The T-Shirt House

A brand new, exclusive handmade T-shirt company by up- and -coming designers based in Leeds.  The designs feature silhouetted faces of the worlds most iconic people including Twiggy, Bob Marley and David Bowie. All T- shirts are hand printed, therefore each one is an individual piece of artwork directly from the designers.

Check out the Blog and Facebook page for more info
https://www.facebook.com/thetshirthousecompany
http://thetshirthouse.blogspot.co.uk/

New English Dandy Style

Cropped trousers tucked into high leg socks, glitter accessories

Button up shirt with rolled sleeves, woollen socks worn with classic mens brogue

Casual, vest top worn with rolled hem shorts and sports trainers 

Fun Hawaiian shirt, layerd over printed tee, finished with classic Ray Ban sunglasses

Patterned shirt layered over plain tee with bold coloured shorts, finished with classic men's trilby 

Classic tailored shirt worn with turn up hem jeans, finished with fun coloured hair

Breton striped tee worn with rolled hem ankle grazing jeans

American sports vest worn with raw hem cut- off jeans and baseball hat  

New English Dandy

DANDY, noun
A man unduly devoted to style, neatness and fashion in dress and appearance.

Image from Cicolini. A, The New English Dandy

Image from Cicolini. A, The New English Dandy

Some kind of cool handmade robot, made from old junk found around ship yards. Seen by the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield, W. Yorks

So I was researching for my current project and I came across this weird and wonderful architecture. It was built in 1997 by Czech artist Vlado Milunic in collaboration with American architect  Frank Gehry. Situated in downtown Prague, CZ it vaguely resembles a pair of dancers, reflected in its name of Tancici Dum- translated as 'The Dancing House'.
Photo from http://www.prague-guide.co.uk/articles/dancing-house---tancici-dum.html

I have just returned from my placement in London, working with fashion designer Georgie Ichikawa. One of the reasons why I chose this placement was that I really like his design aesthetic. Taking cultural inspirations from his Japenese origins, he combines them with contemporary pattern cutting and tailoring techniques, producing garments that are both unique and personal to himself. I feel that this is quite similar to my own aesthetic as I too look at ways to explore innovative pattern cutting.

While I was working with Geogie, I got to see first hand what it is like designing and running your own label. As Georgie is a fairly new designer, I was able to get much more involved than I probably would have done if I was working for a more established brand. I undertook tasks such as photographing and editing garments to be put in his online store and was even entrusted with pattern cutting, grading and sampling of T-shirts, again to be sold online.

Through my time working with Georgie, I feel that I have learned new skills which I can develop through in my own work and I have a better understanding of what is required when running your own business.

http://www.georgieichikawa.com/

http://www.jhb-gi.com/