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Reference code
2017.229
Title
Liam Hodges Fox Fur Hat
Date(s)
- 2013 (Creation)
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Item
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1
Context area
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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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Season: Liam Hodges RCA MA collection
Material: fox fur, treated and hand dyed with hair dye (animal testing)
Notes: a collaboration with Kopenhagen Fur saw the production of fur coat, hat and trousers with leather seat.
Each piece uses an intarsia technique across the garments swapping un- dyed and dyed furs to create a patchwork pattern with little waste.
Country of Manufacture: Denmark [fur]
Keywords: Royal College of Art, MA collection
Material: fox fur, treated and hand dyed with hair dye (animal testing)
Notes: a collaboration with Kopenhagen Fur saw the production of fur coat, hat and trousers with leather seat.
Each piece uses an intarsia technique across the garments swapping un- dyed and dyed furs to create a patchwork pattern with little waste.
Country of Manufacture: Denmark [fur]
Keywords: Royal College of Art, MA collection
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Fox fur
Colour/Print: Cream, pink, purple, brown
Details: Fox fur, hair dye
Label: Liam Hodges
Colour/Print: Cream, pink, purple, brown
Details: Fox fur, hair dye
Label: Liam Hodges
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- Kopenhagen Fur (Subject)