Top quality independent clothing from the UK, boy does it make me feel proud to see Brits doing something great in an industry where I usually see the American side. EIO Clothing are a seriously hot label too, they’re worn by people like Pete Doherty (I feel dirty just writing that), Lady Sovereign, Sugababes, Jamie Callum, CSS, New Young Pony Club, the Klaxons and Andrew Bowness (wink). I know that just because a celebrity wears something doesn’t make it cool, but come on, that’s a pretty cool list, especially the guy at the end of it!

Their latest range, code-named “Till death Do Us Party,” dropped today (October 15th) and is filled with “bright, bold garments and Electro prints with washed out, burnt out and distressed finishing techniques.” That’s certainly true of the majority of the range, although my sample isn’t quite as nu-rave as some garment. The design is a really interesting take on the traditional crest, I’m not going to claim to understand if there’s any deeper meaning behind the design, but the illustration is absolutely beautiful.

Quality is top notch. The stock tee is by American Apparel. Printing quality feels great considering how large the print is. To distress the tees a little bit they’ve cut the ends of the sleeves and the hem at the bottom of the tee, so presumably the distressed look with increase the more you wear it. It’s a subtle effect, but I think it works quite well. I don’t usually mention packaging (usually because its boring), but my tee came in a really cool screenprinted envelope that you can see in the expandable thumbnails at the bottom.

Costiness=£26 Link (As this article was written before I went to France, the tee wasn’t in their shop yet, so I will update this link at the first opportunity I get)

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Tags » black • butterfly • crest • eio • eio clothing • monochrome • review • UK • white

I may not speak German, but I am fluent in style (if I do say so myself), which is why this hoodie from Sabre Style has found its way onto my screen.

I do like it, but I feel that with a few alterations it could be much better. They’ve got a great looking design there, but it just seems a bit small, something with that kind of detail really deserves to be in the center and wayyyy bigger. That and it seems to be printed using vinyl (could be, and probably am, wrong), perhaps a water-based soft ink with a sliught fade would have been more appropriate considering the cowboy-esque design?

That said, it’s still a good design, and it’s printed on American Apparel so you know it’ll feel nice.

Costiness=€55.90 URL

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Tags » American Apparel • black • crest • gun • guns • hoodie • sabre style • skull • skulls

Just a quick and mainstream recommendation today. I found this Volcom track jacket whilst I was searching around quite a cool looking store called “Standard Style Boutique“. There aren’t very many items there that run cheap, but there’s still decent products to be had. Also, with large stores like this there tends to always be some bargains in the sale section. For example, the volcom track jacket is 50% off.

Costiness=$31 URL Nico from Teees.com says that they only ship to the US, damn them.

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(title gets me scene points)

I wasn’t aware that this hoodie had straight-edge written on it when it first caught my eye, and I still don’t know if it has anything to do with the sXe movement but its a nicely designed hoodie if you can get yourself past the cultural connotations.

The design is looks well conceived (though that eagle may be a bit iffy), and I presume that it runs over onto the back, which makes the shoulder-placement all the sweeter, and I guess you can recreate those pirate fantasies by claiming to have a bird on your shoulder…

Oh, and its a good thing those straight-edgers aren’t spending money on booze, because this hoodie don’t come cheap.

Costiness=$130 from Shop Ten Sixteen. For those of you that love 4% discounts, use the code “promo-shipping” (no quotation marks) when you spend $200 dollars to get $8 off shipping.

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Tags » crest • eagle • hoodie • shop ten sixteen • straight edge • sXe • white

This hoody by encore didn’t amaze me when I first looked at it, it’s alright, fair enough, quite a nice little logo over there on the top right. But a little more investigation (i.e. actually looking at it) revealed something rather more interesting. It has a zip pocket, and a regular pocket where the kangaroo pouch should be. I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen that before, or if I want to see it in the future, but it definitely is different, and sometimes I find myself in need of a zip pocket where I KNOW I won’t lose whatever’s in there.

Costiness=£49.99 (don’t all webshops just work to the integers now?) from thestyleguru.co.uk

Edit: Idiotboy (AKA moi) forget to add the picture!

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Tags » crest • encore • Mens • red • thestyleguru • UK • zipup

Naive clothing have some pretty schweetl looking gear in their store (run by the pretty looking Merchline), their style is kind of like art on t-shirts, I’m definitely bookmarking them for future reference.

Their selection of hoodies isn’t wide, but like most stores I feature the quality makes up for it, I’ve picked out this ‘Map’ jogger, with it’s bigger-than-average print and the way the map just casually slides across the zip in the middle, you know you’re getting something a little bit different, and that’s why you’re here right?

Costiness=$30 and it’s only available in XL, take that you thin losers!

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Tags » black • crest • Mens • naive clothing • Track Jackets