what's new

new arrivals

Check out this weeks new arrivals as we receive the first delivery of the new Spring/Summer 11 Collection. Now in store are the Archback Trouser, the Bellow Shirt and coming soon is this seasons new design the Technical Bearskin, click here to view more.

the thai pant

The latest in the Griffin Video Podcast series, Technology Vs. Tradition is now available to watch. Part Two features the Thai Pant, a new design for the autumn/winter 10 collection, check out the video as Jeff talks you through the pants key details. Click here to watch the video.

jeff on japan

Watch the latest interview with Jeff Griffin, discussing the strong Japanese market, cultural trends, Griffin's collaborations and on being British.

painted love

What do we get up to at the weekends? Paint the farm house of course! Watch the high-speed painting session carried out a few weekends ago at the Griffin's home Loveland Farm, Hartland.

introducing the newest member of the griffin team...

Rocky is the newest member of the Griffin team. Based at Loveland Farm, our Devon office, Rocky will be joining forces with Nicole to help with any enquiries from our Japanese customers. Fluent in Japanese feel free to send any questions or comments directly to rocky@griffin-studio.com.

when tradition meets technology

For the Autumn/Winter 10 collection Griffin has been working on a range of jackets that have been in development for around 4 years. Combining traditional wools with laser cut pockets and bonded seams these pieces fuse technology with tradition to create a range of garments that push boundaries and possibilities. We have put together a couple of short films that feature the Softshell jacket and Technical Bearskin, click here to view more...

to pastures new...

Two years ago Jeff had an idea, two years on... we're putting it in to action and to do so we're taking our location to the extreme and moving to the North Devon cliffs. To find out more click here and check the blog & facebook page for regular updates.

why 'made in italy'?

Here at Griffin we are determined to bring our customers the highest quality garments and for over 10 years have been working with one of Italy's finest Italian manufacturers. Whilst quality is our focus we also understand the importance of illustrating where we source everything down to our last button, this traceability is there to ensure our customers can be assured that the garments we produce are produced ethically and without causing creating unneccessary proccesses that could contribute to our carbon footprint. Over the next few weeks we will be illustrating different ways in which we do this. For an introduction check out a short video we have put together by clicking here.

the making of a/w 10

The new collection is now available at the Griffin Online Store. This season the collection takes inspirations from 50's American Military Uniforms and the film 'Ice Station Zebra'. Quality is the focus for the season working with American Woolen Mill, Woolrich and recycled fur trims. Check out the full press release on our collections page to find out more.

Whilst shooting the new collection we put a short film together to show the workings behind the images you can view this film after the jump and on our youtube page.

Visit the store to view the new collection, if you have any question or comments please feel free to e-mail nicole@griffin-studio.com.

100% renewable

Here at Griffin we do our best to recycle and live a sustainable life, what we've struggled to find in the past is a company that can help us with the power we use. After receiving a recommendation from a friend we discovered Good Energy, an energy company that help individuals and businesses reduce their environmental impact by offering electricity that is sourced from generators who make clean green energy from sustainable sources. Like many others, we signed up to help change the way energy is made and used in the UK. To find out more visit the Good Energy website by clicking here.

Baracuta X Griffin limited edition g9 harrington

This seasons collaboration with Baracuta takes inspiration from the brands heritage Fraser Tartan check, modernising the jacket by bringing the heritage check from the inside of the garment and onto the sleeves and enlarging the check, using a colourway that compliments the summer season. Made from a great quality Italian shirting cotton from famed fabric mill Albini, this slim fitting G9 is available in two colour options, sand/check and black. Both styles feature the added sportswear element, a nylon mesh lining making these jackets the perfect summer-weight blouson. The jacket also features the usual Griffin features such as the bright yellow two way zip and Griffin X Baracuta embroidery on the chest, as well continuing to work with local manufacturers to produce these jackets in England. These jackets are a Limited Edition product with just 50 pieces of each design available worldwide. Visit the Griffin Online Store to view more.

