PSLDN - Story-telling Menswear
I designed cut and sew menswear pieces based on stories that I found interesting.
Story: Robin Hood
The green 'Loxley' inscribed on the front and the green stripe on the back of the chest plate are an homage to Robin’s birthplace and the renowned colour if his tunic. Furthermore, in honour of Robin’s legendary reputation as an exceptional marksman archer, I’ve emblazoned four criss-crossing arrows on the collar points as well as protruding arrows across the chest plate. The deer antlers above 'Loxley' allude to the coat of arms of Nottingham, home to Robin's Sherwood Forest.
Story: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
The hoodie’s orange body is a nod to the whimsical oompa loompas’ complexion. The transparent PVC & tubular elbow ‘hinges’ mirror the factory’s all important chocolate transporting pipes.
Story: Wright Brothers
North Carolina, 1903- The Wright Brothers achieve the first controlled powered flight. This is the genesis of airplanes as we know them today.
The feathers adorning the shoulders are a reference to the wing warping method that the wright brothers implemented to control their flight machines. The flying machine on the right arm of the jacket is the Flyer I. The machine that made the first powered flight on the twelfth month of 1903, hence the ‘XII’. I’ve also inscribed Wibur and and Orville Wright's signatures on the left arm of the jacket.
Story: Duke of Edinburgh Horse Chase
The location is Ashdown forest, thus the foliage print on the reverse of this shirt.
“Come on then! Let’s have it!” That’s my friend successfully provoking fifteen horses into a frenzy (hence the horseshoe embroidered on this shirt’s wrist placket). The stampede that follows sounds like a storm. A rapidly approaching, muscular and untamed storm.
At this point, it’s everyone for himself! I dive over the side railing as it is simply too late for me to reach the gate with the others.
Story: Count Victor Lustig
PARIS, 1925- Through a shady deal, Count Victor Lustig takes a bribe and sells the Eiffel tower to a scrap metal dealer. Only, Lustig has zero ownership of the landmark. By the time the crooked dealer realises this though, Lustig has already boarded the train to Vienna with a suitcase full of cash.
The quilted detailing on the sweatshirt refers to the criss-crossing metal construction found on the Eiffel tower. The crown engraved on the leather patch recalls the luxurious Hotel de Crillon, where Lustig met with metal scrap dealers to discuss ‘business’. The 1925 inscribed below it highlights the year of the con and France’s Tricolore flag drapes the lower back.