Players net fashion goal

Mar 28 2002 By Henryk Zientek, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

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ENGLAND'S World Cup hopefuls are already winners in the fashion stakes - thanks to two Huddersfield textile firms.

Paul Johnson, managing director of W T Johnson, said: "The best thing about it is that England will be wearing suits manufactured in the UK from start to finish."

It is the second time that England's footballers have teamed up with Huddersfield's renowned textile trade.

Parkland Manufacturing, of Lockwood, provided the cloth which was made into stylish, single-breasted grey worsted suits for the England Euro 2000 squad.

Huddersfield mills have been providing fine-quality suits for celebrities for many years.

Lockwood-based Taylor and Lodge provided cloth for a range of suits, jackets and trousers for present US President George W Bush.

The company helped kit out 007 film star Pierce Brosnan in a stylish blue blazer in the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough.

It has also made suits for Peter Sallis, who plays Clegg in the BBC TV comedy Last Of The Summer Wine.

Other famous people to wear Huddersfield cloth include former US president Jimmy Carter and ex-Prime Minister James Callaghan.