The story starts in 1850, when a Manchester cotton mill named Christy began weaving what would become some of the most famous towels in the world, reportedly crafting one of its earliest pieces for the Queen of England.
Christy became Wimbledon's official towel supplier in 1987, and for the next two decades the towels were designed, woven and finished in Britain, a genuinely British object serving a genuinely British sporting institution.
That changed quietly in 2006, when Welspun, the Indian home textiles company, acquired Christy.
Manufacturing didn't move overnight.
The brand's design heritage stayed rooted in Christy's Manchester studio, but production gradually relocated to Welspun Living's facilities in Gujarat, with the shift completed by 2010.
