I love socks and I love factories, so the chance to visit one of Britain’s last remaining sock factories (Pantherella’s in Leicester) was pretty awesome!
I had no idea what to expect when it came to what is involved in sock manufacturing, however my trip around Pantherella didn’t disappoint. The huge level of detail and care taken to produce each pair of socks is amazing – from quality testing the yarn (using rub tests – rubbing the yarn 10,000s of times to check durability) to hand-linking the toes, to ensure supreme quality and fit.
Whilst I was there, I filmed the factory tour and a number of interviews with various members of the Pantherella team – which I’ll be releasing over the next couple of weeks.
One of the big questions I wanted to know, was whether the Pantherella team (all 100 of them) wore Pantherella’s to work? Of course the answer (to the man) was yes, so I took a couple of photos as proof. David (Commercial Director) was seen sporting a pair of knee-length argyle numbers, whilst Dave (Factory manager) was spotted wearing a natty pair of Richard James!
