October is a t shirt printing, screen printing, garment sourcing and embroidery supplier established in 1990. We source a wide range of clothing and accessories to fit the most demanding of specifications. Although we print and embroider for a variety of sectors, our speciality is fashion.
With this in mind we offer a full service including garment sourcing, graphic design input, range development, technical screen print and embroidery advice, label supply, re-labelling, bagging, swing ticketing and bulk distribution.
This isn't everything. That would just be too massive, but it is a cross section of all our favourite T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoods, polos, hats etc. It's what a pretentious bell end might call a curated edit. Feel free to call us with any questions, and let us know if we left anything out.
It all started 25 years ago. Paul finished a degree in obscure eastern religions, and was surprised to find he couldn't get a job. Not a problem, a friend had a sewing machine,
A Canadian based clothing brand inspired by snowboarding and our tip is that Nomis will become a Snowboard and skate clothing paradise.
The company team is: Pro Snowboarder Simon Chamberlain, including snowboarders Mark Sollors, Risto Ruokola and Skateboarders Ronson Lambert and Morgan Smith.
They have produced some very unique, high quality designs with durability in mind not forgetting looking very cool doing it. Well done guys. We love what are doing.
The portfolio of designs include: T shirts (Tees), Fleeces, Jackets, Tops, Denim, Caps, Shorts and accessories. Includes a good range for Men and Women.
I’m Martha, I’m 13 and I’m doing a days work experience at October (otherwise known as my teachers are on strike so I’ve had to come to work with my dad!). I’ve checked out a few websites for teenage fashion and clothing.
I thought it was very easy to work your way round the site and find what you were looking for. There was a huge range of all types of clothes, they had lots of clothing that would be very easy to wear everyday, which is what i mainly look for when i go shopping.
Their clothing was very up to date and had a big, spring/summer range.
They have clothes in lots of different styles to suit anyone, and provide sizes from 6-16 for most items. They also have a useful size guide for each item, so if you don’t know what size to buy, you can use it to find out.
And they also sell accessories too…
I found that:
– lots of their items go well with each other, and you could easily put together a whole outfit just from this shop/site.
– They also sold a range of wintery clothing too – coats, jeans etc.
– And they’re nearly all at prices that are easily affordable.
I really like their selection of clothing.
I also had a look at urban outfitters website- www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk. Their site was very easy to use and I could find what I needed very quickly, which is good. Though some of their items are not as affordable as prices in other shops like Topshop, or New Look and other teenage clothes shops, I really like their clothing range.
It’s unique and unusual, which is one of the things I like about it – I don’t really want to wear clothes that everyone else is wearing because that’s just a bit boring to be honest, but if you wore clothes from urban outfitters you would stand out and look individual, which is, one of the main things I would look for if I was buying clothes.
They have a large range of clothing for all seasons.
Some of their clothes are not as casual as they are in Topshop etc. but that means you could also buy clothes from there for a more posh, or special occasion. I really like nearly all their clothing, and would definitely wear it myself!
There’s also – All Saints – It’s too expensive for me really, but it is a very cool shop……one day maybe, if my Dad pays me for helping him at work today….Dad…where are you?????
Thread is the online fashion magazine dedicated to bringing you the latest in eco-fabulous style.
Ethical fashion is fashion that has been made, worn and passed on in a way that looks after people, animals and the environment. The clothes we feature in thread support this approach, making us essential viewing for fashion-conscious people who care about where their clothes come from. All clothes tick off at least one of these principles:
Made and traded sustainably — clothes and accessories where suppliers of raw materials receive a fair price and workers get a fair wage, with guaranteed rights. Ideally the trade brings new benefits to communities.
Made of sustainable materials — minimising the impact of fashion on the environment. Look out for clothes made from cool, organic cotton that are safer for farmers, garment workers and the environment, as they’re free from chemical pesticides and fertilisers. And clothes made from funky alternatives such as hemp and bamboo.
Recycled or vintage — keeping clothes out of landfill and cutting fabric waste in factories. Many of our clothes are classic vintage items and stylish one-off pieces made from recycled garments, factory off-cuts and remnants.
Ethical fashion is becoming cool in its own right, making the move from catwalk to high street, with a list of celebrity fans such as Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Brad Pitt, Leona Lewis and Leonardo di Caprio.
