From weavers’ cottages to mills and warehouses, to the retail outlets and the pulsing lively scenes of contemporary Manchester and Liverpool, the legacy of the fashion industry is hard to escape in the Northwest.
The Fashion Manchester trail highlights a few of the many attractions, shops and markets, where you can follow the clothing past and present of Manchester’s city centre, including the former Cotton Exchange (now the Royal Exchange Theatre), Watts Warehouse, the largest single occupancy textile warehouse in Manchester (now the Britannia hotel) and the trendy retail outlets to be seen in.