We are very happy to be a sponsor of the East Grinstead Triathlon Club’s 25th Anniversary Race and the official provider of race shirts. On the 16th May the race promises to be a great event – it’s completely full (even the waiting list!) and we particularly like that there is a special event for […]

We’ve donated some of our clothes for a charity auction run by Trail Magazine. You can see their auction on ebay here. All proceeds from the auction will go to Community Action Nepal to help build a much-needed rescue shelter at 4750m in the remote Himalayan valley of Gokyo. This will help to save the […]

While browsing the net (instead of going for a run – very bad), I found a website set up by RecycleBank (a US recycling company that rewards people for the amount they recycle). It’s called Explore the Cycle. It’s quite a fun website with info on the recycling process. Loved it when the machine pumped […]

Well, folks, we’re only just recovering from the whirlwind of the triathlon at Hyde Park last weekend.  It was a fantastic event (and we were even blessed with pretty good weather).  Thanks to everyone that came down to our stand to say hello. It was great to get so much positive feedback on our clothes […]

When we set up Yew, we decided that this was supposed to be outdoor clothing for real people.  That meant no pictures of inverted snowboarders, climbers at the top of Everest or mountain bikers sailing through the air.  Our website pics are supposed to be things that anyone could realistically do.  It’s our: “Everyday Adventure/Adventure […]

I’m not generally into shirt designs like these, but the way things are at the moment, you have to laugh. The image may not be appropriate for our own website, so here’s a link to news site Surfer’s Village: http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/40407/surf-news.htm.

Phew. It’s hard going over here at Yew.  We’re getting our first production run off the ground at the moment and it’s decisions and nail biting galore.  Zips, embroidery, sizing, pockets, labels – every little detail needs to be right or our dream designs just won’t work.  Anyway, in the midst of this, we’ve got […]