Silo: The UK’s First No-Waste Restaurant

Plates made from recycled plastic bags, emailed receipts, booze brewed in the basement and more at chef Douglas McMaster's ambitious project

by Ananda Pellerin Chef Douglas McMaster has a vision: he wants to eradicate waste from the commercial food preparation process. This might seem profoundly uninterestingbut its nothing short of revolutionary. Its what I call a pre-industrial food system, McMaster tells CH over an apple and elderflower cider at Silo, his month-old restaurant in Brightons North Lane district. It sounds high-concept but really its about creating …

Wintervacht Revives Decades-Old Blankets as Wool Coats

Two Amsterdam designers find beauty in materials that have lost their original purpose

Upon a first look at Wintervacht’s brightly hued wool coats—from plum purple and canary yellow to curious patterns that evoke lava lamps or colorful chess boards—it’s almost impossible to believe that in their past life, these coats were old blankets (and by old, we’re talking decades). Thus, you won’t find the standard outerwear shades of black, gray or even houndstooth here. While the Snuggie trend …

The North Circular’s First Book: A Good Yarn

The handmade, ethically focused knitting brand, powered by Brit models Katherine Poulton and Lily Cole, offers 30 projects to knit yourself

by Caroline Kinneberg Marking five years since friends and fellow models Lily Cole and Katherine Poulton launched their luxury ethical knitwear brand The North Circular, the duo recently released the book “A Good Yarn.” The designs in the bookwhich includes 30 accessory patterns from beginner to expert, from classic bobble hats to balaclavasare a mix of new patterns created specifically for “A Good Yarn” as …