Where is musto clothing made

Musto makes high-end sailing clothes as well as equestrian and shooting gear and holds two royal warrants by appointment to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. The brand became particularly popular when the Duchess of Cambridge wore one of its jackets on the royal tour of New Zealand.

Musto is also a supplier to the British Olympic sailing team. Subscription Notification. We have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details. Please update your billing details here. So they did the unthinkable. Every day, Christmas included, they did fitness training. Fellow competitors derided their training as unsporting, but a new breed of sailors was emerging. They were athletes. Keith Musto recalls, "We sailed in Guernsey sweaters and old flannel trousers for years.

You got wet and you accepted it. We realised that this was a problem that needed to be solved. But Keith soon shifted his focus to constructing technical sailing clothing. He quickly taught himself all the basics of manufacturing clothes, paying his wife with a Mars bar a day to machine and do all of the typing.

His team quickly became the technical manufacturer and wholesaler of the best sailing kit available. Musto was born. Keith quickly realised that the sailing fabric technology could be applied to other sports when he was the only dry spectator watching his daughter ride - he was in his Musto sailing kit. Today, we fuse performance fabrics with the timeless traditions and styles of Equestrian and Shooting.

Having proven our expertise in technical apparel over more than 50 years, we have recently launched our Ski, Expedition, Evolution and Women's Fitness collections. We have evolved to meet your performance demands. Multipurpose, multi-terrain, all-sport technical apparel. The best stay ahead of the competition. We spread the concept of a 3-layer system by word of mouth for years before people caught on to the idea of layering up in thin layers for warmth, protection and freedom of movement.

We knew there was a better way to stay warm than just wearing thicker, heavier layers. The idea took off in a Whitebread Round the World Race when adventurous sailor Cornelis van Rietschoten put it to the test in the Southern Ocean to wick away sweat.

Robert Wilson said:. Well I hope HH continue to provide the excellent service and support I have been fortunate to receive from Musto. NealB Well-known member. LittleSister said:. NealB said:. Neeves Well-known member. We are now based in Sydney and still have the same kit. We don't wear it much. The climate in both locations demands protection from the sun rather than wet and cold. On the China Sea Races pyjamas were the best kit, light and 'relatively for then , sun proof.

Musto and others simply do not cater for many who sail in warmer weather, which I assume covers an awful lot of the southern part of America, Oz, the Med, SE Asia and the Pacific Islands. It was mentioned on another thread, Snook's? In fact our 'offshore gear' is horrendously warm - and we bought some lighter weight HH stuff some time ago.

It does have its place - we wear the offshore kit in the winter and sometimes need it overnight. It might have been expensive at the time but it is so well made and has so little use - it will outlast us, Wrong business model If you manufacture to last a Volvo race, great - but for the rest of us - its excellent but overengineered. I hope HH have a. Neeves said:. So now you know why I wear Musto gear up here! Joined 1 Jul Messages 11, Location swansea.

Have they manufactured anything in the UK? I thought it was all from the far east?