Item 2017.232 - Liam Hodges Petrolhead Trousers

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2017.232

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Liam Hodges Petrolhead Trousers

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  • Autumn Winter 2016 (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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These trousers feature a thick plastisol print that incorporates altered car number plates to spell out words such as ‘5P33DY,’ ‘UR OU7D8D,’ ‘L14M HOG5,’ ‘5HR3D 17 UP,’ and ‘LH4W 2KXVI.’
Season: Liam Hodges aw16 mod1f13d n81on January 2016
Material: cotton trousers
Notes: oversized plastisol screenprint on top.

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      Cotton, plastisol
      Colour/Print: Black, yellow
      Details: Screenprint
      Label: Liam Hodges

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      From Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive:

      PETROLHEAD TROUSERS
      Liam Hodges
      Autumn Winter 2016
      Liam Hodges’s ‘M0DIF13D N81ON’ collection for Autumn Winter 2016 was inspired by the British working-class cruising scene that saw boy racers meet at night on industrial estates and retail parks across the country to show off their modified cars. The show’s press release stated the collection was for: ‘The lads doing it for the love of it, the guys who purposely won’t shell out for a new motor, but instead get their hands on a hot hatchback and channel love into it over time to make something fast and beautiful.’ These trousers feature a thick plastisol print that utilized altered car number plates to spell out words including ‘5P33DY’ ‘UR OU7D8D’ ‘L14M HOG5’ ‘5HR3D 17 UP’ ‘LH4W 2KXVI’
      Cotton, Plastisol
      Archive no. 2017.232

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