Cornish Brands: Seasalt

Considering its 'lifestyle cool', there are surprisingly few successful Cornish clothing brands. One of the most well known is Seasalt, a company making some unique clothing from Soil Association-certified organic cotton which grew out of an Army and Navy store in Penzance.

Despite its rather traditional heritage, many of its items are quirky and hippy-influenced as you would expect from a company stressing ethical and environmental values. Don't let this put you off though; the clothing is comfortable, good quality and reasonably priced, if not really my style. The company offers a nice range of well designed jute bags from just £4 on its website and I managed to pick one up for £1 instore which I use to carry my lunch to work. My drawstring gym bag from the Isles of Scilly store was also just £1, making my most expensive item a sale tshirt which was just a few pounds.

It's not really that surprising that this rather niche organic Scone Wars tshirt was left in the sale. To appreciate it, you would have to be both a Star Wars fan and familiar with the ongoing 'war' between Cornwall and Devon over which way round to put the cream and jam on your scone. (If you can't make it out from the picture, it's cream then jam in Devon and jam then cream in Cornwall.) Fortunately I fit the bill on both accounts. The neck is a slightly strange shape, making it appear a little stretched, but apart from that it's a great tshirt.

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