Prescott & Mackay Useful Links

British Footwear Association

Wellingborough, UK

The BFA is the Trade Association representing over 100 key footwear companies employing 9,000 people in the UK and has supported the footwear industry for over 100 years. The mission at the BFA is to help create and establish a favourable operating environment by supporting their Members in all aspects of their business. Prescott & Mackay is a member of the BFA.

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery

Northampton, UK

The Shoe Collection at Northampton is the largest collection of shoe heritage in the world and is designated as being of national and international importance. It features more than 12,000 items from Egyptian to modern day, documentary footage and shoes depicted in fine art.

V&A Image Collection

The world-renowned Victoria and Albert Museum, London has a great online image collection which will definitely be your inspiration. You can search over a million records. Images can be downloaded and are free of charge for personal use. Why not start with searching for "shoes" or "shoe buckles" and see what you will find?

Drapers

The leading UK website for fashion professionals. It features news, trends, catwalks, top fashion jobs, exclusive sales data and insightful viewpoints.

Liberty

London, UK

Situated in the heart of London since 1875, Liberty is an emporium for innovative and eclectic design. This department store remains to this day the destination of choice for the savvy and sophisticated shopper. The haberdashery department on the third floor features Liberty's signature Art Fabrics, which is loved by many Prescott & Mackay students when they choose materials to bring to our courses.

Fabric shops near Berwick Street

Oxford Circus, Soho, London, UK

There are many fabric shops in Soho, an area which is one stop away from the P&M school.

The Cloth House: 47 & 98 Berwick St. A chic place with innovative fabrics from around the world. Fabrics are pricey but you'll be inspired.

Misan Fabrics: 46 Great Titchfield St. A place only the designers know! Here you can find authentic Italian fabric and leather at a bargain price.

The Berwick Street Cloth Shop: 14 Berwick St. This shop has enormous and very diverse range of fabric, and can help create your own fabric with their own production facilities.

Industrial Sewing Machine

Uxbridge, London, UK

A family-run business since 1951. Members of the family have been in the sewing machine trade since 1919. They supply, service and rent sewing machines to the public, the educational sector, media companies and the Royal household.

J.T.Batchelors

Dalston/Islington, London, UK

A place to find leather hides, dyes, buckles and other metal fittings related to leatherwork, especially for vegetable tanned leather. To find out more about this wholesale leather merchant, read the exclusive interview on the P&M blog.

Walter Reginald

Tower Hill, London, UK

Walter Reginald stocks a wide range of leather hides for interiors, upholstery, garments, accessories, handbags, footwear and costumes. Exotic skins such as python and fish can be found here. A good place to search before your shoemaking classes.

O Baltor & Sons

Leather and tools supplier, California, USA

263-5 E Harris Ave., So. San Francisco, CA 94080
Tel: (650) 589-8759

As a member of SSIA (Shoe Service Institute of America), O Baltor supplies leather for shoemaking in a traditional way. One of the few suppliers in the Bay Area. Opening hours: Mon-Fri.

Hidehouse

Leather supplier, California, USA

595 Monroe / P.O. Box 509, Napa, CA 94559
Tel: 800-453-2847

Hidehouse stocks over 1,000 types of leather and can ship within 48 hours.