Thread shows you how to get the look you want in an eco-glam way through our unique mix of affordable fashion, exclusive videos, photo galleries and thought-provoking features.
There are so many ways you can get involved from shopping ethically on the high street and buying vintage or second hand to swapping clothes with friends and customising the clothes you already have. There are options to suit your style, your budget and your views.
“This is our new home. The door is always open. Come in, relax, get comfortable. There is no work to be done, because if you wanted to be working you wouldn’t be here in the first place, right?”
That’s what it feels like when you’re Borny. Those moments when your mind wanders. Those moments at your desk when you can’t wait for the day to end and the evening to begin. Those nights when you’re out and all you want to do is drag the person you’re with all the way home straight away. When you’re bored and you start flicking through that mental flick book of mischief in the back of your mind, thinking about making some more. When all you want to do is down tools and get dirty. That’s when you’re Borny.
Everyone gets Borny. Borny is knowing that a part of the weekend never dies. Borny is where work ends and play begins.
And so this site, our home, is for everyone. Because, to paraphrase a soft rock standard, Borny is more than a feeling. Borny is the name of the newest, coolest clothes in town. Tees, jeans and underwear for sexy, stylish men and women who know what it is to be Borny… maybe a little too often.
We do.
So, like we said, come in, relax, have a look around. There is a little shop full of our latest designs modeled by the faces of Borny, people so sexy it’s criminal. There are our party snaps, videos, music and loads more for you to explore.
The Print Liberation team has done it all. They have designed for small, mid-sized and large clients and created logos, posters and full print campaigns for sneakers, car shares, museums and retail spaces.
They have managed photo shoots for major magazines, started own clothing company; founded a gallery (Black Floor/Copy); authored a book on screen printing (due out in June of 2008) and finally, quit there jobs at large advertising agencies, so that they can do what they do best – work directly with customers to create effective designs for their premium brand/creative business that reflect the Print Liberation’s knowledge of contemporary art, culture and commerce.
With an unconditional love for typography, design, logos, screen printing and creative direction, Print Liberation works hard everyday to make smart and effective design for the world and its people.
The term streetwear is common place in today’s fashion world. It is used to describe high quality clothing that draws influence from its surroundings. These influences tend to be from “the street” taking in everything that surrounds them, such as graffiti and much like graffiti sometimes express political and social issues of the here and now.
So where and when did streetwear originate? Many people speculate as to the when and how of the styles origins but it is clear that it started at the end of the 1970’s and the early 1980’s. It was an exciting time with the emergence of punk and what would become hip hop. Both of these musical styles embraced a do-it-yourself ethic brought about by the mainstreams refusal to except them and both styles had strong roots with in the skate and surf scenes.
Influenced by the punk and rap scene whose acts would produce their own records, mix tapes and t-shirts to sell to their fans many surfers and skaters started to follow suit. Often surfers and skaters would produce their own branded boards and t-shirts with their own unique styles. The first of these to make an impact on the scene was Shawn Stussy who placed his tag like signature on his boards and t-shirts. As his cult status as a surfer rose, so did the popularity of his boards and clothing.
Streetwear primarily started in the California surf and skate scene and was originally it was known as skatewear and surfwear depending on what particular scene the clothing came from. With the rise of Stussy others soon began to follow suit and the two styles became more closely interlinked. By the mid 80’s more brands had begun to appear and become common place as they spread across the USA. It was only a matter of time before the rest of the world caught on.
Japan was the next market to catch on to the streetwear ideal and as always they brought their own unique styles to the table. Japanese designers drew on influences from anime, toys and gadgets as well as their own style of Japanese street art. This in turn influenced streetwear as a whole and the different types of styles and designs were soon adopted worldwide.
By the mid 90’s streetwear had firmly established itself within the world market with Europe being the last to catch on. Now it seemed that almost anyone could start a streetwear brand but while many brands such as Volcom, Fly53, Obey, 55dsl and WESC became more popular those lesser brands began to fall by the wayside.
Streetwear was now big business with the high street and designer fashion brands taking on many of the ideas and innovations that the original brands brought to the fashion world. However neither could match the quality and the originality of the independent streetwear companies apart from the newer independent brands like Addict and Supremebeing.
Today streetwear is crossing boundaries moving into different areas of the fashion industry. Sunglasses and bags are becoming evermore present within the style with brands such as Eastpak producing high quality and original bags and Blackflyz making some of the most original shades around.
