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Today we’re launching a collaboration that is very close to our hearts: a Baby Butter Knife made with our friends at @alldaygoods

Last May, our lives changed completely when our son, Kit, was born. Thankfully, he’s now a healthy and happy little man who’s full of beans and has just taken his first steps. But his arrival into the world was far from straightforward.

We spent the first two weeks of his life in Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) at Homerton Hospital. No parent imagines finding themselves there, but for some families it’s where their story begins. Throughout it all, the care we received from the team was extraordinary, and we’ll forever be grateful.

While we’re there, we were thinking about how to give back and we noticed the number of single-use plastic milk bottles used to feed babies. They can’t be reused for safety reasons, but we wondered if they could have a second life.

So we took a collection of bottles to our friends at Allday Goods.

Just a stone’s throw from our studio, Hugo and his team transform plastic waste into beautiful knife handles. Together, we turned those milk bottles into a *very* limited edition of 20 Baby Butter Knives.

It felt fitting to make a butter knife. In the UK, one of the first things many new mums are given after giving birth is a piece of buttered toast.

Rather than sell the knives, we’re raffling them to raise money for two charities supporting families whose babies arrive early or unwell: @homerton.maternity NICU fundraiser and @blisscharity

Alongside the 20 knives, we’re also including 20 Paynter vouchers worth £50, so every winner will receive both a knife and a voucher.

Tickets are £10 each, and you’re welcome to buy as many as you like.

If you’d like to support these incredible charities and be in with a chance of winning, you’ll find the raffle through the link in our bio.

Good luck, and thank you.

Becky, Huw, Kit and the team at Allday Goods

📸 @sakegrni taken in Hackney by @paynterjacket

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3 months ago

It’s a huge privilege to work with talented weavers like Rachel, one of the islanders making our Harris Tweed for Batch No.19.5.

Watch along to see how this cloth comes to life in the loom shed.

🎥 James Thompson by @paynterjacket

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Waking up to see a feature on us in the @nytimes isn’t a caption we ever thought we’d be writing, but that pipe dream just became a reality.

Thank you so much Steven for the write up and for contacting some of our customers to get their perspective on Paynter.

When we sent this link to our factories as soon as it went live, one of them said “it’s super nice to see us on NY Times, it really compensates all the hard work”. 🧥🤝🥳

Head to the link in our bio to read the full piece. by @paynterjacket

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This is Calum, one of the islanders weaving our Harris Tweed for Batch No.25 - The Wool Overcoat.

Like Champagne or Parma ham, the process of making Harris Tweed is protected by law.

It’s the only fabric in the world to be protected by an Act of Parliament, and the fabric must be made by following some strict rules:

Rule #1 - It must be produced in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Rule #2 - It must be made from 100% pure new wool.

Rule #3 - It must be handwoven in the weaver’s home.

Calum weaves 4-5m per hour (when the loom is behaving), for the coats that will soon be cut for Batch No.25.

Batch No.25 sold out yesterday in 2 hours, but we can still make for anyone who missed out and would still like one.

We have just opened a pre-order (Batch No.25.5) which will stay open until Monday 5th October at 9pm BST. Find out more at the link in our bio.

Huge thank you to Calum for letting us film him weaving one of the rolls of fabric for Batch No.25, @mmcreative_media for filming inside Calum’s weaving shed and the wider team at the mill at @harristweedhebrides by @paynterjacket

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16 days ago

For the third and final fabric of Batch No.25 we wanted to make a refined dark navy overcoat.

On our wish list we were looking for a fabric that felt like pure luxury, was substantial, super soft, deep in colour, and with enough weight to drape beautifully.

We didn’t need to look far for a fabric that ticked every single box. In fact, we’d already worked with this Wool Cashmere cloth for Batch No.16 so we knew it very well.

We loved it then for the obvious reasons, but making a full-length overcoat showed us another side of the fabric: the drape.

A Balmacaan overcoat uses a lot of fabric. Long pieces that drape from the shoulder to the knee, so the character of the fabric has a huge influence on the character of the coat.

This cloth hits just right and is the heaviest of the three.

