Crew Clothing is a UK-based clothing retailer that specialises in luxury British casualwear for men and women. The company sells clothing through its 60 stores across the UK, website and via mail order, with over 3.2 million catalogues mailed every year.

History

Crew Clothing was started in 1993 by Alistair Parker-Swift. In the early 1990s he spent the winter months training as a member of the England freestyle ski team in France and the summer months running a windsurfing school on Salcombe high street in Devon. During the summer of 1993 he created some navy and white rugby shirts with the original Crew Clothing 93 patch, sourcing the materials from a local supplier. The rugby shirts were sold in the shop of the windsurfing school and sold out within ten days. Subsequently Alistair decided to turn his attention to sourcing more clothing to sell in Cowes Week

Cowes Week

Cowes Week is one of the longest-running regular regattas in the world. With 40 daily races, up to 1,000 boats, and 8,500 competitors ranging from Olympic and world class professionals to weekend sailors, it is the largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world...

 on the Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...

, the longest-running regular regatta in the world. He opened a shop in Cowes called Cowes & Salcombe from which customers could browse and buy high quality casualwear. The Crew Clothing brand was born.

The first London store opened on the New King’s Road in 1995 and shortly afterwards the first hand drawn catalogue was mailed to 2000 customers.

Products

Crew Clothing sells luxury casualwear for both men and women. Men’s clothing includes polo shirts, rugby tops, knitwear, shirts, t-shirts, shoes, shorts, trousers, denim jeans and accessories. Womenwear includes knitwear, dresses, skirts, loungewear, jeans, polo tops, t-shirts, coats, gilets, shoes and boots, swimwear, bags and other accessories.
The company also offers a sailing-inspired range called GBR Atlantic Series which specialises in high quality sweatshirts, rugby tops, polo shirts, gilets and jackets.

Stores

The following is a list of stores nationwide.

London

Battersea
Wimbledon

North East


Beverley
Browns of York (Concession)
Harrogate
Ilkley
Morpeth
Northallerton
Stamford
York (Outlet)

North West


Chester
Isle of Man (Concession)
Wilmslow

Scotland


Edinburgh

Wales


Abersoch
Cardiff

South East


Aldeburgh
Beaconsfield
Braintree (Outlet)
Bury St Edmunds
Cambridge
Canterbury
Chichester
Cobham
Farnham
Guildford
Haslemere
Henley
Horsham
Kingston
Lymington
Marlborough
Marlow
Newbury
Norwich
Oxford
Portsmouth (Outlet)
Reading
Reigate
Ringwood
Salisbury
Sevenoaks
Southampton
Southwold
St Albans
Tenterden
Tunbridge Wells
Walton-on-Thames
Winchester
Windsor
Witney

South West


Bath
Bristol
Bristol, Cabot Circus
Cheltenham
Cirencester
Cowes
Dartmouth
Exeter
Falmouth (Outlet)
Hoopers, Torquay (Concession)
Padstow
Rock
Salcombe
St. Ives
Street (Outlet)
Swindon (Outlet)
Taunton
Wimborne Minster

Events

Crew Clothing has sponsored the Volvo Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race

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 (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) and Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall

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. In addition, the company has been the official clothing supplier to the England Polo Team since 2005 and continue to provide their kit for both national and international matches including the Cartier International Event.