Identity area
Reference code
2017.195
Title
Liam Hodges Sheepskin Patchwork Flight Jacket
Date(s)
- Jun-13 (Creation)
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1
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(2013-2023)
Administrative history
Liam Hodges (b. 1988) first showed as part of the Fashion East installations at London Collections: Men a week after his graduation from the Royal College of Art in June 2013. Liam Hodges was sponsored by the British Fashion Council’s NEWGEN programme for three years, from 2016 to 2018. The company collaborated with numerous other brands including Levi’s, Domino Pizza, Pepsi, Urban Outfitters, Dickies, Ellesse, Fila, Boardies and Björn Borg. In 2023, the company went into voluntary liquidation.
Sources: British Fashion Council; Fashion East
Sources: British Fashion Council; Fashion East
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RCA MA - graduate collection June 2013
Notes: classic flight jacket, graded up x16 sizes.
Off cut sheepskin patchworked into panels then painted with 2 coats of household black gloss paint.
The cut and sewn as final garment
Keywords: Royal College of Art, MA graduate collection
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patchwork sheepskin and household gloss paint.
Colour/Print: Black, cream, brown
Details: Patchwork
Label: Liam Hodges
Colour/Print: Black, cream, brown
Details: Patchwork
Label: Liam Hodges
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Note
Published in: Jonathan Faiers, Fur: A Sensitive History (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020), p. 150