White Trumpet is a young line by the designers Reno Inchenko & Julie Rouziou, both based in East London. SS09 is very mathematically inspired - with it’s individual geometric shapes. Such cool designs but I wouldn’t want to be the pattern cutter for them! Each individual panel is a separate folded pattern piece.
More of the collection [...]
Blood is the New Black launched 2004 in California. The concept of it is to give unknown artists a break into the industry by them each having their own page on the website. Collectively, they’re all under the same BITNB label but they’re given the freedom to be known and not shrouded by the brand.
They’ve [...]
Mary Meyer founded her self titled line in Fall 2005, Then in 2006 she moved from Oakland, CA to Brooklyn, NY where she has ran her label ever since.
She’s got a similar aesthetic to neighboring NYC line Sophomore - but where they are more reliant on the classic staple shapes, Mary Meyer has more of [...]
Rebecca Torres is a Glasgow based designer. She graduated in 2007 from Caledonian University, she then went onto launch her label ‘TORRES‘ in April 2008 which since has been profiled in magazines such as Borne and Vice.
Her collections are totally made up of clingy stretch fabrics and bold geometric patterns. It’s really cool to see [...]
Father and son line, Casely Hayford is a thoroughly English label. If I ever decide to go shooting Pheasants with high society I think I’m going to have to be kitted out in their 60% classic english, 40% streetwear inspired line.
They’re serious about keeping to the classic Savile Row craftsmanship techniques; I’d say it certainly [...]
Sophie Hulme launched her own line only a year after graduating from Kingston University in 2007, a few seasons later and her collections are still going strong and growing.
She’s had quite a bit of commercial success too for such a young designer, being stocked in Selfridges Oxford Street and B-Store on Savile Row
I particularly love [...]
