The Indigo Clothing blog has been pretty quiet of late as, some of you may already know, we have been in the process of moving across London this summer. We left our Old Street, N1 office of the previous 5 years and relocated to a bigger, more industrial unit in East London, E10. We have now completed the move!
London
EASTfield: The death of Stratford Centre?!
So the countdown is over, the major stampede for first day shoppers wanting to grab opening day bargains is done! When Westfield’s Stratford opened its doors earlier this month, I was part of the group of people hugely excited about never having to trek across central London to Oxford Street again!
Whilst it is everything you would expect, an Americanised mall (sorry, I know its Australian!!), large space, big brands and huge stores, it contains names you would never have placed with ‘Stratford’. I grew up being dragged to the Stratford Centre for shopping trips with my mum. A damp run down old indoor market that smelt not dissimilar to a fish mongers! The biggest names in there included a Boots, but generally were the likes of Mark One fashion (think polyester dresses for a £5!), and the notorious ‘in shops’ consisting of indoor market stalls.
Holiday Inn Running Vest and T-Shirt
Indigo printed these Fruit of the Loom super premium t-shirts and athletic vests in just 2 days for the Holiday Inn Running Club, hosted by Mo Farah, the recent 5000m gold medalist in the 2011 World Championships. Keen runners got up early in London yesterday to join Mo for a run in London’s Regents Park. The … Read more
Gearing up for London 2012 t-shirts, hoodies and the like
With one year to go till the London 2012 Olympics there is certainly an increasing buzz surrounding the games, whether it is the anticipation for the first dive by Tom Daley or a new world record by Usain Bolt, there is certainly a sense that something landmark is around the corner.
The atmosphere at Indigo is no different and was recently helped by a printing job we did for the International Olympic Committee and their Youth Olympic Games. The design received was the logo of the games with the tagline ‘Spirit of Youth Olympic Games’, which highlights how YOG DNA stands for an idea rather than any of the specific games.
I want Lanvin not diamonds: H&M
5am alarm – not my usual wakeup for the 9-5.30 indigo office day! But this was a special morning – Lanvin @ H&M launch! I considered lying in, scanning my blackberry facebook news feed for my sister’s travel updates from the other side of the world, when lovestyle dubai popped up – claiming the collection had sold out in 20 minutes! That was it – out of bed and on the tube… in the darkness!
Rugby Ralph Lauren Launch in London
Ralph Lauren, the company that brought us polo shirts with small embroidered polo players on (just in case you were in any doubt who they were!) are coming to London in Autumn/Winter 2011 with their monobrand Rugby Rugby Ralph Lauren store in the UK.
I Bike London T-Shirts
[Source: ] Indigo Clothing produced these t-shirts for 29 year old entrepreneur and architect Anthony Lau. Anthony was the designer of the racks that hold the bikes for the new London cycle hire scheme. You can buy the t-shirts from Velorution cycle shop in Great Titchfield Street, Soho.
Print Club London – Waterbased Screen Printing
With Kate on a much deserved summer holiday the blog has been quiet. My apologies. Stephan however has been raving to me about a screen printing club in Dalston, London that we should write up. Set up in 2007, Print Club allows members to use their well equipped studio to produce posters, t-shirts, art prints, etc. More after the logo…
Virgin London Marathon 2010
The London marathon is going to kill me in this weather…. the drinking/cheering I mean… I am not crazy enough to actually run the marathon! Amongst the thousands of runners descending upon the streets of London this weekend is our friend Lyn Brooks. She is raising money for the Spinal Injuries Association.
She has raised a great amount so far through various means, including selling printed tees from Indigo Clothing!
Virgin London Marathon 2010
It’s cold and dark outside, so spare a thought for those pounding the streets and ticking of the miles in preparation for the Virgin London Marathon, coming up on the 25th April 2010. I have experienced the highs and lows of those 26.2 miles first hand, having run the ING New York Marathon in 2006. … Read more