History
![2020](http://skippersmill.com/cdn/shop/files/SM_illy.jpg?v=1613629738&width=480)
We started our brand in 2020 – a year to remember and forget for sure. We came up with our animal kingdom as a response – who needed models when we can work with brilliant people that can create something in safety and in the comfort of there own home.
![Ariel](http://skippersmill.com/cdn/shop/files/11__23-06-05___DSC3236.jpg?v=1687528048&width=480)
When we saw the sketch of Ariel, we were sure he was our figurehead so he became the face of Skippers Mill.
![Marcel](http://skippersmill.com/cdn/shop/files/Frenchie_Vintage_Ecru_3.jpg?v=1619695788&width=480)
Marcel, another of our characters.
![Colour](http://skippersmill.com/cdn/shop/files/home_2.jpg?v=1613625818&width=480)
We started with 31 colours but for 2023 have expanded this to 50 shades.
![2023](http://skippersmill.com/cdn/shop/files/FOURTEEN_skippersmill_23-04-13_DSCF0629.jpg?v=1684501802&width=480)
A new year, our campaign shot in and around Langholm, where Skippers Mill was born.
All photography by Julian Anderson.
![Illustrated](http://skippersmill.com/cdn/shop/files/kingdom_10.jpg?v=1687873591&width=480)
David Bray developed our Animal Kingdom, alongside design and art direction from Untitled.