Walsh x Universal Works. A little closer to home.

04.09.2026

Made for Bolton, Nottingham, Tokyo, London, or wherever you call home.

Featuring: Yellow British Wax Cotton Boston Parka, Olive Slub Shirting Fatigue Shirt, Olive Patchwork Twill Oxford Pant, Walsh x Universal Works Ensign in Green Leather/Canvas.

Universal Works has friends and partners all over the world, but for our latest collaboration we headed a little closer to home, to Bolton and the factory of British footwear maker Walsh.

It is a part of the country we know well. We are based down the road in Nottingham, while our Co-Founder Stephanie grew up nearby in Rochdale.

We first worked with Walsh several years ago. Returning to the factory this time, things felt different; “It felt like something had been reawakened,” says David, UW’s other Co-Founder. “There was a new energy about the place. It felt alive and hopeful.”

Together, we have revisited three classic Walsh styles, each in three colourways: the Ensign, Tornado and Cobra, taking something from the past and giving it a contemporary Universal Works feel.

Featuring: Walsh x Universal Works Olive Flight Nylon Club Coach Jacket, Olive Jazz Check Standard Shirt, Black Cat Cord Grad Chino, Walsh x Universal Works Ensign in Black Leather/Canvas.

Featuring: Indigo Future Denim OG Bakers Chore Jacket, Blue Check Charlie Check Attendant Shirt, Indigo Future Denim Grad Chino, Walsh x Universal Works Tornado in Brown Leather/Canvas.

The Cobra also got a new name: the Cob. In Nottingham, a cob is a bread roll. In Lancashire, you might call it a barm cake. Different names for the same simple, everyday essential. We could argue about which one is right all day.