At 16.5oz, the fabric gives the silhouette presence, while the cashmere keeps it soft and draping beautifully.

It’s made for us in Prato, Italy, by Lanificio Luigi Zanieri, a mill that has specialised in recycled wool and cashmere for more than 70 years.

Available to pre order from today at 2pm BST for subscribers.

📸 @amelia_p_photography by @paynterjacket

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19 days ago

Joining the line up for Batch No.25’s Wool Overcoat is our Brown Donegal Glen Check from @magee1866

It’s a fabric that feels like it could only have come from one place: Donegal, Ireland.

This is the first Irish mill we’ve ever worked with, so we thought we’d start with one of the country’s longest-running.

Magee has been part of the Donegal textile industry for more than 150 years. Today, the fifth-generation family business still weaves its cloth in Donegal Town.

There’s a real sense of place to what they make.

Their fabrics take inspiration from the landscape and textile traditions of northwest Ireland, and their archive of patterns, colours and yarns is vast.

We spent months going back and forth on our fabric design.

Trying different yarns, adjusting the scale of the check, getting the weight just right and, importantly, making sure those characteristic Donegal neps were woven into the cloth.

The final result.

Eventually, we landed on a dark brown Glen Check, woven especially for us.

It has a warm, deep brown ground with a subtle black check running through it.

From a distance, it feels rich and quite understated. Up close, it becomes much more interesting.

Running through the cloth are tiny tobacco neppy flecks. The sort of irregular pops of colour Donegal wool is known for.

They give the fabric a depth and texture where nothing is perfectly flat or uniform.

And that’s exactly why we like it.

At around 16oz, there’s substance to it. It hangs beautifully, but still feels relaxed rather than overly formal.

There are certain fabrics that become inseparable from where they’re made.

When you see a Harris Tweed you’ll think of the Outer Hebrides. We think Donegal cloth has that same magic.

The texture, the colour, the irregularity. It all feels rooted in the place.

Batch No.25 will be available tomorrow 30th Sept at 2pm BST for subscribers to pre-order, alongside two other fabrics: Harris Tweed Grey Micro Check and an Italian recycled Cashmere and Wool in deep dark Navy, more on that tomorrow. by @paynterjacket

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20 days ago

This Wednesday 30th Sept at 2pm BST, our wool overcoat is coming back, and this time, in three very different but equally exceptional fabrics.

The first is a grey micro check by @harristweedhebrides

This is the fabric that sparked the whole Batch.

When we visited Harris Tweed two years ago, we spent hours walking around the mill, learning about the different processes and seeing the iconic cloth being handwoven.

At the end of the visit, we found ourselves in the sampling room, surrounded by walls of fabric swatches.

There were plenty that caught our eye. But there was one that had our heart.

I took a photo of it so I wouldn’t forget it, then spent most of the journey home thinking about what we could make from it.

What we loved was how different it felt from the traditional grey tweeds we’d seen before.

It was a grey micro check tweed with black, navy and a mossy green running through it. It had all of the texture and heritage you’d expect from Harris Tweed, but much more contemporary.

Months later, we made our first overcoat sample in this cloth, and it came out beautifully with a quiet confidence we aspire to design into everything we make.

The challenge came next. Alongside Harris Tweed, there were two other fabrics we loved for our next Wool Overcoat, and all three were completely different.

Normally, we work with one mill and one fabric for each Batch. At that rate, we’d have been waiting six years to use all three.

We know everyone reading this newsletter is patient, but that seemed a bit too long to wait. So we decided to do something different.

We’d make one coat using three fabrics from three different mills, choosing each mill for what they do best.

Harris Tweed had already earned its place. The question was, which other two fabrics were good enough to join it?

Tomorrow we’ll introduce you to the second of the three fabrics of Batch No.25.

Lifestyle photos by @amelia_p_photography by @paynterjacket

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21 days ago

As part of our campaign for Batch No.24 we visited @charliesheppard.studio while he was working on his upcoming solo show at @8hollandstreet called Daisy Chain.

