Jacket whys

Visit the Archive to see everything we've made, or keep reading to learn more. Huw and I met last March, at a workshop in London. Good energy?! Luckily, we got on well. The next day I went surfing in Sri Lanka for 2 weeks. We messaged everyday. Yup, our first date was 3 days long. It was either going to be a disaster, or great. We figured at worst it would be a funny story to tell friends, but luckily, so far so good. The normal thing would have been to get to know each other slowly, go for walks, have coffee dates, watch Netflix.

We tend to jump in and work out what to do about it later. On day number 2 of our first date extravaganza, we started talking about brands.

We wanted to create something small and interesting. This time, Huw whips out an amazing vintage blue jacket. Huw had been making his own jackets since before we met, using scraps of raw denim from underneath the cutting table at Hiut Denim. He'd bought the jackets to take apart, to learn how they were constructed, so he could remake the iconic French workwear jacket. But, that blue jacket was too special to cut up. It was a slimmer fit than your average boxy jacket. It was softer and obviously made to last.

But, l ike most side projects, Huw had got busy, and put his jacket project to one side. After that weekend I took the jacket back to London for safe keeping, a nd soon enough, we decided to give it another go. Step 1. AW21 Hotel Deluxe. Harris Tweed. Relaxed Tailoring. Collaboration Archive. Collection Archive. You don't have anything in your basket at the moment. Does it have something to do with recent controversy?

Curious, indeed. The Battle of the Sun by Jeanette Winterson May : Jack embarks on a journey to save London from a magician trying to turn the city to gold, but first he must release a dragon and rescue seven kidnapped boys who will help Jack finish his quest. The most common item, appearing on 60 covers — Swords.

Staying strong — Dragons. Leave a comment ». Constantly on the lookout for how people of color have been represented on book covers over the years, and being in the midst of a weeding for non-librarians, that means getting rid of old books that nobody takes out anymore project, I came across this one — Garden of Broken Glass by Emily Cheney Neville Delacorte Nothing on the jacket mentions African American characters.

Yet here they are in this cover illustration by Jerry Pinkney. Remember — this is the 70s. Even if — as in this one — the subject matter did not focus on color as subject matter message: regular people come in all colors. In the glitzy 21st century, are we taking giant steps backward? I fear we are. Garden of Broken Glass uses shifting viewpoints to examine a group of lower-class multicultureal teenagers. On the positive side, in this century we or shall I say — publishers may have gained sensitivity in the way those characters are represented in the text itself?

Garden of Broken Glass : Unable to work out a satisfactory relationship with his brother and sister and cope with their alcoholic mother, a young boy finds solace with neighborhood friends and in his relationship with a stray dog. What are the Library of Congress subject headings? Just family problems. A coworker sent me this interesting article by James Bridle today. Buying books with your eyes.

Or faces like them… REAL people! I read this pre- Among the Hidden title, Leaving Fishers , when it was first released. I have no vivid memory of the book, however the original cover left fits with my emotional memory of the story of a young woman feeling alienated, swept up by people who seem sympathetic a cult.

The first cover makes sense, and draws me in. The girl on the cover looks unhappy. You can tell she is feeling like an outsider. The only iffy thing here is audience. This cover seems pitched a little young. The paperback cover middle … what does it say?

Do you get a sense of the alienation here? Yeah right. The cover is disingenuous and would, I think, draw in kids just to trick them about the content of the book. The newer cover is certainly of our era. It says nothing.