Item 2017.214 - Liam Hodges Denim Poncho with Jacquard Badges

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2017.214

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Liam Hodges Denim Poncho with Jacquard Badges

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  • Spring Summer 2015 (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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Denim poncho adorned with numerous cotton jacquard embroidered badges, manufactured by Gainsborough Textile Mill in Suffolk. The badges, based on linocuts created in collaboration with illustrator Tom Baxter, offer a modern interpretation of 1950s Scout badges. The designs are inspired by Kibbo Kift imagery and include graphics such as three hands saluting, a heraldic fawn, a green man, an animal paw, a skeleton hand giving the finger, and a "no war" patch. The poncho is secured by two paracords and features four carabiner clips with knotted cords, along with one small dog clip.
Country of Manufacture: England

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

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      Cotton
      Colour/Print: Black, grey
      Details: Jacquard weave, applique, carabiner clips, dog clips, knots
      Label: Liam Hodges

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      Invisible Men exhibition label:

      DENIM PONCHO WITH JACQUARD BADGES
      Liam Hodges
      2015

      Liam Hodges took inspiration for this poncho from the 1920s radical English camping, hiking and handicraft group the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift. It features embroidered badges with graphics that reference the symbolic designs that the movement used to decorate their banners, robes and tents.

      Cotton
      Archive no. 2017.214

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      From Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive:

      KINDRED SURVIVAL PONCHO
      Liam Hodges
      Spring Summer 2015
      The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift, founded in 1920 in England, was a radical paganist camping, hiking and handicraft group dedicated to world peace. Members created their own costumes, which included hooded cloaks, jerkins and vibrant tabards. The group inspired Liam Hodges’s 2015 collection, Kindred Survival, which included this denim poncho. It features numerous cotton jacquard embroidered badges that were manufactured by the Gainsborough textile mill in Suffolk and were based on linocuts created in collaboration with illustrator Tom Baxter. They feature Kibbo Kift-inspired graphics such as three hands saluting, a heraldic fawn, a green man, an animal paw, a skeleton hand giving the finger, and a no war patch. Two paracords secure the poncho, which also features four carabiner clips with knotted cords and one small dog clip.
      Cotton
      Archive no. 2017.214

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      Presented in June 2014 as part of Liam Hodges' Spring/Summer 2015 collection Kindred Survival.

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