Arts Thread

‘Let’s go to the Bleach’ upcycles hair dresser towels and gowns for Spring/Summer 2024. Inspired by 1950s hair salon culture and seaside nostalgia, it captures a feeling of togetherness, freedom and fun, while the textile’s natural drying properties keep you warm on the go. The holes and bleach stains creates a range of grunge streetstyle looks, while the tie fastenings reflect hair salon gowns. Within the fibres lie many stories of happy customers, showing off their brand-new hairstyles and identities. From beauty to beach to bistro, it paves the way from beach coverup to something wearable while walking the promenade.

Rose’s Redress Design Award collection, ‘Lucky Strike’, captures the nostalgia of the ‘60s retro bowling aesthetic by upcycling vintage bowling shoes. Her collection is multifunctional, multi-weather, and multi-style, with trousers turning into shorts, and pant bottoms zipping together to create either a bag or top. Rose creates an emotional bond between the wearer and her garments by filming her creative process and sharing it on TikTok, encouraging the younger generation to embrace longevity. She also minimises water waste while shoe cleaning by working with a local UK factory and using eco-soaps. The garments are clearly labelled with the name and type of each component, making them easy to deconstruct for recycling.

A project focussing on sustainability and upcycling, turning bowling shoes into clothes; starting off as Lucky Strike and developing into Spin-to-Win over time. ‘Spin-to-Win’ is a six look collection, inspired by retro bowling and arcade games. The aim of the project is to upcycle disused bowling shoes, to prevent them from ending up in landfill. They will be sourced, washed using eco-soaps, deconstructed and then the leather parts will be engineered into a range of garments, while the soles will be sent to a recycling plant. The velcro shoe straps will be used as the main design features/garment fastenings and the rest of the clothing will be constructed using leather scraps from GHleathers, who only use skins that are a by product of the meat industry. This project captures the nostalgia of vintage bowling alleys and the playfulness of arcades, while working towards an environmentally friendly fashion future and contemporary trends in 2023.

“Flash Back Boys” is a pioneering collection designed for gentlemen who commute to work. Menswear fashion designer Rose Brown Langtry has challenged herself to reinvent tartan using contemporary materials. Inspired by skaters, Johnny Rotten and vintage skateboarder magazines, her hand-stitched tartan, graphic t-shirts and mohair knits speak ultimate grunge. Using her own fabric dyeing technique, she has created a range of colourful suits that have one look in the daytime and one at night. Under the flash of a camera the suits transform and glow. sustainability is also a vital component to her practice. This collection uses Supima cotton, dead-stock mohair, zero waste knit techniques and every off-cut has been saved in order to make remnants accessories, minimising waste. The multi-look quality of her garments discourages overconsumption and encourages travelling to work via skateboard to decrease the burning of fossil fuels. The reflective garments are a stylish way to keep you safe on the road. The pieces combine the rebelliousness of a skater with the sleekness of a business man, using glowing puke to turn you into Sex Pistol in 2022. Don’t be afraid to vomit profanity.

From cowboys to hipsters, Clint Eastwood to Kurt Cobain, lumberjacks to punks, loyalty to rebellion and Scots to couture, plaid can be worn by anyone and everyone. ‘Check It Out’ rethinks, reinvents and redesigns traditional tartan, innovating a timelessly classic look for A/W 2024. The fabric is constructed by stitching reflective strips in such a way that creates a 3D textured textile, reminiscent of a woven fabric, which shines after dark. Waterproof and breathable materials work together to produce a range of garments, capable of withstanding various weather conditions. Raw edge gives the collection a deconstructed, grunge look, encapsulating the rebelliousness that tartan holds while being perfectly tailored to the requirements of business wear; resulting in a sleek and punk rock look. This state of the art range is designed to be size inclusive, unisex and the colour palette is reminiscent of the LGBTQ rainbow flag. The pieces present as a regular outfit, ideal for the office or an event. However, after dark they transform reflecting headlights and protecting the wearer outdoors. The collection aims to encourage wearers to take alternative transport to work via bike or skateboard to reduce the burning of fossil fuels. It is also environmentally conscious, using zero waste techniques and eco-fabrics wherever possible. From road to work to club, you’ll never go out of style.

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, the end of the beginning.” – Winston Churchill Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965 A robust eloquent protagonist just like his favourite drink. Sir Winston Churchill is remembered for his bold, brave, brilliant and British character. But most of all, he was a man who always had to be doing something. 2024 marks Pol Roger’s 175th anniversary of business, Churchill’s 150th birthday and 79 years of an everlasting kinship between a man and his favourite drink. To celebrate this everlasting bond, Pol Roger brings this limited-edition magnum of brut champagne. The design nods towards Churchill’s brilliance with his ability to approach a multitude of tasks with unwavering interest, wit and enthusiasm. The box illustrates, a great man doing what he loved. From journalism to bricklaying, art to orating, he especially enjoyed painting still life in his ‘wilderness years’, which kept him out of the doldrums. This unique packaging doesn’t forget the past by displaying orchids, exploding from Pol Roger bottles in a vibrant pattern painted in his favourite medium: oils. The flowers also symbolise peace and new beginnings, marking Churchill’s victory after winning his fight against extreme fascism in 1945. In order to help protect our planet’s future, the cardboard is fashioned from grape waste during the cultivation of this crisp aged reserve. To this very day, their friendship lives on within every glass of Pol Roger’s champagne. Higher quality files available on request, artsthread site reduces quality of images