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South Essex College University End of Year Degree Show

We were thrilled to sponsor two second year Fashion Design students from South Essex College of Further and Higher Education for their end of year final degree show. South Essex College, based close to our offices in Southend on Sea, offer a degree course in Fashion Design. The course is offered in partnership with University of the Arts London and

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Golden Shears 2019 – The Oscars of the Tailoring World

Last week the team from B&B attended the Golden Shears 2019.  Known as The Oscars of the tailoring world, the Golden Shears has for many years celebrated the achievements of bespoke tailoring students and apprentices.

Held every two years, students and apprentices have the
opportunity to submit an outfit to the competition.  This is something that

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The Beatles and Savile Row

What does today’s date, The Bealtes and Savile Row have in common?

Around lunchtime on 30th January 1969, 50 years ago today, the Beatles made their last public performance. With usual Beatles style they surprised the streets of Mayfair with an impromptu concert on the roof of No. 3 Savile Row. It must have been a

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South Essex College Graduation Ceremony 2018

Here at B&B we have always been keen to support students in the tailoring and fashion industries. We do this by giving talks to new students, providing complimentary fabric samples to universities and colleges and offering a 10% student discount on our website. We see these students as our customers of the future and like to help however we can.

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A Stretch (Lining) of the Imagination

It’s stretch season at B&B! We are pleased to announce the launch of a brand-new range of Supastretch Satin lining and the addition of 12 new colours to an existing stretch lining range.
Quality 565 – Supastretch
Our new range of Supastretch lining is a luxurious Polyester/Lycra Satin, available in 4 colours – Ivory, Scarlet, Navy and Black – this

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65th Anniversary of Bernstein & Banleys

On 5th May 2018 Bernstein & Banleys Limited will celebrate it’s 65th anniversary. In celebration of this milestone we wanted to share with you a brief history of the company from Jonathan Bernstein, our Managing Director.
The family business was started in the 1930s when my grandfather Jacob Bernstein emigrated from Poland to London. Officially incorporated as J. Bernstein Linings

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Printed Lining Collection – New Designs

Earlier this month we launched our new Printed Lining Collection bunches.  These include 22 new designs for Spring/Summer 2018. We wanted to share with you the inspiration behind some of the designs that have gone into the fifth version of the collection.
 
Island Inspiration 
It all started in January 2017 when our Managing Director, Jonathan Bernstein went on a special

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New, Exclusive Solid Gold Buttons

I’m delighted to share with you more information about our exclusive solid gold buttons recently launched on our website. These have been a real labour of love over the last 9 months and everyone at B&B is thrilled with the result.
Over recent years we have had numerous enquiries, particularly from our UAE customers, about whether we held stock of

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