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After this process the cloth that will be used in the new range of clothing will be treated with an insect repellent IR3535, which, while as equally effective as the most common active insect repellents, is rated as being far less toxic, oily or smelly.
Other projects reportedly being considered by Tillman and his war against the mosquito is the development of a Sil2U spray which can be sprayed on skin, as well as a range of wet wipes containing a combination mosquito repellent and sunscreen.
To cash in on this latest development, Tillman is reportedly in the early stages of development of establishing a production facility that will produce a wide variety of men’s clothing, in particular suits, shirts, trousers as well as other fashion accessories all of them impregnated with the powerful Sil2U insect repellent.
Tillman’s new project has not only succeeded in capturing the imagination of clothing retailers, particularly those in the warmer climates, but also health associations across the world. According to statistics issued by the World Health Organisation, around 50% of the world’s population live in climates where they are liable to be victims of mosquito bites, bringing with it the risk of contracting malaria, an illness which claims an estimated 700, 000 lives annually.
Commenting on the latest development, a spokesperson for the UK based malaria prevention charity The Butterfly Tree, whop are particularly active in Africa, stated that she would be pleased to welcome anything that has the potential to save lives, whilst urging Tillman to keep his new technology within the price range that will be reachable to people living in less wealthy corners of the world, as well as setting aside a portion of the future production to be donated directly to charitable causes.
Tillman has been known in the past for his services to the fashion industry and promoting charity, for which he was aw the owner of arded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in Her Majesty the Queen’s 2010 Birthday Honor lIST.
Harold Tillman was born into a family with a tailoring background living in London in the tough post-war years. Tillman actually began to work in his father’s tailoring business during his mid teens, to help out his father who had been injured during the Second World War. In the early sixties Harold broke the mold for the first time in the world of fashion when was accepted to study at the London College of Fashion as their first male student.
Tillman graduated from the college in 1965 at the age of nineteen, being taken on as an apprentice at the bespoke tailors Lincroft Kilgour in the heart of London’s quality fashion district Savile Row. Harold’s rise through the ranks at Lincroft Kilgour could only be described as meteoric, being appointed the company’s managing director three years later, and within the space of another three years, succeeding in floating the company on the London Stock Exchange.
In London of the swinging sixties Tillman was at the very height of the fashion world as well as counting among his friends a host of personalities to a world of entertainment and sport during that exciting era.
In 1975, at the age of just 30, Harold Tillman masterminded the sale of Lincroft Kilgour and in the process became a multimillionaire. Taking some time out from his hectic career, Tillman spent some time in the United States, returning a number of years later embark on his second career, this time in the hospitality industry when he opened the Rumours cocktail bar in London’s Covent Garden.
It was inevitable that Tillman would return to the fashion industry, which he did when he acquired prominent fashion chain Honorbilt from Austin Reed. However, this time the successful formula that he had developed during his time with Lincroft Kilgour failed to bring the same results and he was forced into liquidation.
In 2002 Tillman was back in force in the UK High Street when he acquired a majority share in Jaeger, a financially troubled men’s fashion chain in partnership with Belinda Earl. The partners then acquired Allders, one of London’s landmark department stores going on to add the Aquascutum chain in 2012, before the group fell into the hands of Tillman’s bankers.
All through his career in the clothing industry Tillman has also retained a significant interest in the restaurant business through his First Restaurant Group as well as being a partner in the iconic Notting Hill Brasserie, with his son Mitchell.
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