These are the long awaited samples of the new cut n sew crew necks, which will be used in the SW1 line and in all of the lines from now onwards.
This is the first sample and some of the pips need to be relocated n tweaked slightly and 1 of them changed but going on this sample and a few others i have seen i yesterday confirmed and ordered the full line.
These pictures do not at all do the garment justice !
Because i order my stock along side Birmingham sister label Dark Circle and we have ordered over 1.5tons of stock it is gonna take 4weeks to get here via ship.
Adding the 3week production time the stock will be here in 6-7weeks.
Best things come to those who wait and i thank all that have pre ordered stock and are kindly waiting!
This is only the beginning!
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A sneak peak at the first basic sketches for the up and coming co-lab between me and Matt Difa.
As you can see the Tshirt design is based on a comic book cover and Matt has basically made a Marvel themed character reptile Read battling with wolverine!
My new sleeve will be in the same theme as the drawings that you will see on here throughout this collaboration, all stages of the tattoo will be Blogged on the Jay Read site.
I’m ‘Stoked’ (Matt’s words) about this design its gonna be big and a killa start to this years co-labs!
Keep your eyes on this blog for new drawings and updates on the co-lab plus all others that are already in progress!
If you follow my Blog you will know that i have been crazy busy the last few months so alot has been put on hold but these co-lab’s have been planned since last year.
I have many other things in the pipeline but i control every aspect of my label/life and obviously only have 1 pair of hands n only so many hours in a day so everything takes time!
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DARK CIRCLE!
Another Birmingham label that is poppin up for 2010 and these boys are gonna absolutely smash it!
Me n Aaron met properly around a year ago when we shared the same shithead supplier who nearly f@#ked us both up, instead now he is the one who is f@#ked and we are laughing all the way to 2020!
Aaron is now a good friend of mine and i have seen all of his massive line of designs this kid is ON IT!
Our collaboration idea is unplanned but i don’t think its gonna take much for us to sit and come up with something BIG.
We are both flatout at the minute but design ideas n sketches will be up on the Blog over the next few months.
2010 is ours for the taking!
LINK – Dark Circle Clothing
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MATT DIFA!
Matt is a London based tattoo artist and owner of the shop ‘Jolie Rouge’. His colour realism and comic book inspired work as you can see are a step above the rest and he puts his own style n angle on all of his work, he is an unreal artist and i love his work/style!
This is why out of the 1000’s of artists i know it will be him i have chosen to do the majority of the work on my full body cover up.
We have spoken over the concept of the design and we are both on the same page!
….I’m honoured he accepted!
The reason he is in this Blog is because we are also working together on a collaboration marvel comic themed T Shirt design which will be very similar to the sleeve he is doing for me.
I’m not gonna go into details on exactly what it is, just keep your eye on the blog and all will be revealed!
This is gonna be one of the 1st co-labs i do as we have already started drawing it.
This garment is definitely one you don’t wanna miss out on its gonna be insane!
I will give you a little clue……………’Wolverine’s f@#ked it!‘ 
LINK – Jolie Rouge Myspace
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GEMMA KANE!
Like i mentioned in my recent blog entitled ‘Busy Bee’ i will be collaborating with Gemma on a couple different projects throughout this year and no doubt this will continue in the future because she is the bolloks! (and also begs my friendship!)
We will be collaborating on a woman’s street wear line very soon which will be released through ‘Jilted Royalty’ and we are also working on a bespoke piece made pacifically for a special 4way collaboration photo shoot in the theme of ‘goth revival’ inspired by ‘Conan the barberian’ and ‘Mad Max’ which will include work from jeweler ‘Reino Lehtonen-riley’, owner of the legendary carnaby street jewelers ‘The Great Frog’ and will be shot by world famous photographer ‘Paul Vickery’.
CRAZY TIMES!
Keep your eye on this girl shes ‘DOIN IT!’
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FRESH 2 DEF!
3 Born n Bread Birmingham Boys with a Fresh perspective on UK street wear!
Birmingham born label ‘Fresh 2 def’ will be linking up with myself on behalf of ‘Jilted Royalty’ later this year to work on a limited edition co-lab piece, the garment and theme are still under discussion but i guarantee you its gonna be sick, no half measures!
Checkout the link for their site and new collection.
LINK – Fresh 2 def
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PETER O’TOOLE!
The Huddersfield Connection
Peter has been on my blog a few times now for his artwork and as you know is a good friend of mine, his artworks unreal and has many different styles!
We are working on a Dirty T Shirt collaboration based on a few photos i got a sexy model i know to pose for.
The idea and concept for the design are mine but my body ent as good as hers and my artwork ent as good as his so i had no choice but to draft the pair of em into the co-lab!
KEEP EM PEALED!
LINK – Peter O’toole
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THE GREAT FROG!
I dont realy need to say anything here do i? The name speaks for itself!
….The Great Frog are Internationally Known and Locally Respected making jewelry for everyone, from Aero Smith to Dizzie Rascal everybody knows if you want bespoke jewelry making, metal teeth or you’ve got an idea but no craftsmen then you go see Reino!
All the jewelry they make is bespoke and they have their own signature skull which they always use a version of in many of their pieces.
Me n ray are working on a collaboration ring design, the idea is confirmed and drawings will be up on the blog in the next couple of weeks as will pics of the 1st wax mock ups.
There will be 2 rings, 1 is a pinky ring but is large in comparison and fills the little finger.
The 2nd is basically the same design but is for the middle finger and is only for the Big Boys out there, this fucker is gonna weight as much as ya breitling but look x10 better! :-@
These are gonna f@#kin fly out so get yours asap, limited numbers only!
Gonna be bigga than Jeans pants!
LINK – The Great Frog
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TREACLE & CO!
Another Birmingham Born n Based label owned by Michael Beasley and Jake lyons, both friends of mine and fresh from the street wear scene each bringing their own style and merging together to become Treacle & Co.
I have helped point the lads in the rite direction in different aspects of building a label and iv also had sneak previews of their first line which they definitely didn’t need any advice on let me tell ya its Bangin!
Keep your eyes on the blog for updates on the collaboration an sneak peaks at the designs.
LINK - treacle n co
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At the end of November i posted a blog on the Jilted site basically saying that my agent had received a confirmation email from the factory we use for all our jersey wear and was expecting the samples for the SW1 line to arrive within 2weeks, well yesterday after many back n forth emails and alot of BULLSHIT by the factory’s owners the samples finally came (2months late) and for 1 reason or another they were all wrong!
I’m not gonna go into boring details but basically we’ve told the factory to FUCK OFF, if i wouldn’t wear it then their is no way I’m gonna sell to anybody else!
We are now using a factory that my agent has used previously for other brands. Jilted Royalty is gonna be meticulous in the detail and quality of all its garments and until this is reached and I’m happy with the stock then their will be no stock!
All i can do is OPPOLIGISE for the long wait and all the messing that has happened over the past 6months with the stock etc, i also wanna THANK all the people who have showed love to me and who support the brand!
I promise that very soon the ball will be rolling and you will not be disappointed, then the N.W.O will begin!
New samples are set to be here in 2weeks, keep your eyes on the blogs for updates!
ONE LOVE!
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….If only the factory was in England! haha
I have been emailed n told that all stock for the existing line and the samples of the new coming line will be here in the next 2weeks.
Im sorry for the hold up and i thank everybody for waiting, the cause of this massive hold up was out of my hands due to a lieing shithole of a printers based in the jewelry quarter birmingham!
We are now working with the US and other countries around the world depending on what garment were making, we get all our garments made from scratch cut n sew and to the highest of quality!
this is just the begining!
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