An archive, not a shop. Prowse & Hargood ceased trading and the company behind it was dissolved. This site restores the house's own published writing about its shirts, cloth and craft. Nothing here is for sale, no order can be placed, and no prices, ordering routes or contact details are reproduced. More about this restoration.
Catalogue Index
The house published a site map listing every range, every catalogue page and every colourway it carried. This is that structure, restored as an index to the pages on this archive and as a record of what the catalogue contained.
Men's Shirts
Men's Shirts — the two ranges compared, and the cloth common to both.
Tewkesbury Range
- Plains — White Poplin, Pink Poplin, Pacific Poplin, Tan End on End, Cream Poplin, Azure Poplin
- Stripes — Blue Jumbo Stripe, Yellow Taunton Stripe, Blue/Navy Brantham, Blue/Pink Multi Stripe, Navy Butcher Stripe, Purple/Navy Lawford
- Checks — Navy Boxford Check, Blue/Pink Felsham, Gold/Royal Marwood, Lilac/Royal Marwood, Gold Gingham Check, Blue/Green Harkstead, Pink Polstead Check, Wine Saxham Check, Red Jumbo Gingham, Blue/Yellow Kingarth, Navy/Lime Raydon
- Specials — Pink Herringbone, Royal Oxford, Lilac Herringbone
Tuscany Range
- White Herringbone, Grey Stripe, Navy Stripe, Black Royal Oxford
- Blue Stripe, Red Stripe, Silver Stripe, Charcoal Houndstooth
- Charcoal Herringbone, Pink Stripe
Bespoke Shirts
Made to measure, over two hundred fabrics, a range of collar styles, pattern retained for repeat orders.
Women's Shirts
Pure cotton formal shirts in the same two-fold cloth as the men's ranges, introduced after the house was established and carried across several catalogue pages.
Accessories
Cufflinks
New Classic Square, Cats Eyes Midnight, Mother of Pearl, Crystal Offset Purple, New Classic Oval, Crystal Midnight, Cats Eye Blue, Square Red, Square Blue, Cats Eye Pink, New Classics Circle, Black Stripe, Crystal Offset Red, Toggle Gingham, Classic Rectangle, Haematite, Square Purple, Onyx, Pink Herringbone, Multi Check.
Handmade Woven Silk Ties
Nine pages of colourways, including Copper/Blue/White, Maroon/Brown stripe, Red/Navy/Gold stripe, Red/Navy stripe, Red/Navy Square, Blue tiny check, Sky Blue/Red, Red/Blue diamond, Maroon/Navy stripe, Maroon/Brown check, Brown/Tan band, Black/Gold/Brown, Blue/Navy/Orange, Yellow/Navy diamond, Blue Paisley, Red Paisley, Navy/Blue Jumbo, Lilac/Blue square, Wine/Blue, Yellow/Navy/Brown, Navy/Blue flower, Navy/Gold/Orange, Navy/Orange Flower, Burgundy/Gold/Blue, Navy/Purple Square, Navy/Blue Stripe, Black/Brown check, Tan/Brown stripe, Navy/Gold stripe, Gold paisley, Green stripe, Navy/Yellow Stripe, Purple/Brown check, Navy/White diamond.
Socks
Heel and Toes, Navy and Pink, Charcoal and Begonia, Beige and Wine.
Guides
- Sizing — measuring your own collar and sleeve, with the house's size tables
- Product care — washing cotton, storing silk, shrinkage allowance
- How to knot a tie — Full Windsor, Half Windsor, Four-in-Hand
- Glossary — an A to Z of shirtmaking terms
- About — the house, its ranges and what became of it
What is not here
The individual product pages behind each colourway are not restored. They existed to sell specific stock in specific sizes at specific prices, none of which exists any longer, and recreating a hundred and fifty of them as empty shells would misrepresent what this site is. The colourway names are listed above so the record is complete; the pages themselves redirect to the range they belonged to.
Also not restored: ordering, basket and checkout routes, the affiliate scheme, the brochure and mailing-list forms, contact details, delivery and returns terms, and the trading guarantee. Prowse & Hargood no longer trades and nothing on this site is for sale.