The major British multinational retailer Marks & Spencer is considering playing a pivotal role in the revival of a pioneering fashion brand Adria, which closed down over a decade ago, according to reports. Adria, a leading hosiery supplier was founded in 1961 by the late Rolf Noskwith, a Bletchley Park codebreaker who went on to take over his father’s textiles business. The company became a fashion industry pioneer by responding to the swinging Sixties trend for miniskirts with seam-free stockings, which ended below short hemlines.

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