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| April - May
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| Hello whirled!
Cornwall’s
countryside has transformed in a week, the sun is
out - and despite not really being able to see it
from inside the warehouse, spirits are at an all time
high at Nomads! Spring has finally sprung! Trees went
from bare twigs to illuminous and dark shades of green.
Hedges blossomed with little dots painted yellow,
pink, purple, blue, white and magenta. Bunnies
are the size of tennis balls hopping about on fields,
swallows have returned and are checking out the eaves,
bees are buzzing and pottering around the garden is
on the up for us all.
To celebrate the start
of May I hosted a Cornish Mayhem Cider and Pasty Farmers
Party aka Mayhem! |
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Farmer John and his Landie
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A bunch of my friends and some of the Nomads crew
came around and did what it said on the tin, along
with skipping around a Maypole! John got on the decks
playing some funky stuff and we also had a bit of
a jam with a couple of friends from the Circus of
Sound (http://www.myspace.com/circusofsounduk)
- truly an uplifting start to the summer ahead. It
was almost warm enough for me to consider sleeping
outside… A little premature me thinks!
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Maypole dancing - of course! |
A couple of Pasties! |
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as the temperature started to rise in April and our
winter woolies got folded up and put away, ironically
boxes start arriving from India with our autumn/winter
samples. The boxes were ripped open in no time at all
and soon the whole office was wearing coats. Each one
of us found our own gems from the collection and danced
around very excitedly. We are seeing more luxurious
tailored shapes, warmer textured fabrics with an edginess
that we believe can’t be found on the High Street.
Nomads Clothing is always trying to promote and support
traditional crafts in India and so we are pleased to
see more block printed and |
After the poles and pasties our
thoughts turn to this
years entry for the Turner prize.
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handloom fabrics, both of
which have a handcrafted natural feel to them. We are all
in agreement that it is the best ever - yet. |
May method acting madness - Nomads do normal. |
Sue Curl (our designer from
Brighton) came down to Cornwall to help put together and merchandise
the collection with Vicky, Duncan and Jo. A couple of days
later Vicky was already ordering hundreds of coats and the
autumn winter photo shoot was booked in at Praze Farm, my
family home. One week on from drinking cider, eating pasties
and dancing around a Maypole, |
Martin the film maker |
I
found my house completely transformed again. Food piled
up high, boxes of equipment everywhere, shoes, clothes
rails, make-up and more! There was a make-up artist,
film maker, photographer, models, art director and assistants
running about in a somewhat relaxed frantic manner,
occupying every room in the house. It was just brilliant!
I love playing host and got to look after everyone for
the few days they were there. Throughout the shoot we
had a film maker, Martin, filming the “behind
the scenes” of Nomads and a light hearted music
video with all of the Nomads crew and friends jumping
around the farm like idiots! Watch this space…
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a big shout out to Mr John Salter our mail order extraordinaire!!
Last Saturday was John’s birthday. I am sure to
say he had a good night wiggling on the dance floor.
A few of us went over to Totnes to celebrate not only
John’s birthday, but the 15th anniversary of Jelly
Jazz http://www.jellyjazz.com/frameset.html
. We were exposed to a fine amount of soul, funk, jazz,
Latin, Brazilian, Afro-funk, hip hop and funky breaks
from the DJs and live band - Saravah Soul. John even
managed to get a birthday hug from the lead singer!
Good time had by all.
Finally, but most importantly, I’d
like to mention World Fair Trade Day which was on the
10th of May. This year we have found a great increase
in the awareness of Fair Trade. Jo has been dealing
with press enquiries left, right and center! You can
check out one of our features on the BBC Thread website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/thread/
which supports a BBC 3 series called Blood, Sweat and
T-Shirts. |
The behind of the behind the scenes |
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Our newest addition to the Nomads Team - Shallon!!
Doesn't she wear the OG43 with such style?! |
The series followed
a bunch of young, fashionable Brits in India exploring
what it is really like in the factories that make
High Street clothing in the UK. Both the series
and website have been extremely informative and
we are proud to be a part of it.
The emphasis of
World Fair Trade Day has been on Ecology which nicely
coincides with what we are aiming towards with our
new Organics range this year. We hope that within
time we will have a completely organic collection.
This is our intention for the future and feel it
should be the future of the clothing industry as
a whole. Thank you for supporting us with this and
being aware.
Lots of love and
happy vibes,
Jutta*
(Wholesale sales)
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