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Robert Lancaster-Gaye Founding Director, TRADELINENS www.tradelinens.co.uk +44 (0)1442 843769 16
A textile man through and through, Robert Lancaster-Gaye is the man whose friends will always thank him for teaching them the true meaning of mitred corners and the vagaries of thread count. More importantly, he is known in the industry as the go-to person for making sure luxury hotels up and down the country can boast the best bed, towelling and table linen. Rewind 45 years, and, when the Managing Director of FB Lecky (eventually part of the Mitre Group) came to Robert’s school looking for a protégé, Robert chose to go out into the real world and flex his business muscles rather than study architecture at university. From a grounding in wholesale textiles in a small London warehouse to running the UK operation of Ewart Liddell (part of Coats Viyella), Robert counts his blessings that he truly understands the journey from thread to bed. Launching the UK market for Frette back in 1990 was the start of a partnership which still continues to this day in some of London’s finest hotels. 30 years ago Robert met Joe Molloy who heralded from Belfast, a city made famous very many years ago as being home to the finest linen manufacturers in the world and so their partnership started. Their shared vision and exacting standards meant that their linen has graced the bedrooms and restaurants of the world’s finest hotels for the past quarter of a century. Turns out that a flair for art and numbers not only gives you the potential to study architecture; mixing creativity with business acumen can also put you on the road to a passion for textiles, an expertise in hotel furnishings, an obsession with detail and quality, and a chance to mix with some incredibly interesting people in the hospitality industry.
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Robert<br />
Lancaster-Gaye<br />
Founding Director,<br />
TRADELINENS<br />
www.tradelinens.co.uk +44 (0)1442 843769 16
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