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Hideyourarms.com March 2008

Monday, March 31st, 2008

MarginReports: You Can Make It Happen Andy: “Ummmm, why have you put those badges into takeaway cartons?”YCMIH: “One day we were making our onion-design badges and we noticed that they were… y’know, onion… badges…“(Queue bemused look from the devilishly handsome blogger) Andy: “……..” YCMIH: “Onion Bhajis!” Andy: “Ahhhhh! Now I get it” And with that, I was thoroughly smitten with the ladies behind You Can Make It Happen, a small Manchester-based company set up by Jo Finlay in 2003. There was a fantastic quirky-Britishness about them, their designs, and entire brand philosophy that was really endearing. The often doodle-like hand drawn illustration style is a staple of their (usually food-inspired) designs, something which goes hand-in-hand with the hand-printed, limited edition nature of all their pieces. Fittingly, considering the food-theme that seems to run through their range, YCMIH are getting healthy and eating their greens. That rather strained metaphor (analogy?) means that they’re sourcing all their products from manufacturers that employ fair, ethically and environmentally conscious working practices. They had quite a few products at Margin that I can’t spot on their typically whimsical, hand drawn website, such as a new ‘eat your greens’ range, and a guilt-free eco-bag, a product that is really big in the UK at the moment, so it might be a case of it taking a while for them to get to the site, but it’s entirely possible that they’ll have the latest stuff at Manchester’s Fashion Market every Saturday 10am-5pm on Tib Street (near Debenhams, if you know Manc. you’ll probably know where that is). You Can Make It Happen
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www.youcanmakeithappen.co.uk

Posted in Editorial, Exhibitor Info, Margin, hideyourarms.com, 101, Tradeshow, Exhibition, London, Blog Post, Tees, Fair-Trade, Graphics, New Brands, February 2008, Ethical Fashion, You Can Make It Happen |

Regenerate + Blog

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Regenerate + Exhibitor Blog Post

“Margin tradeshow

We picked up buyers and distributors in France, new stockists around the country as well as international press, not bad for a first show.”

http://www.regenerateclothing.com/

Posted in Quotes, Exhibitor Info, Margin, TraidFare, Tradeshow, Exhibition, London, Blog Post, Regenerate, Organic, London Fashion Week, Fair-Trade, New Brands, February 2008, Ethical Fashion |

Hideyourarms.com March 2008

Monday, March 17th, 2008

HideYourArms.com

www.hideyourarms.com MarginReports: terratag Just a month (and a week) after the event actually occurred, I’m finally treating you to some reports on brands that I found at Margin. As most of the vendors at Margin didn’t want photos being taken of their goods (and a few at The Park were pretty rude over the whole photo situation), and I can understand why, the clothes world can be pretty cut throat, I won’t be using any personally taken photos of the brands I met, but I think that I was able to get a much better insight into what all the brands were about, so there should be a bit more authority to these posts than my regular ‘hey, that looks cool’ offerings. Terratag were the first brand I chatted too, so I thought it would be appropriate that I profiled them first. It’s hardly surprising that Terratag made a big impression on me, they love robots, perhaps even more than I do (they’re putting together a book with more than 200 robot t-shirts in it), and the way that their designs seamlessly mix British and Japanese pop culture really pushes my buttons (in a good way). They employ lots of strong images, often inspired by the extremely popular Gundam series, which helps to explain why Japan is one of their biggest sources of international orders. They also have no fear in using metallic inks, something that I’m happy to see. But to make it seem as if Terratag are robot obsesses is pretty unfair, their designs run a fairly wide gamut of subject matter, they like to dabble in graffiti style and vivid, neon colourways (some of which actually glow under UV light!) that are bound to get a lot of attention. Overall, a very impressive line, who had a friendly guy working their booth that didn’t appear to mind answering my annoying newbie-journo questions.  

Posted in Exhibitor Info, Margin, hideyourarms.com, The Tee Room, Tradeshow, Exhibition, London, Fashion, Terratag, Blog Post, Streetwear, Tees, February 2008 |

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