My fave Supreme tee

I have had the hologram box tee for a while now, and after a few washed it began to peel very slightly. So becoming more subtle in the way I dress I thought it would be great to fully peel away the red Supreme film that covers the hologram.

It is now an instant exclusive create some hype and get people standing outside my house waiting for me to peel their tee.

Less is WAY MORE

Miracles do happen

If any of you know Thomas aka Bendy you will know his image is not on the top of his priority list!!

He tends to where the same clothes until they are not wearable anymore, you may remember when I used him as a guinea pig, to naturally distress my jeans. HERE and HERE.

Well, Bendy decided to treat himself to a Wings+Horns sweater after a very positive meeting in central. Purchased from Present.

The start of an Industrial clean up? we can only live in HOPE.

Levi Roots takeover!!

Since his epic performance on Dragons Den that won the heart of all the people watching and the Dragons, Levi has gone from making gallons of sauce in his own kitchen to being on everything and anything that you could think of.

Its probably due to the fact the guy is so likeable and marketable, whatever it is he has branded or collaborated, you are guaranteed to at least try/buy it once. Good marketing.

the latest thing I seen, and bought of Mr Roots:

So nice I named it twice. Levi Roots

Fabric Quality.

We recently did a collaboration with Dutch Tailors Vanita .

They supplied the fabric. Being people in the Industry they posted over some amazing Scabal cotton.

The pieces came out extremely nice, and better in person as then you can feel the quality of the fabric.

QUALITY.

Nike making things hard right now.

So recently I tried convincing myself that i'm not going to keep buying shoes and should save for 'proper things' .... but recently Nike have been dropping some pieces that I dont think I can resist, or stop thinking about. The Air Flow was one, that I blogged about earlier this month but they now will be releasing them in a tonal black colorway with a white midesole. Beautiful.

I love tonal and that colour combination on most shoes. Aswell as these the vintage Blazer colorways are real strong and also the introduction of the Hyprfuse technology in an Air Max 1 OG colorway.

Generic Modification, Brilliant.

Heres a few pics of what I hope will be gracing my feet soon. My friends at Nike Energy marketing hook a brother up!

Let me save for these proper things!!

T&F Slack Shoes

As we are opening a store, we decided to expand into different areas other then just clothing.

I approached a British shoe company, to talk about a collaboration. On meeting the Bespoke shoe makers T&F Slack , I realised that there approach to shoe making was similar to our garment making. Both made in the UK, both giving the option to choose your own colours and fabrics, both have really lovely people working behind the brand, anyway we thought it would be a great story and collaboration.

The shoe shape we wanted to work with was the 5 hole Derby, a greatsilhouette.The shoe is extremely lightweight using nappa leather outer and a microfibre rubber sole which for me gives it that nice streetwear element to it, and extracts the overly smartness of the shoe. We did not want to change it too much, but add a House of Billiam personality to it.

They also do custom bikes, we got a little tour of their workshop.

A few ideas we put together for the samples to be made.

Refined streetwear steps.

Japan AW11

So we have established after 4 seasons in Japan that they are the hardest to please when it comes to manufacture quality, at first we thought maybe they are looking for sneaky discounts here and there as they would complain about things that no way would warrant a complaint of any nature.

We gradually became to realise it's the high standards that they maintain and are so regimented, militant about the products quality. It has made us step up our game in the quality control area of things and maintain a superior finish to our clothing.

Well it is sitting next to the likes of Lanvin and Balenciaga ;)

AW 11 is almost packed up and ready to go:

Were turning Japanese, we really think so.

YOU GOT BEEF!?

Don't worry this is not in anyway a hostile post, just trying to be clever, refering to a great steak restaurant I recently went to.

Gaucho's. Argentine Steak House you are offered the finest cut of Beef. The decor maybe a little over the top and obvious, as your surrounded by cowhide on the chairs and up the walls, but still creates a nice ambience. Was a nice occasion and thoroughly enjoyed with 3 of my favourite people.

Alot at Steak.

On the road.

Whilst driving back to my hometown of Leeds, Yorkshire, born and bred may I add.

I saw a wonderful automobile. The DeLorean DMC-12, also recently found out that it was made in Northern Ireland, but obviously made famous by the movie Back To The Future. I would love this car, but only a part of a fleet, more of a novelty, nostalgia piece.

excuse the picture quality, I had an amateur in the passenger seat ;)

Remember my prediction. CLICK ME.

Preparation

Currently we are just working on new product, and sourcing certain fabrics, and looking at quality UK based manufactures, to push the brand and its British aesthetic.

This is all in preparation for BoxPark, the first Pop-Up mall, being only 1 of 4 new Brands to get a place we will be surrounded by the likes of Nike, Alexander McQueen, Levis to name a few so we are extremely excited about this prospect.

Our shopfit will soon follow, and I will keep a visual diary of this ongoing process. We have to decorate a 8ft x 40ft steel shipping container. Dieter Rams comes to mind. Minimal, less is more, generic modification is going to be the design brief.

"Before anything else, Preparation is the key to success"

Alexander Graham Bell

Currently addicted to....

Raspberry Mojito's. I have an intense sweet tooth, and a fan of citrus fruits, in particular Lime. So this cocktail goes down so well. Perfect combination right now, although very slightly feminine.

Recipe for Mojito Magic.

Selvage.

We recently stumbled across another nice bargain.

46m Single width 14oz selvage denim, for a remarkable price of, wait for it......

£3 per metre! We do enjoy a bargain especially when the quality of the fabric is worth a great deal more. I cant reveal my source as you may then get there before us ;)

We are going to do a numbered release of overshirts, which will be in stock at our debut store opening September 1st, Boxpark, Shoreditch, London, but the problem came when we was thinking of how to finish, top stitch this piece, still undecided we thought it would be better to sleep on it.

TopStitch.

Twitter me this Twitter me that.

Im finally going to join the world of Twitter, well I have been on it for a while, but forgot my password and never really got into it anyway....

follow me:

Clothsurgeon.

Relishing a Retro

So amongst all the mayhem and busy times, i thought i'd take a little time out my wonderful opinion.

Well I have not been overly excited about the release of an OG Nike shoe for a while, but as soon as I saw the retro of the Nike Air Flow I instantly got that tingle and pause of breath that all sneaker fans can relate to, or just imagine something you materialistically love. You get the idea.

The colorways are OG also which is always nice to see, and the silhouette of the shoe is so nostalgic and perfect, I really hope it does not disappoint in the flesh.

Go with the FLOW.

BOXPARK

So, as I was saying, we have had some important meetings and collaborations coming up. By the title of this blog you may know what this is about. If not then i'll let this video explain.

Its quite a big step for us, exciting and nerve racking at the same time not to mention the amount of work that is involved... we will have an interesting concept running through the store. Which will all be revealed soon, when we actually finalise our ideas!

We will be surrounded by some high profile brands, so its quite flattering to have been given a space, lunchtimes will be pretty fun too.... fully loaded salt beef bagel!

Thinking outside the BOXpark.