AN Clothing — Bradford, United Kingdom

Made to outlast the season

Premium garments, tailored pieces and considered essentials — drawn, cut and finished in limited runs from a single Yorkshire atelier.

AW / MMXXVI Scroll

We began with a refusal — that clothing should be temporary. Every AN piece is drawn by hand, cut in small numbers, and finished by people whose names we know.

Est. MMXVI

What remains is quieter than fashion, and lasts considerably longer. Four collections a year, never restocked, never discounted.

01 — Signature Collection

Three pieces / AW26

I — Outerwear

The Sculpted
Coat

Double-faced Italian wool, cut long and left unlined so the cloth falls under its own weight. One seam at the shoulder. Nothing else to interrupt it.

Biella woolUnlinedMade in England

II — Tailoring

The Tailored
Line

A softened shoulder, a high armhole, a trouser that breaks once and then stops. Tailoring built to move with a body rather than around it.

Half-canvassedHand-set sleeveSized 0—6

III — Essentials

Everyday
Essentials

Heavyweight cotton, garment-dyed and pre-shrunk, with a collar that holds its shape after the hundredth wash. Made, plainly, to be worn out.

320gsm cottonGarment-dyedNine colourways

Full-length tailored silhouette photographed against a pale studio wall — Look 01The Sculpted Coat

The Sculpted Coat

Double-faced Italian wool, cut long and left unlined so the cloth falls under its own weight.

Model in a sharply cut black blazer, monochrome studio portrait — Look 02The Tailored Line

The Tailored Line

A softened shoulder, a high armhole, a trouser that breaks once and then stops.

Heavyweight black cotton essentials worn in low studio light — Look 03Everyday Essentials

Everyday Essentials

Heavyweight cotton, garment-dyed and pre-shrunk, made plainly to be worn out.

02 — Craftsmanship

Three hands, one garment

01 — Cloth

We buy the mill,
not the metre

Wool from Huddersfield and Biella, cotton from Portugal, linen from a single family in Normandy. We visit each of them. Cloth is bought a season ahead and rested before it is ever cut.

02 — Cut

Drawn full scale,
in paper

Every pattern begins at life size on the table. A first garment is made, worn for a fortnight, then taken apart at the seams. Most of our work happens in that fortnight.

03 — Finish

Buttonholes,
worked by hand

Hems are closed blind. Buttonholes are cut and worked by hand — roughly eleven minutes each. The last stitch in every AN garment is put in by the person who cut it.

Folds of raw cloth resting under low light — Cloth storeFig. i

Hands fastening a jacket button, monochrome detail — Fitting roomFig. ii

Close view of hands working cloth at the bench — The benchFig. iii

03 — Lookbook

Nocturne / Seven looks

Nocturne

Photographed over two nights in the Bradford atelier, with nothing added and nothing steamed out. Drag or scroll to move through the series.

AW26 — Frames 01/07

Monochrome portrait in a dark structured coat — 01 / CoatNocturne

Black and white studio portrait wearing a wool jacket — 02 / JacketWool

03 / Motion study25 fps

Tailored suit photographed against a bright wall in hard shadow — 04 / SuitingTwo-piece

Minimalist black and white seated study of a garment — 05 / StudySeated

Model lit by a single studio lamp on a dark set — 06 / SetOne light

Dramatic low-key portrait in dark knitwear — 07 / KnitwearMerino

End of series

The full AW26 lookbook is issued in print. Request a copy below.

Request the book

Long coat photographed among bare trees in low winter light

04 — Seasonal Collection

Autumn Winter MMXXVI

Twenty-two piecesReleased 1 SeptemberNot restocked

Belted trench coat detail against a pale stone wall — The Long Trench — gabardine, storm-finished

Figure in a long coat crossing a tree-lined street in autumn — Look 14 — worn on Little Horton Lane

The season

Autumn/Winter 26 is built around weight: cloth heavy enough to hold a line in wind, cut loose enough to layer beneath. Twenty-two pieces, made once.

Enquire about AW26

05 — The House

Bradford, West Yorkshire

A small house, deliberately

AN Clothing was founded in 2016 above a former weaving shed on Little Horton Lane, in a city that has made cloth for two centuries. We began with six coats and a list of mills. The list has grown; the number of coats has not, by much.

We do not run sales, we do not restock, and we do not produce more than the atelier can finish properly. When a run is gone it stays gone — which is, we think, the only honest way to make clothes that are meant to last.

Repairs are free for the lifetime of any AN garment. Bring it back, or post it; we will put it right.

2016Founded in Bradford

04Collections a year

~200Pieces per run

FreeRepairs for life

Low-key portrait of a figure in a dark tailored suit — The atelier — Little Horton Lane, BD5

06 — Contact

Begin a conversation

hello@anclothing.co.uk

The Atelier: 378 Little Horton Lane
Bradford, BD5 0NX
United Kingdom
By appointment, Tuesday to Saturday
Telephone: +44 7400 582 316Mon — Fri, 09:00 to 17:30 GMT
Written enquiries: hello@anclothing.co.ukWe reply within two working days
Press & stockists: hello@anclothing.co.ukPlease mark your message “Press”