Christopher Wicks, owner and designer ofEnglish Laundry Clothing, was born a child of the sixties in Manchester, England. His childhood pastime of sketching shirts, shoes, and guitars became a life-long career in designing men’s and women’s apparel. At 22 years old, Chris designed men’s formal shirts for one of England’s largest gentlemen’s shirt manufacturers.
The English Laundry Clothing designs reflect his upbringing in the UK. You will see references to his home town of Manchester as well as English influences - Mods, Rocker’s, and of course Soccer.
English Laundry brand shirts and designs are created using a variety of English stripes, plaids and poplins with tasteful and strategically placed English Laundry screen printing, embroidery and custom buttons. English Laundry Collection shirts are hand tailored as well as hand laundered for a distinct fit and unsurpassed comfort. As their tag line clearly states, the red hot men’s clothing brand can be described as -Elegant, Arrogant, English.
