Item 2017.198 - Liam Hodges Printed Tarpaulin Parka Coat

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2017.198

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Liam Hodges Printed Tarpaulin Parka Coat

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  • 2013 (Creation)

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Liam Hodges
(2013-2023)

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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

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Season: RCA MA - graduate collection June 2013
Material: parka with built in boonie hat style hood (missing removable double quilted liner) made from printed tarpaulin
Notes: garment references British army 90s Falkland’s parka, re-cut with A-line shape. Tarpaulin printed with images from a trip to folk festival on to the style of outdoor
Signs used on the fronts of pubs to advertise Sky Sports or whatever.
Keywords: Royal College of Art, MA graduate collection

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Item on loan to "Invisible Men" exhibition , 24 Oct-24 Nov 2019

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      Colour/Print: Black, white
      Details: Printing
      Label: Liam Hodges

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      TARPAULIN PARKA
      Liam Hodges
      2013

      Looking for an inexpensive way to create an all-over print, Hodges discovered an industrial process for printing on the tarpaulins used for the sides of haulage trucks. The imagery is from a trip to a folk festival that has been arranged in the style of outdoor signage on pubs to advertise Sky Sports.

      Tarpaulin
      Archive no. 2017.198
      Given by Liam Hodges

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      TARPAULIN PARKA
      Liam Hodges
      2013

      Looking for an inexpensive way to create an all-over print, Hodges discovered an industrial process for printing on the tarpaulins used for the sides of haulage trucks. The imagery is from a trip to a folk festival that has been arranged in the style of outdoor signage on pubs to advertise Sky Sports.

      Tarpaulin
      Archive no. 2017.198
      Given by Liam Hodges

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