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Downton Abbey has sparked a revival in men wearing formal starched collars with their eveningwear. Here’s how to recreate the Earl of Grantham’s look for yourself.
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A Bournemouth-based firm has become one of only 160 companies in the world to receive royal approval, for supplying a high quality laundry service to the family home of the Prince of Wales. Local laundry and dry cleaning service, Anthony A Barker Ltd, better known as...
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A Bournemouth laundry has revived the art of producing a starched collar, thanks to film and TV productions including Downton Abbey. Read the full story.
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THEY provide a stylish elegance more commonly associated with a bygone era. But the world’s last remaining starched collar laundry is now doing a booming trade in a British seaside town – thanks to period TV dramas such as Downton Abbey. A century ago, starched...
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The Barker Group in Bournemouth, Dorset, is reporting a huge increase in demand for its traditional starched-collar service. The laundry now processes around 80,000 stiff collars a year for clients all over the world, who include royalty, the judiciary and the...
