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Made Beautifully Here is back. This celebration of making brings you a fantastic marketplace of beautiful things from some of the finest makers in the county and beyond. Food, drink and live music set in the stunning South Pennines. There’s a great line-up of lovely companies joining us here at Upper Mills, including: McNair Shirts […]

These new styles make the perfect travel jackets with their generous pockets and nod to that sartorial classic – the Safari Jacket which you will either adore or abhor in equal measure. Made from cotton half panama cotton which is naturally highly breathable and perfect for warmer weather and Autumn/Spring. The men’s Savannah Jacket and […]

Our #ofnaturenotagainst photo competition is back. Spring is in the air for some of us and we can’t wait to get outside. And if you’re on the other side of the world, the autumn colours are stunning too. Inspired by our ethos – ‘Of nature, not against it’ – we want to see photos that […]

We were so honoured when the award winning Northern Monk brewery from Leeds approached us to make a bespoke shirt as a commemorative gift for all the company. It took over a year in the making but the wait was definitely worth it. Handmade using the finest heavyweight ultra durable cotton canvas, laser plasma treated […]

Over the last few years, we have had many suggestions for new styles. Rest assured we have listened to all your wonderful ideas and development is in full swing. The first new major development is the sleeveless jacket or gilet. There are two styles to choose from The Highland Sleeveless Jacket is a more traditional gilet […]

Have you ever seen an image of something that moves you so much that it just won’t go away? This is what’s happened to us at McNair. Perhaps you have already seen it? We all know about climate change and deforestation yet somehow this image of an orang-utan in Borneo trying to defend its home […]

This April we’ve teamed up with The Dalesman to bring you a competition that gives you a chance to win a £300 McNair Gift Voucher. If you’re not familiar with this Yorkshire institution, it was founded in 1939 to celebrate the county’s countryside and people. Over the years great writers such as J.B. Priestley and […]

When McNair set up shop in Slawit, Yorkshire over 8 years ago, we’d never heard of Moonraking –  a festival steeped in legend with magical lanterns, storytelling and music to relieve the winter gloom of February. Usually there’s a procession with hundreds of people and thousands of visitors. The whole village would throw open its […]

We’re finally getting to grips with the changes brought about by Brexit – and what it means for our customers in the EU. Over the last few weeks, shipping to Europe has been a little less straight-forward than usual, but we have a plan to make it better. Read on to find out what’s changed, […]

Making from first principles When we set out to make the best Mountain Shirts in the world, we chose Huddersfield as our home. It’s a town that’s been making cloth for over 1000 years.  We start with nature’s finest natural fibres and then our town begins its work. The wool is dyed, spun, woven, milled […]