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The Portobello Parka - Alabaster

Private White V.C.

£239

Unlined hooded parka handcrafted in Manchester from an exclusive showerproof 4.5oz dry waxed cotton, woven in Scotland by Halley Stevensons. Regular fit Unlined Inset sleeve Self-fabric two piece hood with drawcord channel and copper adjusters Grown on centre-front placket with copper stud fastening Two-way centre-front zip from RIRI of Switzerland Self-fabric stud bearer with a hold tab at the base to facilitate a quick zip fastening Working stud adjustable cuff Military grade hardware from RIRI of Switzerland Two external envelope pockets with angled stud secure flaps Drawstring waist channe

Private White V.C.'s own words, read from their page.

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Where this comes from

The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as PRIVATE WHITE VC LIMITED, number 07385261. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Manchester was once known as Cottonopolis, the world's textile capital. Our factory, founded in 1853 on the banks of the River Irwell, is its last stand-alone clothing factory. Its archive of 25,000 patterns and 15,000 garments continues to inspire everything we make." Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.