This hoodie and sweatshirt duo were released before the New Year, but as I had little intention of blogging during the break they have had to wait until now to be mentioned.
They’re a bit of a departure for Sleepy Dan, traditionally he’s done screen printed goods, but these cut & sew pieces show the direction that he wants to go in the future. I am seriously impressed with the level of detail that Dan has gone to with this release, clearly he’s trying to produce something very unique and interesting, but quite understated and classy. It feels to me like a step up for the brand trying to hit that next level and I like that because I’m sure it means that we’ll be seeing some great blog posts from Dan this year. Speaking of which I really hope that Dan will get the chance to talk about the new goods here on HYA, since the production process on a cut & sew product like this would probably very interesting.
Despite all the extra details on each item they aren’t going to be breaking the bank, with the sweatshirt coming in at $35 and the hoodie at $40, bargain!
I put a post on the HYA Facebook page a couple of days ago asking what people would like me to discount in the HYA store; hoodies, t-shirts, or posters. There wasn’t much feedback (6 responses from almost 3000 fans), but hoodies did receive the most interest, so true to my word I have put the hoodies on sale at £25, which is a saving of £10.
The hoodies will be on reduced price until next Friday (August 19th), and even though I’d destroyed any notion of a profit margin with the price cut, I will still be including a HYA sticker and pin badge in every order. Sizes are genuinely limited, I’m down to singles in some sizes, and once they are gone it will probably be quite a long time until I restock, so if you want one, get it now, it’ll be winter soon and these hoodies are ridiculously fluffy and warm and awesome. I know I’m meant to hype my own product, but I love these hoodies and I hope that more brands out there print on them because they are really high quality for the price.
Hide Your Arms Hoodies (in both pullover and zip-up style)
Do you remember A Year of Tees? It was Keith Walsh side-project (beyond running Turtlehead) that made a new t-shirt available for sale every day. It was meant to finish on December 31st 2010, but after receiving a number of requests Keith opened up the vault and made all the designs available for sale again, somewhat indefinitely (I’m sure it won’t be forever, but there’s no end cap this time around). He’s just increased the available offerings once again by making it possible to purchase every t-shirt design as a hoodie… and they say HYA doesn’t talk about hoodies anymore, pfft!
As I looked through the images I was sent in the e-mail I just kept nodding and saying “yes, yes, yes” because this line from SUTSU is very impressive. It all looks good with the big, bold and usually simple graphics, and 95% of the pieces are printed on EarthPositive garments. If you’re unaware, EarthPositive is a range from Continental clothing which is 100% organic and it’s production is done in a low emission way, in fact, I think it might actually be carbon negative (production takes carbon emissions out of the air instead of polluting it).
Good clothes that are good for the Earth, what more could you want?
