by Andy on February 28, 2006
This is one out of my personal collection (kidding), electric pink with a crazy cartoon van/bus on the side? Love it! If it were avaliable in a different colour (dark grey perhaps) and not just in size small, then I probably would enjoy finding it in my wardrobe.
Produced by Doko clothing (excellent website, if a bit sparse), straight out of Shoreditch, London. They don’t have an online store, but you can buy a wide-range of their goods from the urbanity store (link at the end of the post).
Costiness=£30 (down from £40) at the Urbanity Store.
by Andy on February 27, 2006
And tell us what your favourite arm-hinding piece of clothing is!
In what is rapidly becoming a regular feature, I asked Nico from Teees.com what his favourite piece of sleeved apparel is, and quick as a flash he replied with this:
This was a difficult desicion, but I have to say that I really love the “Electronic Performers” sweatshirt by Lite Streetwear. The design is a bit hip-hop, a little electro, very early 80′s street retro but still looks brand spanking new. There is no info on what make the sweater is, but it is said to be cut close to American Apparel.
He doesn’t actually own it yet, but it’s right at the top of his list. He’d better be quick though as its producers, lite streetwear, only make a maximum of 36 prints of each design.
It can be bought through those fine French folks at Dadawan, with a costiness factor of €39.00, and the direct link to the sweater in question can be found here.
by Andy on February 24, 2006
Darkroom is an independent clothing company from Don Pendleton who is apparently some kind of skateboard design legend… I have no clue who he is, because I have the balance of a drunk frat boy trying to do a handstand. So you know this is a case of clothes before reputation.
I guess you could called the image on the hoody a kind of mashup of ghosts and twisters (or is that tornadoes?), because in my mind, there’s no such thing as a ghost with straight angular edges like that. And the logo on the bottom right is a surprisingly nice touch, considering that it is a logo, I know some people can get quite touchy about promoting brands (no matter how indie) on their clothes.
Costiness=$60 from the refreshingly minimalist Umbrella Market. Hoody URL
by Andy on February 23, 2006
I’m thinking that Hiyar may well be my new TomKat-esque name for Hide Your Arms. So get used to it, though it may be dropped at any time (i.e. when I realise it’s silly).
I’ve set up a del.icio.us account for Hide Your Arms, and whenever I find something that I might use in the future I’m going to tag it to my account. This way you can get a sneak-peek into what you might see in the coming weeks, the stuff that didn’t quite make the cut, and a few non-clothes related links, since I’m not that cotton obsessed. If you don’t like my writing but you like my choices, then this could be a good option for you; seriously, I’m almost telling you not to visit the site!
Those of you clever enough to use RSS will be able to get my del.icio.us RSS feed to simplify the process even further.
Link: HideYourArms.com is del.icio.us (what predictable link-titling…)
P.S. whilst we’re talking social bookmarking thanks to the two people out there that added Hiyar to their list, all exposure is appreciated, and the same goes for Unled.
by Andy on February 23, 2006
It always warms my heart to post about a UK based designer, so here we go.
Vilderness, is a company (label? collective? artist for the Mercado project? I dunno) whose entire collection revolves around animals, y’know, from the w-ilderness.
My pick of the day was close-run, I almost went with this similar piece, but in the end I decided that ducks were cooler. Hoorah for ducks!
And it’s for girls, again, I’m starting to neglect the guys now!
Costiness=£30 (and you get a free surprise 1″ pin badge) through UK stockist Stereohype
by Andy on February 22, 2006
What an un-original post title! Apologies for the lateness of todays post, I went out last night and didn’t fancy posting at 3:00AM, then I went out for lunch, but you guys don’t care about what I do with my days, you’re here for the sleeves, so on we go.
Shimone over at the excellent blog Jungle Life tipped me off on the excellent products that are on display at the Rome Snowboard Design Syndicate, I may be one of the world’s worst snowboarders (I can only turn one way) but I do know that those board folks tend to make some fine apparel.
The hoodie I’ve picked today is actually for the ladies, but there’s plenty on show for the guys too. I really like the idea of adding a design or print to the hood, since you don’t see that very often, and there’s nothing wrong with being different.
I can’t give you a costiness report because they don’t have an online store, or any online affiliates by the looks of it, but they do have a wide range of stockists in real world stores (yeah, buying clothes offline in 2006, retro eh?).
