We have had ourselves a studio guest, I would call him an intern but he only made 3 cups of tea and couldn't handle a broom to save his life... anyway, we helped him make/made for him a real nice varsity. Unfortunately we have no shots of the one stitch we did let him do but we didn't want to embarrass him... anyway, here are some shots of him trying to look cool, you can judge if he achieves his goal or not from these images...
So, we have been making some very nice things out of some rather beautiful bits of fabric and leather. I will try to express some enthusiasm...They are freakin' brilliant, if I was rich I would buy one. Lots of leather details and loads of amazing colour details, new cuffing, different colour poppers and the ability to mix it with any fabric you want...look at some nice pictures.
So apparently the sun has been shining recently, the only real reason we know this is the advent of hayfever. Sitting in a room with no windows and starting work at daybreak and leaving work very late indeed we rarely see the light of day but the sneezing fits of recent days have led me to believe summer is starting. So while you have enjoyed the sunshine we have been working on a new rather luxurious piece of clothing as part of a collaboration with Chimp. Here are some pretty pictures...
These are our new Varsity jackets. They are fully reversible and feature the outer suiting fabric of your choice on one side combined with your choice of lining on the other. The sleeves are made from 100% Melton Wool on the "outer" side, satin on the "inner", and come in red or black.
Skins series 4 is set to start this week and House of Billiam will once again be sported by the compelling JJ. We're obviously not experts on what is cool as weren't not teenagers, but we're reliably told by some teenagers that Skins is cool. JJ seems to like his enormous polka dots, and he wore them for the official Skins series 4 promo shoot.
We've got some new pictures on the site. Huge thanks to Anaïs Barelli our photographer and of course Pierre, Manu, Jean-Phillipe and Stella for modelling.
We've been working with the wonderful people at Diptrics who are taking care of our sales in Japan. We participated in their S/S 2010 Menswear showroom in August, and here are a few pics. You'll see House of Billiam in Tokyo stores before the end of October - details of which soon.
It's Autumn now so you might want to start wearing some fabrics around your neck to keep it warm. You could wear some really nice British suiting fabrics there if you bought one of our lovely scarves. For info just email us.
While most people have been enjoying the sun we have been cowering away in our hovel in East London due to severe allergies... don't worry though, we like being pasty. We have not been feeling sorry for ourselves, instead we have been working on some new things for you to give us money for and soon you will be able to order your hoodie and choose from not only our standard cut but also this: the Eyles cut...