Timothy Everest by Joshua Osborne

Video

While I was interning at Timothy Everest I got to be a part of this video made by student Joshua Osborne.

A Winning Suit

My Timothy Everest Inspired Suit


In the Autumn term of my second year on the BA Hons Bespoke tailoring course at London College of Fashion we had to undertake a project that involved collabroating with the tailoring house Timothy Everest.  In this project I had to design and make a suit that compliments his casual collection.

Design Rationale:

My design inspiration has been the 1980’s popular culture and art work.  After looking at what people are wear in the age demographic of early 20’s to early 30’s, from high end fashion to streetwear I have notice a 1980’s trend emerging.  I took my main inspiration from the artists Andy Warhol and Patrick Nagel, with their use of bright block colours.  I have taken the best of the traditional tailoring and combine it with the eccentric colours of that era.  The client I choose to embody my design is the musician and producer Mark Ronson, he is at the heart of the young music scene and dresses with the much needed sense of style.  With this in mind I used my connections with a friend of mine to tailor make this suit to the lead singer and guitarist of The Strangerhood, Dean Austin.  This mixed with the dandyism of detail that the tailor Timothy Everest puts into his work; I have fused these ideas with the vintage county look and the slim fitting contemporary style into a bespoke suit that is fit for any gentleman who also likes to go raving.

Timothy Everest

My Internship

Back in March 2011 I was lucky enough to win an internship with the tailoring house of Timothy Everest at his design studio.  I was chosen on the merit of my work after doing a project in collaboration with them.  I was really happy to expenicing the way that they work at Timothy Evesest as he is a big infulence on me.  I find we share the same sense of design and the same taste for astectics.  I also admire his take on tailoring and the quintessential britishness with a modern twist that keeps it interesting, and he isn't afraid to collaborate.

After interning there I also have come to admire the way he runs his buisness, as there doesn't seem to be any sense of protensouse highroky that I have found in other fashion houses.   It is a small team and everyone has their own role which is just as important as the next,  it gives it a sense of a family and which is why everyone there is happy and lovely to work with, which I think helps in a creative envoirment.

Being part of there team for 6 weeks gave me a great insight into the deign process and the profeesionalism behind the work.  I also got to be apart of a number a exciting projects including helping with a photo shoot for a collaboration with Urwerk a fantastic swiss watch makers which took place at the amazing Ham house in Richmond.

I also got to go to the opening of the Tommy Nutter exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum.  This was great as being another one of my influences I not only got to see the work close up but got to enjoy it with a glass of champagne with guests including Edward sexton, Cilla Black and Ringo Star.

http://www.timothyeverest.co.uk/