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A New Book from House of Numbat What allows a style to endure when fashion moves on? This question lies at the centre of The Art of British Style: A Philosophy of Dress, Craft, and Continuity, a forthcoming book from House of Numbat in Norfolk, England. The book examines British dress not as a collection of famous garments or a catalogue of familiar heritage symbols, but as a culture shaped by landscape, weather, material, work, tailoring, social life and time. It asks not simply what British style looks like, but how it developed, why certain principles endured and what those...

Giving Existing Clothes a Thoughtful New Life At House of Numbat, we are preparing to establish a small atelier in our home studio in Norwich, Norfolk. One of its first purposes will not be to manufacture an entirely new collection. It will be to return to garments that already exist. Over the past three years, we have retained small quantities of original Numbat clothing from earlier collections. In most cases, only five or six pieces remain from a design, and rarely more than ten. . They are genuine Numbat pieces—designed, developed and originally produced for our own brand. They also...

A New Chapter for House of Numbat House of Numbat is entering a new chapter. From our home and studio in Norwich, Norfolk, we are preparing to create the House of Numbat Atelier: a small, independent place where ideas can be developed, existing garments can be thoughtfully reworked, and new Numbat clothing can be produced in limited quantities. It will not be a factory, and it is not intended to become one. The atelier will be a working creative space—a place for designing, cutting, sewing, developing prototypes and gradually building collections with care. For us, this is not simply a...

HOUSE OF NUMBAT · PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT Introducing The House of Numbat Journal A British Journal of Fashion, Art & Material CultureFIRST ISSUE PLANNED BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2026 A New Voice for House of NumbatWe are pleased to announce the forthcoming first issue of The House of Numbat Journal, a newpublication from our British Design House in Norfolk, England.Bringing together fashion, art, craftsmanship, publishing and cultural preservation, the Journal willprovide a home for the ideas, research and creative work that shape House of Numbat.More than a record of our activities, it will be a place for independent thought, considered observationand meaningful conversations...

Rebuilding House of Numbat in Norwich Our recent social-media difficulties have been another reminder of how quickly the circumstances surrounding a business can change. Several House of Numbat and Numbat Facebook and Instagram accounts have become unavailable because of an account-access issue affecting connected profiles. We continue to work through Meta’s official recovery process, but the experience has forced us to consider a larger question: How do we continue building House of Numbat when something we relied upon suddenly disappears? For us, this question reaches far beyond social media. It returns us to the most difficult change our family has...