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Soul II Soul is a British musical collective formed by Jazzie B (Trevor Beresford Romeo) (b. 1963). They opened a clothing and records shop in Camden in 1982. The Camden store was the first of three London locations that sold the Soul II Soul clothing collection. By the mid-1980s, the Camden store had developed into a mecca for Soul II Soul fans, musicians and DJs looking for Funki Dred (an illustration based on a cartoon by Derek Yates that became an identifiable image for the label) clothing, sound equipment and records. Soul II Soul expanded their retail business, adding a store on Tottenham Court Road and one in Camden High Street which sold the brand’s record and clothing stock. These included leather jackets, belt packs and long shirts with a drawstring hood made of a lightweight fabric. In 1990 the group's live shows would often start with a fashion show. In 1992 there were plans to expand the brand’s retail presence by launching a chain of franchise outlets, with plans to open another store in London and one in Manchester before expanding to fifty throughout the UK. However, the London stores shut in the mid-1990s.
The brand was relaunched in 2009 with a small capsule collection for Spring Summer 2010, consisting of T-shirts, sweats, jackets and accessories. In April 2013, Jazzie B launched the Soul II Soul ‘Classics’ Collection at Harvey Nichols in London. The

Classics Collection featured T-shirts and sweatshirts with Soul II Soul’s Funki Dred logo. In 2023 Soul II Soul continue to sell its clothing range online.
Sources: Design Week; Drapers; The New York Times; The Washington Post.

Simpson Piccadilly was an innovative men’s clothing department store that opened in 1936 in London’s West End. Alexander Simpson (1902–37) developed the store to sell the products of the House of Simpson founded in 1894 by his father, Simeon Simpson (1878–1932), a Jewish tailor and menswear manufacturer. Having launched a range of tailored trousers with a rubberized waistband under the DAKS label, Alexander Simpson was keen to establish a store in central London. He purchased the leasehold of the site in April 1935 and Simpson (Piccadilly) Limited was formed on 17 July 1935 as a private company, with Alexander Simpson as its sole director. On 29 April 1936, Simpson Piccadilly opened in a purpose-built structure spanning Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, with a ground area of 11,000 square feet. The architect was Joseph Emberton, and László Moholy-Nagy was responsible for the visual merchandising and interior displays. In addition to focusing on tailoring and formal wear, Simpson Piccadilly was designed to cater to sportsmen by stocking riding attire, golf suits, plus fours, sports jackets, flannel trousers, and shorts.

Alexander Simpson died in 1937, and Lord Barnby became the chairman of Simpson (Piccadilly) Ltd. In March 1947, Simpson Piccadilly opened a sports equipment department and began outfitting the England cricket team with DAKS trousers and blazers and presenting visiting teams with two free pairs of DAKS whites. Simpson Piccadilly developed similar relationships with sportsmen in golf, tennis and winter sports. In 1962 a new department catering to more youthful fashion opened called Trend for Men, with customers including Mick Jagger, Dirk Bogarde and Michael York. The store started to sell clothes by other designers and brands. In 1991, Japanese licensees Sankyo Seiko Co., Ltd purchased DAKS Simpson Group plc for £65 million. Simpson (Piccadilly) Ltd ceased trading on 30 January 1999 due to the DAKS Simpson Group’s decision to focus the group’s efforts on the DAKS brand.
Sources: David Wainwright, The British Tradition: Simpson – A World of Style (London: Quiller, 1996).

Faulat Ltd was a Belfast based shirt manufacturer. The Belfast Collar Company Ltd (established 1925) acquired the stock and patent rights of the company after it was liquidated and was based at the Faulat shirt factory in Belfast with the registered company number NI257.

Advertisement for Faulat Shirts in 1955 General Post Office Directory for Belfast.

Bellstaff Brand 1924–33 Belstaff 1933–present
The company Bellstaff Brand was founded by Eli Belovitch (1876– 1943) and his son-in-law, Harry Grosberg (1902–92), near Stoke-on- Trent, Staffordshire. They produced waterproof garments for both men and women, with an emphasis on motorcyclists who participated in a thriving popular sport. They were the first company in the world to use wax cotton in the production of breathable waterproof clothing. The Bellstaff Brand trademark was registered in 1927, and the company began offering a bespoke service for race car drivers and aviators, producing clothing for Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson and T.E. Lawrence.

In 1933 the company name changed to Belstaff, and they opened a factory in Longton, Staffordshire. In 1940 Belstaff began working as a contractor for the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry, producing a variety of items for the war effort, including flying and survival suits, as well as parachutes. Following Eli Belovitch’s death, the company became a subsidiary of James Halstead in 1948, a flooring company specializing in producing rubberized fabric and flooring based in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester.

In 1948 Belstaff introduced the Trialmaster jacket, a short, belted waxed jacket with a mandarin collar, four bellowed pockets on the front and a waterproof lining. The jacket would become an iconic staple for the company, worn by Che Guevara, Steve McQueen and Will Smith. This was followed in 1950 by the Black Prince, a two-piece motorcycle suit initially made in a material called Ironhyde, which was Belstaff’s name for its waterproof PVC rubberized fabric. Belstaff reversed the waterproofing process invented by Macintosh by sandwiching the cloth between layers of rubber instead of the other way around. It featured a wrap-over closure with poppers to fasten and two pockets to the lower front. The continued rise in popularity of motorcycling saw demand for the Black Prince soar, leading to an additional factory opening in 1953 in Silverdale, Staffordshire, to cope with demand.

By 1990 over 1.6 million jackets had been sold by Belstaff. Belstaff introduced detachable linings in 1960 with the Belstaff Trojan jacket, a feature that the Trophy jacket and Brooklands blouson jacket retain to this day. In 1981 the company introduced the Roadmaster jacket, named after the Scottish Six Days Motorcycle Trial. It was a slimmer version of the Trialmaster jacket, with a double-ended zip and one of its four front pockets placed at an angle. The Longton and Silverdale factories closed in the early 1990s, and the jackets were manufactured in Vienna. In 2004 James Halstead sold Belstaff to Franco Malenotti of Sponsor SA Italy; flagship stores were opened in Manchester and Rome in 2007, followed by Milan and Madrid in 2008.

In 2011, the company was acquired by the Labelux Group. In 2011 Martin Cooper was appointed as Chief Creative Officer and Belstaff repositioned itself as a luxury fashion brand, with 80 per cent of its production now taking place in Italy and its headquarters moving to Milan. Belstaff launched their first Autumn Winter men’s and women’s collection during London Fashion Week in February 2012. The company also launched the Beckham for Belstaff line in 2013 to appeal to a celebrity-focused customer. From June 2012 they showed menswear collections at London Collections Men, and later at London Fashion Week Men’s until June 2019, and womenswear collections at London Fashion Week until June 2017. In 2013, a 25,000-square-foot flagship store on London’s New Bond Street opened, and in 2014 two stores opened in Seoul, Korea. In 2017 Belstaff was bought by the INEOS Group. Martin Cooper stepped down in 2014 and was succeeded by Frederik Dyhr as vice president of men’s design and Delphine Ninous as vice president of women’s design. Ninous took over as collection creative director following Dyhr’s departure in 2016, overseeing both men’s and women’s collections. Delphine Ninous stepped down as creative director of Belstaff in 2018, and Sean Lehnhardt-Moore was appointed in her place.
Sources: Belstaff: A History of Speed & Style (London: Belstaff, 2016); Drapers; WWD.