A. Haines Textiles, Scotland

Whilst studying textile design in London, Anthony Haines started to produce a narrow straight hand woven wool tie, which was a tremendous success with the trend setting shops. Soon the demand was such that it was necessary to have them mass-produced.

The traditional fringed wool tie was for weekend wear and not a fashion item, but when in 1965 he started producing handmade woven wool ties in classical designs, stores like Simpsons, Aquascutum, Moss Bros and Burberrys soon found they were a popular item with their customers.

To enable him to produce a wide variety of exclusive designs, Anthony decided that it was necessary to start his own weaving mill and in 1975 Anthony Haines (Textiles) Ltd was formed. This enabled him not only to produce cloth for the ties collections but to extend his ideas to quality fabric for ladies and menswear.