Spring/summer 10

The full spring/summer 10 collection is now available online. This season we have reworked some Griffin classics include the Archback pant and Minehead Coat along with some great new styles including the sharply tailored Bratton jacket. In the late 90's we were voted the no. 1 combat trouser designer, this season we're pleased to announce the return of the heritage USMC pant, featuring the distinctive combat pockets and available in 2 cotton corduroy colourways. We've teamed up with some great mills as well this season, including British Millerain, a UK fabric manufacturer reknowned for their hardwearing waxed cottons. You can read the full ss10 Press Release here and please feel free to e-mail us your comments.

griffin comes to Japan

On the 9th December Jeff Griffin will be making his yearly trip to Japan. Although Jeff comes out to Tokyo most years he is always looking for new things to do in the city and any events that may be happening during his week long stay. We thought who better to ask than our Japanese customers? So if you know of any new boutiques, bars or exhibitions that are opening between the 9th and 16th of December we'd love to hear from you. Also during his stay Jeff will be making his way to Kamakura for a little surfing, he'll also be traveling by bike for part of the journey so if you know of any great routes for cycling please also get in touch by e-mail at nicole@griffin-studio.com.

Physicist & Son

GRIFFIN has joined forces with Physicist & Son to bring you some of the most exquist accessories Japan has to offer. Each product is entirely hand made from the tanning of the leather through to the hammering of the individual studs. Made from locally tanned leather, which is coated in enough vegetable oil to restore any small scratches, making these belts incredibly hardwearing and resiliant.

Each design is unique and completely timeless. The range includes a belt, key strap and keyring all made to order. Head to the Griffin Online Store to see more.

griffin x baracuta

Now available for you to pre order is the Brand New Griffin X Baracuta Limited Edition G9 Jacket. This reversible jacket is styled with a green micro dogtooth fabric on one side and Griffin signature desert camo on the other with contrasting red sleeves. The jacket is fitted with a bright yellow zip and features the Griffin X Baracuta logo embroidery on the chest. This slim fitting blouson will see you through the autumn months right round through to spring. Available to pre order now visit the Griffin Store for more information.

griffin x charge

Griffin has linked up with Charge Bikes to produce a limited edition fixed gear bike. To be launched at this year's Eurobike Exhibition on the 31st August the bike will become immediately available from selected stockists. To read more and for your chance to win one of these 500 limited edition bikes click here.

new for a/w 09

We're pleased to announce that we will be introducing the pointer shoe range to the Griffin Online Store as the new autumn/winter 09 collection arrives in September. After featuring the range in our recent photoshoots we new we had to offer the range to our customers. Established in 2004, Pointer was created with the aim of making simple, well-designed casual shoes in response to a market then saturated with increasingly technical trainers and hyped-up limited edition sneakers. Like Griffin, the Pointer team is a design force of like minded individuals, with the aim to offer a shoe that follows a thoughtful design with a step away from the mass market. Watch this space for the collection hittng our online store in September.

Berghaus X Griffin

November sees the launch of the newest Griffin Co-lab with outdoorwear specialist Berghaus. This season the Griffin design team have reworked Berghaus’ Elysian jacket. With environmental ethics an important part of both companies, inspiration for this piece came directly from this.

For this Autumn/Winter 2008 season, Griffin wanted to create the opposite to the mass Global image of sportswear and create something which is really exclusive. With this in mind we discovered Berghaus is the largest customer of Gore-Tex® in Europe and had a fantastic archive of expensive unused Gore-Tex®. Finding our way through the Labrinyth of exclusive colours for experimental mountain projects and different textured face fabrics we began to pull from this stock a series of interesting and brightly contrasting materials. Upon returning to the studio we began pinning, stitching and taping the recycled samples to create these two very unique jackets. A great mix of hand made meets high technology these jackets are a limited edition garment to purchase yours please visit our online store.

The Made in England range explores the wonderful dichotomy of luxury sportswear with the added principle of a discernable English provenance. “We under value many of our traditional mills who are working alongside some of the most prestigious fashion houses. Louis Vutton, Gucci and Prada”

Baracuta:

Made in England since 1937 Baracuta was conceived in Manchester and has since become synonymous with not only quality rainwear but iconic sartorial ambassadors to the tune of Steve McQueen, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. Like-minded in their pursuit of creating elegant sportswear of unique quality the ongoing partnership between Griffin and Baracuta has produced a third G-9 Harrington jacket, in a typically innovative Griffin fabrication.

