Clipping VI: NFU Countryside Magazine

We'd like to show you our latest clipping. NFU Countryside Magazine, has chosen one of Hardy&Parsons' belts to publish in their latest issue.

The belt featured is Bredon 1535/35-2350. 

Mother's Day

This Sunday is the Mother's Day in the UK and we'd like to share some ideas with you to spend a wonderful day with your mother! We have chosen three things to do on Mother's Day in London. See below! 

1. Mothering Sunday at Kensington Palace

Treat your mum to an afternoon at Kensington Palace this Mother's Day. The grand building and its beautiful gardens make for an ideal springtime stroll (as long the weather holds out), which will help work up an ample appetite for an indulgent Georgian-style tea party in the palace's restaurant, The Oranagery. If tea, sarnies, cake and other sugary treats don't keep Mum sweet for the day, then quite frankly we give up.

2. The Vogue Festival 2014

Tell Mum to grab her heels and her best frock for one of the biggest weekends in the fashion calendar: The Vogue Festival 2014. Across two days this couture celebration will be held at Queen Elizabeth Hall in the Southbank Centre and boasts interviews, panel talks, trend discussions and styling workshops as part of its agenda. Confirmed speakers for this year's event include the likes Alexa Chung, Manolo Blahnik, Naomi Campbell and Grayson Perry, to name just a perfectly-groomed handful. 

3. Annual Opening of Kew Palace

Kew Palace, located in the the grounds of Kew Gardens, opens its doors to the public just in time for Mother's Day. Welcoming visitors for the spring and summer every year, this distinctly Dutch-looking brick mansion set amidst the greenery of Kew Gardens is a pretty sight, yet it was in this building that George III was confined during his episodes of the mysterious and debilitating illness that is now believed to have been porphyria. Highlights of the house include the royal kitchen, which were restored last year; Queen Charlotte's Cottage, a rustic retreat hidden amidst the gardens; and Princess Elizabeth's bedroom, which she styled herself back in the 18th century.

Of course, if you're thinking about giving her a present, there's no better detail than the beautiful handcrafted Hardy&Parsons' belts =) You can see all of them here!

And if you're uncertain about which belt do you prefer, the, have a look below and see our choices for this occasion ;)

Bredon 1540/20-1

Aberdeen

Welcome spring!!!

Finally! Tomorrow we welcome the spring. Longer days with more light, better weather with sunny days... this is the best moment of the year! Remember the plans we suggested you last year to do during the spring?

For this year we'd like to tell you which are our favourite belts for this spring. Maybe you share our opinion!

We believe that the combination between leather and webbing is beautiful and specially good for spring and summer time, when we can wear a lot of colours in just one accessory. Do you agree?

These are the pieces we'd love to wear in sunny days!

D-Ring 1082

Bredon Quick Release 650/35-2060

Bredon 5070/40-21

Bredon 5735/30-706

Bredon 1540/20-1

New Products: D-ring belts

Finally we can say that this new belts are ready! They are handmade in England in bridle butt leather. Available to order with brass or nickel D-rings, in your favorite colors and in sizes XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL.

Bredon Rings 1535/35-1820

Bredon Rings 1535/35-1060

If you like the navy one, you can see more detailed photos here. And if you prefer the red one, the detailed photos are available here. You also can find them on the online catalogue for a full description of the belts, the leather, thread and webbing colors available. 

Soon you'll see more new products!

Collaboration 3: Hardy&Parsons + Country Attire

Do you remember when we talked about the collaboration between Hardy&Parsons and Stuarts London? And what about the collaboration between Hardy&Parsons and Fur Feather & Fin? Now we'd like to present you a new collaboration. This time it's Country Attire the online website where you can find Hardy&Parsons' belts. 

Country Attire offers the essence of the British attitude to style, to customers around the globe. The luxury and quality of their product range is matched by the very best of British service – attentive, thoughtful, befitting of their discerning customers. 

The belts you can find on this online store are the following: Elasticated Webbing 003, 006 and 007. 

