Out of thread

Well almost. Still some left to create more things.

We have been extremely busy working on a S/S 11 Capsule Collection. Almost complete, its looking quite brilliant!! We have continued the reversible aspect of House of Billiam clothing, using traditional fabrics and added staple pieces with a unique touch through the cutting or details.

Look book will surface later. A slight taster:

Spring Summer CHECK!!

We care about the young folks

One of our buddy's Ed Stephen, a dance teacher has been working within the community, with a group of kids on a contemporary piece of choreography. So he asked us to make them some splendid jackets for the show.

We opted with reversible varsity jackets each with their own colour lining apart from one who had a culmination of all 7 colours. Well done to Bendy as he sewed through the night to get these there on time.

They looked great on stage and show went really well. Check the press coverage here.

Children are the future. BIG UP HOXTON MASSIVE!!

B-randing

A succesful element of a clothing label is branding, in your face or subtle. which ever may work for your target market... also lets people know what actual brand it is. Fashion is actually a business aswell as an art form and passion but its the money that helps a brand expand and the marketing strategy.

Anyway, we worked on a few bits for our branding, like George Foreman, we are very proud of our garments, we want everyone to know they are ours!!!

BBBBBB-EAUTIFUL!

Upgrade.

Its about that time. Apple iPhone 4 is almost upon us. Poor o2 staff im sure they will be bombarded with the same questions all day leading upto its release. I cant wait. I want it now. Rumours of a June 24th release!

Patience!

Freshness

You may remember the collaboration we did with Commonn the store in Northampton. Max 90 infra red inspired varsity and hoodie, well they were recently featured on Freshness Mag. They can also be bought on Commonns WEBSITE. With the re-re-re-re-rerelease of the Nike shoe it may be a good time to buy one.

images taken from FreshnessMag:

COVERAGE.

D.A.R.Y.L

I have been buying every movie I can remember watching as a kid, been going crazy on Amazon! I recently bought D.A.R.Y.L which is an acronym for DATA-ANALYSING ROBOT YOUTH LIFEFORM! A movie about a young boy who escapes from the Pentagon and is fostered by a family, who soon realise he is an extremely special child! This may jog your memory, if not go out and get it!!

Nostalgia. The most powerful emotion.

Hard work

The world of Fashion never sleeps and nor do you ever rest. Its an ongoing process from one season to the next especially when you are a relatively unknown brand trying to get somewhere, somewhere near the top. It doesnt happen over night and I have slowly began too realise it will take 2 nights :)

We are currently working on Spring Summer 2011, there has been a few setbacks and we have had to put our ideas and creativity on the back burner to please a certain market. A mini collection that will consist of shorts, plus 4's, trousers, t-shirts, waistcoat, 4 pieces of outerwear and a bag. PHEW! Not much to do then.

NO IMAGES IM AFRAID. UNDER WRAPS. :)

" Hard work without talent is a shame, Talent without hard work is a tragedy" Robert Half

new kid on the block

The little man who we made the Varsity for sent us some pictures of him wearing far too busy playing with his crayons to pose, he looks rather dapper in his jacket. The girls at nursery wont know whats hit 'em! Check the skeleton undergarments!

Coolest kid in the playground.

Freshman Varsity

We had a request from one of Bendy's friend, to make their 2 year old son a varsity. We obliged and it was ridiculously cute, the pattern pieces were tiny! All with functional pockets and fully reversible into paisley lining. the little man will be looking super fresh in his garment! Think its time I had a little ME just so I can dress him up!

FRESH FROM BIRTH!

Ronal-DOH!

World cup fever is kicking in!! Everyone seems to be doing a World Cup inspired items. I recently got myself a Panini sticker album for the 2010 South Africa World Cup and have been spending all my lunch money trying to fill it!

I still have a pack from the 1990 World Cup unopened. If England win I will open!

Anyway Nike jus released their World Cup advert, its immense! Rooney imagining failure, guest appearances, and just the whole hype that will be upon us in just over 3 weeks! Cant wait!! check it out:

COME ON ENGLAND!!

i've been waiting for some time now...

... for the Jordan VI to release in white/red. Titled the infra-red pack they will be releasing next month, and come as a dual pack, with the blk/red. Retail will be approx £215, but I only really want the white as I have 2 black pairs from 2000.... hmmm going to have to do some trading.

SUMMERTIME!

Everyone calls me Coco...

Amazing. check the full video in the link below. Lagerfeld. Flawless full white outfit. Gangster. Throughout the trailer the actor implies what Lagerfeld was going for, what he was influenced by for his collection, from Bardot to Birkin to Jagger. While all the models wore Chanel

Video | Remember Now By Karl Lagerfeld (The Trailer)

WOW. CHANEL fest!

Christian Louboutin x Converse

Simmer down.... Its not true. I did somewhat take influence from his shoes to do myself a pair. A fraction of the price also. There seems to be a lot of love for stud embelishments right now , Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy has been going crazy with the Punk inspired element within high end fashion. Take a look at my D.I.Y Converse.

DO IT YOURSELF stud muffin.

Natural wear and tear PT.5

After the wash. There was colour loss and shrinkage. The colour loss in particular, in places where there was lots of wear and tear and creasing. It also shows that it is pretty hard to destruct a pair of quality denim! This may take some time! But they are now truely on their way to being a pair of beautifully naturally whiskered, damaged denim. It was a good effort by Bendy.

Wear to death.

Natural wear and tear PT.4

Ok so now it has been 6 months now so the jeans had to come off. They were ready. They were at a stage where I think they needed washing not just because they were getting battered, but tramps in Soho were shouting out "YOU STINK MATE" as Bendy walked frivolously through the streets. So yes, they will now be getting washed at 90º which i'm hoping will take a lot of the colour out of the denim highlighting the damage. few pics before the wash:

If you missed previous coverage here they are again for your observation:

PT 1

PT2

PT3

Natural WASH.