Inside Out Re-cap

Was a wonderful night, the set up was great and so was the turn out. Intended on being sober but it a bit crazy towards the end of the night, drinking a shot that I can only describe as a room temperature, chilli/spicy, pot-noodle with a dash of vodka.

Met some great people, especially The Islington Twins, who were extremely knowledgeable and very positive, and at one point described me as a mastermind. Who am I to argue with their wise words ;)

Big shout out to the crew at YOUTH CLUB

HIGHSNOBIETY Re-cap.

Soon come.

The lookbook has finally been shot, and by a lovely talented gentleman called Samuel John Butt.

The 8 looks looked great and I am as eager as you to see the finished article.

Thanks to all the participants!

Sheep.

BAAAHHH 100% wool jumper samples arrived today. we are happy with them. The sheep did well.

The lookbook is shaping up nicely, 9 looks I am thinking to go with are pretty strong the colour palette consists of greens, navy, burgundy, putting the looks together myself I tried to find a balance of what we do, and a flow throughtout.

Lookbook is gonna' be Billiant!

SS12 Personal Favourites.

S/S is not my favourite season im more of an A/W man. However there was a few collections I was a fan of for one reason or another. Here's a look from each of them.

Philip Lim

Martin Margiela

Yves Saint Laurent

Neil Barrett

Nice.

Nike 1948

Nike 1948 finally re-opened. I eagerly anticipated the opening of the concept store located in heart of Shoreditch, thats slightly tucked away on Batemans Row.

The store has new longer opening hours, and a totally new shopfit, which is surrounded by interesting stories and thought out procedures throughout. For example the floor is made from recycled shoe soles, rubber burnt down and re-created into a cushioned floor.

Not a profit driven store the product is minimal but higher end.

Few pics and I may of picked up a little treat.

Swoosh. There it is.

We have a Party.

We did a collaboration with PYMCA, an Image Rights organistaion we was given license to put an image of our choice into the jacket. So to celebrate how brilliant we both are we are having a party.

Come along should be a wonderful event.

click the INVITE

AW11 Collection

We received samples of various garments we have developed for our debut store collection.

Sorry, but I can not show you images just yet, we are doing a lookbook very soon and it will be all coming to the newly developed website.

under construction/upgrade/re-furb whatever you may want to call it.

coming soon.

www.houseofbilliam.com

T&F Slack Shoes developement

After receiving our first set of samples, we realised a few things. We need alot more development to get the desired shoe. Being a nice silhouette as it is we just wanted to add subtle details to the derby.

Second samples came back. They were wonderful, one is almost ready to put into production while the other style just needs a slight tweak and we are good to go!

few sneak peaks:

Almost there.

What we Do

The people at Threads TV took a little time out to see why he have been gently shaking the world of UK Streetwear recently. Look at the dynamic duo, both in need of a shave.

HI MOM! im on TV!

In Search of.... John Lobb.

I have been after the perfect dress shoe for a while now, and seen as some of the best shoemakers in the world are on my doorstep in Northampton, we took a trip down.

I saw the perfect pair, on a forum and thats what I was going to hunt down, but the shoe was released in 2006 so may prove difficult to get:

Churchs:

Edward Green:

Trickers:

John Lobb:

Unfortunately did not have my size. Oh well the search continues. Saw quite a few other random items on my visit, was a nice stay and definately recommended, if only for the shoe factories.

Oh well the search continues.