{"id":33,"date":"2021-03-23T12:27:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T12:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woocommerce-344669-1834187.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2023-03-20T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T14:00:00","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.williamhalstead.co.uk\/about-us","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An English originator and maker of natural fibre woven cloths. Exemplifying English character, respecting authentic English cloth construction augmented by an idiosyncratic application of design and colour uniquely our own.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]With foundations firmly rooted in Bradford, the Yorkshire city with a name that is synonymous with the zenith of Wool manufacturing globally. With a history that maps the industrial revolution in textiles to the present day from a powerhouse of the 19th Century to a design house of the 21st Century. It occupies a unique position in the continuum of the British Textile Industry. To this day we are weaving in the same location for over 150 years.<\/p>\n

William Halstead has gained an enviable position with the world\u2019s most exceptional fashion brands that makes us a principal English weaver suppling them formal fabrics, fiercely protective of our customers identity, but should one consider brands from Paris, Milan and New York seen to be the most directional, the most aspirational and who present the most anticipated runway shows in the fashion world, these are our customers.<\/p>\n

Our growing reach is truly global from supplying branded selvedge fabrics to the Gulf States, to the far east including China, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong we are famous wherever worn. Supporting our worldwide business demands a busy schedule of travel and shows from New York to Milan, Paris to Munich.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content”][vc_column width=”1\/4″]