We hope you link this online store as much as we do! 

Style: Steve McQueen, the icon of the week

Do you remember the famous The Towering Inferno movie? The main characters were played by Paul Newman (about whom we'll talk next week) and Steve McQueen, the great actor that  in 1974 became the highest-paid movie star in the world. 

We chose him as the style icon of this week, because he always knew how to look great, no matter the outfit he was wearing and the style he was showing. That's why we like him  wearing this suit...

... and we also like him wearing sporting clothes:

To look like Steve McQueen, in this sport style outfit, you can wear a Landi jacket like this one...

... and any Hardy & Parsons bredon belt, like the Elasticated Webbing 007 model:

Special Webbing

As many people say, dogs are man's best friend. We also like dogs and we like to take care of them. That's why we use the best materials to design our products for dogs. 

You already know about the quality of the bridle leather. Now it's time to talk about the special webbing, we use to design the Choker, the most beautiful and practical dog lead ever. This webbing is made with 100% cotton, that makes it more comfortable for the dog and nice to use for the owner. 

This webbing is designed in special colours only available from Hardy&Parsons' dog products. Do you like them?

(Black, navy, natural, special khaki, rust, red, saddle brown).

Now, we also have some new webbing which combines different colours. The leads you can see below are made with high visibility colours, so that we can see our dog and it can be seen in the darkness. 

Don't you think it's a good idea? We hope you like them!

Belts' names

We often get asked why do we call our belts with names such as Bredon, Cropthorne, Eckington, Kemerton etc. We did gave you some information about the name of the Quick Release belt some weeks ago, you can find it here. But, we would like to explain you some other meanings...

Well, when we started we thought long and hard about it, the obvious one was to give the belts a numerical code to identify the style, however this somehow had an industrial feeling to it, which of course was far from what we are i.e. craftsmen. So after some careful thinking we decided to call them with names of towns and/or villages in the Worcestershire where our “atelier” is located; which was our way of honouring the beauty of Worcestershire and the people that work and live there, and perhaps encouraging those of you with a curious streak to visit Worcestershire.

So bellow you can find some examples:

Bredon is a medium sized village (2700 residents) on the southern edge of Worcestershire. It lies on the banks of the River Avon and on the edge of the Cotswolds and traces its origins back to over 4000 years ago. For more information on Bredon click here. 

Cropthorne is a small village (600 residents) approximately 12 miles southeast of Worcester. Located on a small ridge overlooking the River Avon, its ancient orchards sweep down to the river and offer clear, unbroken views across the vale to the Malvern Hills in the distance. It is featured in the Domesday Book, and its church dates back to the 12th century. The village has many unique examples of timber-framed thatched cottages from the 16th and 17th centuries, and about half the village is designated as a Conservation area. For more information on Cropthorne click here.

Eckington is a small village (1200 residents) near to the southern border of Worcestershire. The village is surrounded by the River Avon and is renowned for its famous bridge, its village cross and its Norman-period church. For more information on Eckington visit click here.

Kemerton is a small village (400 residents) on the extreme south of Worcestershire. Notable historic features include Kemerton Camp, an Iron Age hill fort surmounting Bredon Hill, on the fort’s south rampart is a two-storey stone tower known as Parsons Folly (or the Tower), built in the mid-18th century by John Parsons V, MP (1732–1805), the squire of Kemerton, who reputedly wished to raise the summit of Bredon Hill to 1000 ft (305 m). Significant buildings include the Church of St Nicholas, Kemerton Court, and Bell’s Castle. For more information on Kemerton click here.

What do you think is the meaning of the rest of the belts' names?

Preview of the season: Dog Collars and Leads

Following the seasonal previews, this time it is the turn for Dog Collars and Leads. Below you can see the main photos, but if you want to see all the detail photos as well, you can find them on our Pinterest profile, where our online catalogue is. Be the first one to see the catalogue online before it is published!

Bredon Dog Collar

Bredon Dog Lead

Plain Dog Collar

Plain Dog Lead