Fashion Monster Blog

We had one of our sweatshirts featured on german blog Fashion Monster, it's good to see images of our designs created and styled by someone else (normally we control EVERYTHING!!!!), check it out here

Inspiration

I tend to collect a lot of images/ideas on my computer, then every so often I will lay them up and make them into my desktop image so I'm always looking at them. I've just done the latest lot, and it wasnt till I laid them up together that I realised they all kind of go together!!!. These images were randomly collected over the last month but they definitely have a similar feel.

Scissors

Now this may seem extremely dull but it's a post about scissors!!!! Yeah I got a new pair of scissors. Now this wouldn't normally warrant a blog post but these scissors are special - they were handmade in Sheffield (last week) by Ernest Wright & Co, a family owned scissor manufacturer. 

I'm left handed and my current pair were not up to the increased amount of cutting I've been doing recently, and as the new year will see an increase in the amount of handmade product we sell, I thought it was time to invest in a new pair. I had a look on google and found this amazing small company that handmake all their products - that was it I had to get these, here's some nice shots of them - 

Made by hand

Watch this film - take note - wait......


Made by Hand / No 2 The Knife Maker from Made by Hand on Vimeo.

Mushroom Hat

We don't like to waste fabric, especially fabric that we have lovingly handprinted.  So once we'd cut out a fresh batch of handmade & handprinted mushroom sweatshirts we were left with a big pile of spare fabric...and this is what we did with it!!!!!!!

buy it here!!!!! (or at least like it!!)

Hipster Fashion Cycle

I found this on one of my many aimless wanders around the internet, it's one of those things that I find equally amusing, interesting and pointless depending on my role for the day!!!!

Blog Features

We've had a few features on some blogs recently, here's some -

Flamingo magazine click here to read full interview

Bambina  - read it here

and lovescene online

We also got randomly featured in the easyjet inflight magazine, which you can read here or on an easyjet flight!!!!. If you would like to feature our wonderful work on your blog please do - we'll love you forever!!!!

New Website

We've got a new website (well it's the same it just looks abit different). I've spent the last few weeks designing and setting up our new look website, it didn't take all that time it's just I have to fit it in between everything else I have to do (printing/making/shop/accounts etc). Those of you that know all about Me&Yu will be aware that we like to do EVERYTHING ourselves, which is good but time consuming!!!! So for the past few weeks I've been learning how to use flash, and trying to work out how my idea for the website can be modified to fit in with the small amount of web knowledge I have. So my initial idea was to have a scrolling live feed across the top of the screen that would display everything that is happening at Me&Yu via facebook/twitter/tumblr/blogger etc unfortunately I couldnt work out how to do this (or if it is possible??) so I have distilled the idea slightly and will try and slowly work out if it can be done.

We will also be adding more content to the website, so the images at the bottom of the page link to posts about whats happening on a weekly basis - photoshoots, in the studio, videos etc as well as stuff we think you will like - we will be adding more each day/week - but please be patient as there's only 2 of us!!! and we normally end up updating the site in the evenings.

Check out the new look site here

Contradictions

During my usual Sunday blog browse I find it astonishing how many blogs seem to exist simply to re-hash posts from Slamxhype and Hypebeast.
Anyway here's an interesting post I found on slamxhype about ByKenyan and a film made about their wonderful collection of 'things'. I find it interesting and inspiring to see how people live/work closely so these type of documentary short films are always good to watch, and this one especially as it is so beautifully shot - watch it!!!!!


Kenyan & Grace by Gary Nadeau from gary nadeau on Vimeo.

Lauren Rowland Photoshoot

Grayson Perry

I've just watched the Imagine feature on Grayson Perry - The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman. Perry is an artist I've always been aware off but hadnt paid much attention to his work, in fact I only watched this because I'd found him vaguely amusing on Have I Got News For You. Anyway, seeing the work he has created for his exhibition at the British Museum I was deeply impressed by the ideas and the execution of those ideas - anyone who has a custom made pink motorcyle built containing a shrine for his childhood teddy bear - then driving it to Germany and back deserves much praise.  I remember a quote by Keith Allen about Damian Hirst - 'it's one thing to have the idea of dissecting and displaying a shark, it's a whole different thing to actually do it', I guess thats was separates us from 'the artists'. I liked the images it showed of Perrys sketchbook and definitely felt there was some similarities with what we are trying to do (in a very far removed way - we do only make t-shirts!!!), and definitely got some inspiration from this.

Y'OH/Streetwear

It's nice to find someone designing & making interesting streetwear in the UK. A lot of streetwear seems based around heavily branded t-shirts (that all look pretty similar), chinos/workwear pants and brown utility jackets, so it's very refreshing to see someone taking a bold yet considered step to create a range that takes the basics of current streetwear trends and twists them in an innovative way. Checkout Y'OH.

New things online

We've added a couple of new items to our online store, check them out below

Handmade Cat T-shirt here

Use the Forces Tassel Top here

Noise in my Head

Every so often we decide that we need to blog more about things we like, rather than just blog posts about Me&Yu, we do it for a bit then forget again. So here's me remembering!!!!

I found Noise in my head via Perks and Mini (our favourite Australian clothing label).
Noise in my head is - (in their words) -
Noise in My Head is a two hour freeform sonic excursion that broadcasts every Sunday 10pm-midnight on Melbourne community radio station 3RRR 102.7FM. The show is a commitment to potent baked goods that you’d otherwise never hear on the airwaves. Hosted by Michael Kucyk, NIMH regularly features mixes and interviews from various Australian and international artists, producers, DJs, label heads, compilation selectors and record collectors of unknown and well-respected renown.


You can download all the shows and dj mixes from their site, I downloaded 3 and spent the whole of the day in our studio listening to weird/obscure/good music - definately worth a download.

Beauty of the Soul

Buy here!!!!!!

Happy Halloween

This Weekend Me&Yu Afflecks is open:

Saturday: 10am-6pm

Sunday: 11am-5pm

Yuksek

YUKSEK (LIVE) + Guest DJ at the Deaf Institute -Manchester
* November 14th - 11.00pm/3.00am *

If you've seen our website or ASOS boutique recently you will have seen the lovely Marine who modelled some of our new and old range for us. As well as been a great model she's also organising a night at the Deaf Institute featuring the amazing Yuksek (see below). We hammered Yukseks first album - Away from the Sea on the Me&Yu stereo and his new one will get just as much play. Anyway here's Marine to tell you why you should go!!!!

'If you think about it -there is NO reason why you shouldnt come to the gig. It's all about music, partying, and raising money for Cancer Research UK. It is new AND it is happening in Manchester. I would call that -winning the jackpot. Get yourself a ticket!!'

For more info see here

For tickets click here

Fabric Printing

We've just started printing a couple of new rolls of fabric. The first is a purple UK made sweatshirting which we are printing in 2 colours with an aztec inspired design, we will then make it up into sweatshirt dresses. The second is a vintage mustard suiting fabric which we are making into slouch trousers.

More 35mm photos