So what is next for streetwear? While the bright and innovative designs on t-shirts, hoodies and jeans remain prominent many brands are now beginning to cross styles by mixing casual wear with smart wear. This has resulted in brands like MbyM, Volcom and Hurley producing evening wear such as suits and dresses that look smart yet individual.
As time has gone on streetwear has also become more prominent in the female market with more brands like MbyM and Gentle Fawn producing clothes for women where as in the beginning most brands primarily catered for the male market.
Naketano is the name of an idea, a certain conception of what it is that defines truly genuine street fashion design. On this particular subject, one will come across as many varying opinions as there are fashion designers and those who consider themselves designers.
In the eyes of Nicole Christensen, Naketano´s head designer, a fashion designer receives ultimate accolade when a piece of clothing becomes a favourite piece. When one buys and wears other garments solely to combine them with the one, the favourite piece. Whoever craves to wear one item constantly (if possible or hygienically bearable), on any occasion and in all possible and impossible combinations, awards that item´s designer to the max and, at the same time, defines the benchmark Naketano perpetually aims to reach.
The Naketano favourite piece concept
A favourite piece by Naketano is supposed to be pleasing to touch. That is why choosing the right fabric is a lengthy and tedious process at Naketano. Largely due to Nicole Christensen´s extraordinary feeling for elegant cuts, Naketano´s comfortable garments never appear ungraceful, but always distinctly female and light.
Naketano collections are always marked by vivid and bright colours. Nicole Christensen uses colours either restrictedly to accentuate or in large, contrasting patches. In her five years as mazine head designer, she really made a name for herself by using colours such as turquoise and pink in contrast with army style olive and brown or grey melange. Naketano has granted her lots of authority in the design department. She uses it excessively and never ceases to amaze with outrageous colour combinations and unusual cuts. For whom is Naketano made?
For young women, who find favourite items in the collection. Simple as that. Naketano customers are likely to be between 20 and 30 years of age and interested in all the things 20- to 30-year old women are interested in. Which is a lot. And their interests vary all the time. Naketano hopes to appeal to those who pay attention to quality and dare to haul out of the masses by choosing an out-of-the-ordinary outfit.
Naketano works in the conviction that in this day and age of hybrid trend leaders and extremely well informed consumers, elaborate target group definitions and positioning strategies get proven utterly and mindboggingly wrong more rapidly than a tailor-dressed marketing guru can say „sorry“. In the long run, the demand of an amorphous target group is impossible to specify in detail. The people at Naketano believe that their only chance of being successful in the long run is to full-heartedly embark on the recurring adventure that encompasses every new collection. With a focus on the ultimate Naketano paradigm: to create favourite pieces.
Spring / Summer Collection 2008
In line with Naketano tradition, warm and merry colours dominate the upcoming collections for the warm season. The use of patches deserves extra mention, since it works wonders to accentuate and add class to an otherwise primarily sporty, yet very fashionable jersey collection. It works particulary well in combination with the tender single jersey and light sweat-fleece tops. Modal which is an extremely soft and elegant fabirc made from a mix of cotton and viscose fibre, is also widely used in the collection. It is rather complicated to make and, hence, a bit more expensive than your ordinary ready-to-wear-fabric, but the unsurpassed comfort and superb processability more than justifies its price.
For spring and summer, Naketano longsleeves come in 2 different sweat fleece and 2 different single jersey qualities. Especially in the warm season, single jersey has an advantage over the usual jersey fleece due to its superior ventilation and its more feminine silhouette. The latter being something of a general paradigm for the work on a summer collection of favourite pieces, owing to the fact that warm temperatures allow a designer to create clothes that reveal rather than conceil, without sacrificing the wellness aspect of the favourite-piece-concept.
Pattern-wise Naketano continues to use lots of Kimono-cuts. Wide, comfortably patterned tops dominate the overall picture.
“Remember when you were younger and didn’t really care about fashion trends and fads?
