTILITY CLOTHING – The label that Transformed British Fashion” in November. Here he gives a brief overview of how Utility clothing came about. The CC41 Utility logo, or the ‘two cheeses’ as it was known at the Board of Trade, was probably the […]

  At first glance, Utility Clothing is quite a niche area and perhaps it’s not surprising that no-one has ever published a decent book on the subject. But in actual fact the audience for such a book is wider than you might think. Collectors of Utility Clothing may not fill Wembley Stadium but the interest […]