London, UK What: Scarves | For: Men, Women | Style: unique, luxe | Category: Established Brand
Introducing Mary Le Bone; the premium London scarf company representing a side of the luxury coin that is focused on encouraging society to create less waste, to respect the planet and to covet locally produced design with an emphasis on classic versatility and enduring quality.
No expense is spared throughout Mary Le Bone’s manufacturing process, sourcing the highest quality yarns and materials and outsourcing the few remaining knitting artisans left in England, who, from their 2nd generation family run factories in the Midlands, are of the highest knitwear manufacturing pedigree.
Insisting that Earth has already provided humanity with unparalleled quality in sustainable forms, all Mary Le Bone designs, from the scarves to the signature packaging they are delivered in; are made in England and from natural sources only.
Mary Le Bone was the area in London that is now Marylebone.
When the words are broken up to their former state you are forced to pronounce it as it was said a century earlier.
The area began as something like Saint Mary By The Tyburn. Saint Mary being the church by a small stream or “bourne” called the Tybourne or Tyburn. Im interested in what is the evolution or bastardisation of the English language. It’s the same thing.
London is such a melting pot of accents and cultures that you can see and hear in very short amounts of time our language changing before our eyes and ears.
The well spoken slightly older folk of London can be heard still pronouncing Marylebone as “mare-ee-le-bon”, though the kids say “Mar-lee-bone”.
Mary Le Bone transcends age, gender and faddism.
The yarns Mary Le Bone sources are the highest quality and the finish is luxury, though the scarves are not fussy or fragile.
They are built to last and designed with an industrious customer in mind because Mary Le Bone appreciates hard work and creativity; all of the souls marching to follow their dreams to their own beat and giving rise to something worthwhile.
If they are perhaps it is because they are so perfectly versatile. My husband, many of our friends and I all wear the same Mary Le Bone scarves.
A man or a woman can wear a scarf, they don’t need to fit a particular body shape and they can be worn in so many ways and are essential for travelling.
On my last summer holiday to Portinatx I used the Grand Aran Knit Indigo scarf which is 100% cotton, every day. I lay on it on the sand, I threw it down on the rocks to watch the sunsets, wrapped it over my shoulders after the sun went down and then draped it over an outfit for dinner. It’s the perfect jack of all trades item and that’s where the value lies. If I’m going to pay for a quality item I want to be able to use it all the time and to feel elegant season after season.
That is the point of Mary Le Bone – to make life less complicated with versatile, enduring beauty and a contentedness in knowing that when the world has finished with the item, it will naturally biodegrade back in to the Earth as we will.
No, I think that there is a concern and raising of awareness across the planet. The fashion industry has the ability to spotlight issues more than some others do, so I think it has a responsibility to pioneer trains of thought that are conducive to looking after Earth and her inhabitants.
Absolutley. It’s a perfect fibre that is created naturally. It is durable whilst in use and decomposes when no longer needed. Sheep produce a new fleece each year without depleting finite natural resources.
They are first class creatures.
Through a blend of water, air, sunshine and grass they provide us with a fibre that is recyclable, biodegradable, renewable, flame retardant, useable across apparel, high fashion, sportswear, interior textiles, flooring, automotive and aviation, architecture, medical and beyond.
Sheep deserve much respect. Supporting the invaluable wool industry; Mary Le Bone is a partner of Britain’s Campaign For Wool; of which HRH The Prince of Wales is patron.
Mary Le Bone operates a non mass produced philosophy and uses only fibres that are natural and biodegradable.
We are a small part of the larger merging voice of people and businesses that give a damn about reversing the mentality of wasteful consumerism.
Mary Le Bone; from the knitwear to the signature packaging we deliver in; is made in England and from natural sources only.
Mary Le Bone does not produce collection after collection just to add more unnecessary stock to the already billions of items sitting on shop floors.
When we design something new the question needs to be asked “is this useful?” “Will someone love and wear this season after season with outfit after outfit in a variety of situations and be able to share it with loved ones?” If not, then it’s probably an unnecessary waste of resources and space on the planet. We will add designs to the collection every so often when there is cause but the collections do not date.
For example, The Noble scarf is a plain knit scarf, big enough to wrap or use as a blanket yet soft enough to roll up into your hand, spun by a family run factory of the highest knitwear manufacturing pedigree in the Midlands of England and from pure blends of lambswool and cashmere. It is a timeless piece that will remain a classic and so will be available all year around. The purpose of Mary Le Bone is to create enduring beauty that wont harm the planet in the future. We are focused on encouraging people to covet locally produced design with an emphasis on classic versatility and timeless quality.