“Daisy Chain explores the contrast between our impulse to shape and arrange flowers and the ways in which they quietly resist our control. From the childlike pleasure of weaving a daisy chain or carefully potting a plant, to the understated humour of a wilted bloom on a windowsill or a stem bending beyond the frame, each composition reflects the tension between human intention and nature’s own course”

If you can get there, Daisy Chain opens at 8 Holland Street’s Kensington Gallery, 10th Sept - 7th November.

Congratulations Charlie!!

📸 by @amelia_p_photography with assistance from @noush.h by @paynterjacket

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Tomorrow, at 3PM (BST), we’re releasing Batch No.24 - The French Herringbone Chore Jacket.

We can’t wait to open the website and share more details and photos of these jackets, taken by Amelia Pemberton and worn by friends at work in their studios, and at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge.

Featuring Asher @cchoneymoon, @hannahcousins @charliesheppard.studio, Eloise @aandeworkshop @lukesitalsingh @sophiegloverstudio @ali.hewson @kingsleywaltersstudio and @alexheim_studio

Photography by @amelia_p_photography by @paynterjacket

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A first look at what we’ll be releasing this Wednesday. Shot in the garden @poppy.okotcha and @eddie_orlik by @lucylaucht

Photography @lucylaucht
Production @acommontrace
Models @poppy.okotcha @eddie_orlik
Assist @contactdarkroom by @paynterjacket

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We have some news which we’re really excited to share.

Thanks to the incredible generosity of this community, we’ve managed to raise £17,890 through our Baby Butter Knife Raffle with @alldaygoods! However we’ve decided to take it a step further.

We’ve decided to match the funds raised, bringing the total to £35,780. The proceeds will be split equally between Bliss UK and Homerton Hospital’s NICU fundraiser.

To be able to do this we’ve gone through our plans for the rest of the year and cut back, so that we’re able to make this donation instead.

Not only will the funds be doubled, but Allday Goods will also be doubling their capacity, so we’ll be selecting another 20 winners of a Baby Butter Knife!

Selling out of jackets over the past seven years is always incredibly exciting, but being able to do this means more than we can say. Thank you so much for your support,

Becky & Huw

P.S. The first 20 winners have been contacted. We will contact the next 20 winners of the Baby Butter Knives later today. by @paynterjacket

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This shirt started with a dead end.

Back in 2023, during our trip to Japan, we found a beautiful striped Typewriter cloth. It was crisp, lightweight and made a pleasing sound when you creased it.

Typewriter cloth is a Japanese shirting fabric woven from fine extra-long staple cotton on traditional shuttle looms. It’s tightly woven and goes through a special finishing process, giving it a soft papery handle and a slightly lived in texture.

Despite it being incredibly lightweight and breathable, the name supposedly comes from the fact that it was once considered dense enough to feed through a typewriter.

We bought a few meters of the fabric, made ourselves a sample shirt and wore it for years.

Then we made a mistake.

We waited too long.

When we finally decided it was time to make the shirt, there was one problem. The fabric had been discontinued, and the mill had only a few rolls left.

Serves us right for waiting so long.

We asked if they had the same cloth in another stripe.

They did. A slightly wider stripe which was just as beautiful. But it had the same problem.

It had also been discontinued, and there were only a few rolls left.

For a while, we thought we’d simply missed our chance.

Then Becky’s mum suggested something we’d never considered.

Back in the 1980s, Mandy and her friend Alison had a shirt shop in the middle of town. One of their most popular shirts was known as the Fun Shirt. A shirt made by combining different coloured or patterned fabric. They were wild and very fun.

So we borrowed Mandy’s idea and tried it ourselves, combining the two striped Typewriter fabrics, alternating them across different panels to create our own version of a Fun Shirt.

It’s not loud or novelty. Just subtle enough that you notice on a second look. This is our ‘bit of fun’ shirt.

Combining these two fabrics meant we had just enough fabric to make a small batch of shirts.

A limited batch of shirts is available now.

Photography @lucylaucht
Production & Styling @acommontrace
Models @poppy.okotcha @eddie_orlik
Assistance @contactdarkroom by @paynterjacket

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