Mackintosh:

A brand of modern heritage built on true craftsmanship and a two hundred year history. A true innovator, Charles Macintosh developed the process of spreading rubber onto cotton creating the world’s first formal waterproof fabric. The trench coat seemed an obvious choice with its military connotations, rendered here in 2 designs featuring British DPM camouflage.

Fox Brothers & Co:

Founded in 1772 by Thomas Fox, the company has thrived in the beautiful rural surroundings of Somerset in the West of England. The Fox client base includes most of the worlds more exclusive designers, for whom the company specialises in producing exclusive designs, here their expertise has been put into practice on a pair of cashmere “Kingston” pants.

Butterworth & Roberts:

The name Butterworth and Roberts has become synonymous with worsted cloths. Manufactured from their mill in West Yorkshire these highly styled, quality English cloths have been worked by Griffin into their “Bladecut” and “Guerilla” trouser styles.

Andrew Shane:

A British, quality conscious manufacturer, with a unique hands-on approach to his product. The collaboration resulted in a series of rugby shirts.

Gymphlex:

For over 70 years Gymphlex has been providing consistently high quality sportswear. They show total commitment to UK manufacturing and have contributed to the careers of sportspeople young and old. For “Made in England” Grifffin have reworked two of their classic jersey styles

BUILT FOR A KING...

We buy all our meat from a friend called Bob King, who farms down the road. He believes that growing his lifestock slowly, keeping them outside and offering them a wide range of foodstuffs will result in happy healthy animals. The welfare of the animals is paramount to prod ucing top quality meat. Stress is recognized as having a huge impact on the eating quality of the meat. To reduce the stress he uses a small local abattoir, once the animals are killed he uses a local butcher to prepare the meat to the highest standards.

If you are interested in more information please email Bob….Click Here

GRIFFIN & BERGHAUS 2008

Griffin has joined forces with Bergaus again to bring you 4 NEW jackets! Keep watching the site for updates!

GRIFFIN NOW HAS A BLOG!

We set up a blog for Jeff to share his thoughts and his photos with all of you Griffin fans...So make sure you keep checking back for updates and the latest inside info...!

CLICK HERE FOR THE BLOG

GRIFFIN X BARACUTA
SPRING / SUMMER 2008

Baracuta G9 Slim Fit & G4 Straight Cut NOW OUT!!!

GRIFFIN X BERGHAUS
AUTUMN / WINTER 2007

It was brilliant to work alongside the talented team at Berghaus to produce 2 jackets to be released Autumn/Winter 07...Look out for further projects.

The ultimate Big Wall specific jacket is now in a new 3 Layer GORE-TEX® Pro Shell fabric with GORE™ Micro-Grid Backer technology (patent pending) which provides enhanced breathability, improved comfort and reduced weight. The internal cuffs and stretch outer cuffs eliminate any water ingress whilst climbing. The Solipsist is specifically cut for climbing in the worst of conditions.

We are pleased to announce that our A/W 07 collection includes designs by the artist Stanley Donwood.  Stanley's artwork 'London views'(which you may recognise from the album 'The Eraser' by Thom Yorke) will feature strongly on our garments.  Stanley Donwood has worked with Radiohead since their conception, producing artwork and images for the albums 'The Bends' , 'OK Computer', 'Amnesiac', 'Kid A', and

'Hail to the Thief '.  Much of Stanley's work, can be viewed at his online manufactory:               www.slowlydownward.com

The Griffin X Stanwood collection is represented by a capsule element of the Griffin Collection and is taken directly from his series of work called 'London Views'

GRIFFIN X KICKERS
LIMITED EDITION

We are pleased to announce that we are working with Kickers to produce 2 different styles of shoe.

They will be available in Hi and Low - White and Brown leather.

Have a further look here at our shop...