Dents is fielding a mass of media enquiries at the moment, both because of its move to new premises and also because of THE wedding. Only this morning a major national newspaper rang to ensure they had contact phone numbers that will be available for Friday during the wedding in case they spot some lovely Dents gloves, bags or hats and need some information about the design or materials. We have been asked for information on all our past involvement with royalty (and this goes back over centuries), what gloves our handsewers have been working on, plus we have been answering requests on etiquette, and even predictions on whether gloves will be generally worn at the wedding and, if so, what styles will be the most popular.
As if wedding are ever that easy – people have such individual taste and ideas, and this spring there is no one main colour that is dominating the new looks. We are looking forward to seeing a great variety of styles on Friday.
Our move to a new building is also attracting good media attention mainly because it underlines confidence in British manufacturing in what is a difficult time in the UK economy. Here at Dents though, we are much more excited about all the updated facilities in the brand new purpose built offices; things will be more efficient and a lot easier. I know everyone is really looking forward to settling in.
All of us at Dents offer our heartfelt congratulations to Prince William and Kate Middleton and their families.
Bianna Golodryga, co-anchor of ABC News Good Morning America weekend edition
ABC News’ Bianna Golodryga and Nick Watt went to Selfridges, one of London’s top stores, to get some tips on what to wear for the Royal Wedding. When it came to gloves, there could only be one choice… it was great to see Dents on Good Morning America today (if you don’t want to watch the whole segment, the part on Dents starts at minute 3.12 of the clip). An ABC fim crew visited our factory in Warminster, and those of you lucky enough to have seen the program will have caught glimpses of royal gloves from past weddings in our museum, as well as traditional glove handsewing in our factory.
You can read about Bianna and Nick’s day at Selfridges here. Selfridges’ stylist Sophie Hendley told Bianna that gloves for women were essential for a Royal Wedding. ABC went on to report that ” Dents gloves are the brand de jour, favored by the royal family, handstitched in Wiltshire for three centuries, and worn at many a royal wedding in bygone days”.
