I wonder how many times I’m going to start a blog post with “my friend’s Patrick’s such a bad influence…”?
Yes, here I am again, showing you something that Patrick showed to me. I was musing about clothes for keeping cool in the summer, and he sent me the link to Social Suicide’s new “Holidaze” collection.
The jackets are lightweight denims and cottons, some striped like deckchairs. There’s an inside pocket big enough for a paperback, a metal-lined pocket to stop your phone from ringing, and a pocket for your sunglasses which is lined with microfibre to keep them clean. The linings are printed with game boards, so you can play chess, backgammon and even sudoku – if you can bring yourself to write on it!
If it gets too hot to wear a jacket at all, you can simply roll it up neatly inside its own sleeve – and a carrying strap magically appears. The numbers on the strap? That’s for you to keep score of your games, of course.
Intriguingly, each jacket has its own social networking profile:
…they are all members of Facebook: each jacket ships with a login and password and is, in turn, a member of a group. So all of our Summer collection of jackets are ‘friends’ on-line. Why? We’re not sure, but we’re hoping you’ll work something out!
Then, as I was wandering through the Social Suicide blog, I stumbled upon this little gem. Sharp suit? Check. Eyeliner? Check. Bright pink shoes? Check.
It’s official – Social Suicide are now on my wish list.
Patrick and I are just going to have to rob a bank (or win the lottery) before we go on our shopping spree.