{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Cabbage and Mungo: How Recycling Returned To Savile Row","description":"There is a quiet revolution happening on Savile Row in London, home to some of the world\u2019s finest men\u2019s outfitters, as the makers of bespoke suits embrace textile recycling in a unique new scheme. A number of houses on The Row have been collecting woollen offcuts as they cut and tailor handmade men\u2019s clothing \u2013 just as they did in times gone by\u2013 and sending them off to be recycled into new yarn, which is then woven into fresh cloth. The radical difference is that this time the recycled cloth is being bought back by these high-end workshops to be tailored and sold to the Row\u2019s own bespoke customers.    Savile Row, in the heart of London, has been at the centre of high-quality men\u2019s tailoring for 200 years. It has supplied handmade suits, from the finest woven cloth, to film stars and royalty, to statesmen and sportsmen. It has a reputation for quality and excellence second to none. Now it is embracing recycling, and it seems, its top-end clients are happy to pay for it.   It\u2019s incredibly rare to find a recycling loop like this one \u2013 especially in textiles - where the waste is turned into quality new material to be used by the same workshops that created it in the first place. This episode tells the story of how this is happening and follows the journey that turns tiny bits of fabric that would previously have been binned, into new bespoke garments, ones that come with great credentials and an interesting story behind them.   Along the way Haptic & Hue gets a privileged glimpse into the world of Savile Row tailoring \u2013 the training and the standards that need to be maintained from start to finish to produce a garment that may well last a century or more.   If you would like to see a full script of this episode, see photos or discover links to further information about the topics discussed you can find all this information at www.hapticandhue.com\/listen. You can follow Haptic & Hue on www.instagram.com\/hapticandhue\/     ","author_name":"Haptic & Hue","author_url":"https:\/\/www.hapticandhue.com","html":"