You always had that one outfit, shirt, or pair of pants that you loved to wear no matter what, like it was just comfortable as hell even after you washed it about 30 times or more. Regardless of what happened to that garment it was still your shit forever and that right there is what our brand is built on. We make clothing that we hope can take you back to those days, where comfort was a part of style and clothing actually meant something to you. We hope that you see that in our brand and we hope to be a part of your journey back to the good old days”. Quote: Jay Aces — CEO of Ace of All Trades Apparel
We are in our 2nd season now and working diligently on the 3rd. Our brand is built from the idea of looking good without having to attach yourself to a certain style or fad. The main goal is to stand out as an individual and be the one who starts the trends without even knowing it. We like to look at our selves as a style company instead of a fashion company because when it all boils down, fashion can be bought, style cannot.
Not many t shirt designers go as far as producing a theme that is bigger than the brand but designer Rocky Davies of Mythic Style seems to have taken what to many is a basic garment to become a label with a story that immerses the wearer into the tale, as seen in more detail on www.tcritic.com.
This wouldn’t work for all t shirts designs but here’s to you for pulling it off. Visit the website for more: http://www.mythicstyle.com
Pushing the boundaries of credibility and distinction, KING has the streets on smash and continues to set the standards by which others follow.
Founded in 2003, its creators were brought together through a shared goal. To create a new apparel brand, a reflection of the creative freedom of their own lifestyle and culture. From the skate scene, the grime and hip-hop movements to the underground world of streetwear enthusiasts and the street art world, KING represents the eclectic mix of British youth and subculture.
The theme of KING is innovation, design, detailing and quality, reflected in its simplicity and subtlety. Garments for the streetwise, smart trendsetters – those who drive the bandwagon as opposed to jumping on it. It is more than a label, it is a representation of style, of distinction, the ethos through which we live our lives.
All outerwear garments and accessories produced are limited to exclusive runs of just 400 pieces with a strict ‚é„é²no re-runs and no repeats‚é„é´ policy! KING was also the first worldwide brand to work exclusively alongside New Era Cap. The independently designed 5950 fitted caps have specialized and exclusive design modifications to the classic New Era that no one else produces, with direct cap hook up‚é„é´s also available to match all outerwear pieces.
The elite and coveted King Affiliates team continues to grow in presence and stature. 2007 members include British music artists Sway (Best UK Hip Hop artist ‚é„é¬ BET Awards), Plan B and dubstep producer/DJ Plastician; emerging street artist Edge and the first additions to the brand new KING affiliates British skate team, Shaun Witherup and Daniel Clarke.
The brand is KING >>> Reign Supreme >>>www.king-apparel.com
Five Red Bats is a new independent online fashion boutique which creates fashionable garments, all hand made, in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Even though the company is called Five Red Bats, there are actually only two bats – Kerry Fewster and Claire Hutchinson – two females who are fighting the high street fashion scene.
The pair met while working as designers in Leeds and formed a friendship that combined a passion for independent fashion and strong views against high street multiples and mass produced clothing.The goal became to create an independent fashion revolution, fighting against throw away fashion, supermarket collections and the ‚é„é²everything you want in one shop‚é„é´ lifestyle which they believe is sucking fashion‚é„é´s creative energy dry.
Five Red Bats first range of exclusive ready – to – wear collections for women, men and kids is now available online at www.fiveredbats.co.uk.
The bats are constantly designing and developing interesting and unique garments and are always on the look out for independent designers who believe in an independent revolution.For more information on Five Red Bats contact Kerry (07921 771942) or Claire (07867 920540). Alternatively email info@fiveredbats.co.uk or visit www.fiveredbats.co.uk
Five Red Bats, Batcave 166, 57 Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3AJ
We would like to introduce the The Designer Forum¬â€ which is a UK-wide support network for the fashion & textiles industry. Actively supporting many of Britain’s leading designer & brand labels, High Street retailers, manufacturers & academia across four key areas:
DESIGN – Including Trend Resource Centre, Trend Presentations, Freelance Directory, Specialist Designer / Manufacturer’s Directory plus ** opening soon ** fashion magazine store.
BUSINESS SUPPORT & TRAINING – New start-up course specifically for fashion & textile companies, Freelance Seminars, CAD training, professional development workshops and general business advice.
RECRUITMENT – Specialising in all design & graduate positions, as well as advice on CV’s & portfolios.
EDUCATION – Providing support to students through our Student Graduate Events (an amazing series of one-day conferences – see events / interests for details!) plus also work in advisory capacity / guest lecture.
So whether you are a student, running your own fashion label or just want to know more …
