On Saturday May 18th British shirt makers Thomas Pink transformed the legendary White Horse pub, Parsons Green, into ‘The Pink Lion’ to celebrate The British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia. The pop-up pub in South West London was transformed into a mecca for stylish rugby fans, featuring Astroturf bars, screenings of historic matches and
Members of the 2013 British & Irish Lions squad visited Syon House, west London, yesterday afternoon as official outfitters, Thomas Pink, presented the team with the Lions Collection for the 125th anniversary Tour to Australia. This was the first opportunity the players were given to try on the custom-made outfits, following the squad announcement last
The history of trading cotton cloth dates back to 800 A.D. when Arab merchants brought the material into Europe. The Cotton count is the amount of material measured in one hank which is 840 yards that altogether weighs one pound. The higher the cotton count the finer the yarn. A 200 cotton count is more
During the 1300’s stripes were considered evil and known as ‘the devils cloth’. The story goes that two monks from Palestine came to Paris wearing brown and white horizontal stripes which were contrary to the preferred white cloaks worn. Before long, the monks were referred to as ‘barred brothers’ and the association with stripes was
Thomas Pink is delighted to congratulate official brand ambassador, Sam Warburton, as he was formally announced as The British & Irish Lions Captain earlier this morning. At the age of 24, the Cardiff Blues flanker has become Wales’ youngest Lions Tour Captain and the first Welshman since 1977. Warburton will be working with
Touch rugby at The PINK Lion on the Green is now fully subscribed. Please feel free to come and enjoy the day, however. A special touch rugby session will kick off the festivities on Parsons Green at 12:30pm for budding young rugby players aged 11-14 years. Question of Sport host and British & Irish Lions