Press coverage

Here’s where you can read what people have been saying about us in the press – style commentators, cultural critics, the worldly, the wise, and those who know a good thing when they see it.

For any journalists who’d like to know more about the company and our products – or even visit our Derbyshire factory – please contact the UK press office on +44 (0)115 973 5292 or email press@sunspel.com.

BBC Working Lunch

3rd March 2010

Interview with Dom Hazlehurst on BBC working lunch…

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Mail on Sunday Live magazine, 28 February 2010
Ten of the greatest British style classics

2nd March 2010

Sunspel’s 007 Riviera polo shirt was the one worn by Sean Connery in the very early films. It’s a nice piece in that it’s not your usual John Smedley or Lacoste; it’s a perforated, soft polo shirt. It looks great in black or dark colours. When the wardrobe researchers were coming up with a wardrobe…

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GQ (April 2010 issue)
A stitch in time

1st March 2010

From Long Eaton with love… Sunspel was a Great British institution long before James Bond donned its mesh shirts, says Nick Foulkes…

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Country & Town House
Sunspel shine online

26th February 2010

Sunspel’s iconic T-shirts, underwear and polo shirts have been made in Derbyshire for almost 150 years and the brand has now updated with a smart, informative site where you can peruse and purchase online…

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GQ’s 100 best things in the world (Jan 2010 issue)
Sunspel plain white tee

GQ Magazine, 14th December 2009

Cottoning on… There comes a moment in life when an M&S T-shirt just looks lazy. Sleep in one by all means, but otherwise save it for walks with Rover. If you’re going to saunter into the office wearing a white T-shirt this basic piece of wardrobe kit needs refining. Sunspel has been making…

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