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Answers to most common questions about products, orders, shipments, and payments.
About Us
Vintage style womenswear, designed and made in West Yorkshire
At The House of Foxy, we make womenswear with love. We take our influence from the classic 20th century fashions, primarily reproductions from 1925 through to 1978. We are based in Elland, West Yorkshire, an area famous for its textile heritage, and we proudly produce the majority of our own range at our onsite factory here, using fabric from UK suppliers where possible.
Every design starts from original garments, patterns, photographs or films. Our standard range runs from UK 8 to 18, with UK 6 and 20 to 24 on selected styles, and we ship worldwide.
Here is how a House of Foxy garment is made, from the first sketch to the parcel at your door.
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Inspiration & Sketching
The birth of any new garment starts here. The design is inspired by original garments, patterns, photographs, movies or sometimes just what comes to our designers mind at the time! Since we make so much here, it means we are flexible enough to turn around designs and new ideas in a matter of days.
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Measurements & Pattern Making
This is the maths bit! We have a small but extremely skilled team which include our Pattern Cutter and sample machinists who have years of experience in the precision-based task of taking the design into a real creation. It starts with the paper pattern, sampling this into the chosen fabric, and then moving the pattern onto card form. Once we are happy with the garment, it goes into grading to generate the patterns required for each size.
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Marking & Cutting
We are old school and use our hands rather than computer based technology. We have hundreds of patterns on card both in use regularly or older style in storage. These card patterns are used to mark the fabric for cutting which is then given to our machinists to make.
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Sewing
Our onsite factory is equipped with a number of different machines suitable for a range of purposes - whether button hole-ing, lockstitch, overlocking, shirring and so on. We are privileged to have 5 exceptionally skilled machinists who live locally and have different skill sets and backgrounds. This hugely contributes to the variety of product we can make and means we can tackle most designs. Throughout the week we produce many different items onsite - it's never boring!
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Finishing & QC
Quality is super important and this part of the process is when the garment is pressed, checked over, and finished ready for the warehouse.
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Storing & Sending
We want our customers to love receiving their garment as much as we love designing and making it. Our warehouse & despatch team go to great lengths to ensure everything is carefully stored ready for when they are purchased. A lot of care and consideration is made when packing the garment to send. We like our customers to enjoy unboxing and use sustainable packaging as much as possible.
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Customer Services
We are a heart-centred business and think it's really important that our customers have the option to speak to a real person. Even though we cannot be available 24 hours a day, we have a small team who really understand the garments and are available to help and advise.
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The House of Foxy is based in Elland, West Yorkshire, England, an area famous for its textile heritage. We make the majority of our own range at our onsite factory there, using fabric from UK suppliers where possible.
The House of Foxy is part of a family of brands run by 20th Century Clothiers Limited, alongside Pretty Retro, which offers affordable everyday 1940s and 1950s style, and Cousin Jack, our classic menswear.
No. Our clothes are new garments that we make ourselves as reproductions of classic 20th century fashion, primarily from 1925 to 1978. They are designed from original garments, patterns, photographs and films, so you get the cut and detail of the period in new fabric and current UK sizes.
Our standard range runs from UK 8 to 18, with UK 6 and UK 20 to 26 available on selected styles. Each garment carries a fit class, and our size guide lists the body measurements for every size. You can also browse our extended sizes.
Our standard range runs from UK 8 to 18, with UK 6 and UK 20 to 26 available on selected styles. Each garment carries a fit class, and our size guide lists the body measurements for every size. You can also browse our extended sizes.
Yes. UK orders are sent by Royal Mail. EU and US orders are sent by FedEx with duties and taxes prepaid at checkout, so there is nothing more to pay on delivery. Our Delivery & Returns page covers the rest of the world.
Call 01422 376461 between 9am and 5pm GMT, Monday to Friday, or email hello@thehouseoffoxy.com. Our small team knows the garments well and can advise on sizing and orders.