It’s one thing to bang on about recycling stuff and being environmentally friendly – it’s another thing to strive to use what is already out there, to create your stylish gear. Tapping into the globe’s vast bank of unused military clothing, blankets, even parachutes, Christopher Raeburn has grown his business over the last 10 years into a formidable world player.

It was a pleasure to edit this latest episode of the Suzy Menkes podcast, in which Mr Raeburn gives Suzy a guided tour of his Hackney shop/lab/archive. I certainly learned a lot…

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