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Reference code
2019.2
Title
Sibling Textured Applique Jacket with Mesh Base
Date(s)
- Spring Summer 2017 (Creation)
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Item
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1
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Name of creator
(2008-2017)
Administrative history
Sibling was founded by Sid Bryan (b. 1974), Joe Bates (1967–2015) and Cozette McCreery (b. 1968) in 2008. They showed their first menswear collection for Spring Summer 2008, and their first womenswear collection, Sister by Sibling, was introduced in 2012. Sibling received NEWGEN support from the British Fashion Council (BFC) for both their menswear and womenswear presentations at London Fashion Week and London Collections: Men, from Spring Summer 2012 until Autumn Winter 2013. In 2013 they were announced as one of the recipients of the BFC’s Fashion Forward initiative to support menswear companies to show during London Collections: Men. In 2013 Sibling were selected to represent Europe at the International Woolmark Prize held during Milan Fashion Week in February 2014. In 2015 founding member Joe Bates died after a lengthy illness. Sibling was forced to withdraw from London Fashion Week in September 2016 due to financial difficulties, including rising costs, a declining exchange rate and uncertainty surrounding the UK’s decision to exit the EU. They merged their menswear and womenswear presentations at London Fashion Week Men’s in January 2017, but the company filed for voluntary liquidation in March 2017. The brand collaborated with several companies including Brora, River Island, Swarovski, Barbie, G-SHOCK, Fred Perry, Topman and PUMA.
Sources: Telegraph Magazine; WWD.
Sources: Telegraph Magazine; WWD.
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Single-breasted jacket with no fastenings, two patch pockets and notched lapels made of synthetic white diamond pattern mesh and embellished with hand-stitched appliqued abstract shapes some of the tufted cotton threads and others of sequins in pale purple, red, light green and blue-green. Each of the appliqued tufted patches is edged in thick black knotted or plaited fabric and the sequins are sewn onto black felt. No labels.
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Synthetic, cotton
Colour/Print: applique, pale purple, light green, blue green, red, black
Colour/Print: applique, pale purple, light green, blue green, red, black
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Note
Invisible Men exhibition label:
EMBROIDERED JACKET
Sibling
2017
Founded in 2008, Sibling’s approach to menswear focused on using knitwear as a means of creating men’s fashion that was both fun and playful. This mesh jacket has an abstract theme of leaves and lightning bolts created using tapestry wools, with hand-sequinned appliqué and giant hand-crocheted stems.
Cotton, wool
Archive no. 2019.2
Note
Worn as part of look number 42, Spring Summer 2017 London Collections Men, June 2016