Food For Thought

09.08.2010

This brand Cosmos Universal is special. Every mother however tells their little baby boy the same thing. Even if it’s not to be the greatest brand of the 21st century, the space time continuum implications for not releasing some of this material could be catastrophic.

Sometimes to move a brand forward you need artistry to express the emotions and feeling of the goods. So as well as keeping busy designing and stitching together garments, I've spent a lot of time planning how to let people know Cosmos Universal exists. A brand with Heart and Soul requires real art to communicate to people. However Mathematics is required to make things run correctly. Everything has to work right before the machine starts running. Once the gears start moving the machine can start to do the things it was meant to do. The Heart and Soul collection is to be released soon and I myself am eager to see this stuff out. I've always been wanting to capture The incredible, but I realised down the line a lot of preparation is needed for that. I'm trying to get the measurements right for the clothing, the correct color palettes, the correct advertising, the right budget and the right designs.

Things change moving forward sometimes. Sometimes to move things forward things need to change. Two of the jackets have been pushed back and been replaced by two other jackets. The salaam and retro windbreakers are still in the lab however the brown and cream colored prototype windbreaker is still to see release pretty soon. There is an additional pair of jackets constructed to really reflect the heart and soul collection. They are the HNS 0 and the HNS Nu. Even though all three are variations of hooded tops, I'm still trying to speak to a lot of people through the clothing. This is just one collection and its great how it doesn't isolate itself to one look. The Hns Nu is a heavyweight hoody with leather elbows and leather detail emblazoned across a rouge cotton body detailed with different insignia styles. I personally love the rugged rebel feel to this jacket. This is most definetly some true guerrilla field equipment.

Pretty soon the HNS 0 is to be released in two colours, black and white. The HNS 0 is influenced by the film THX 1138 by George Lucas and was originally going to be part of a collection solely influenced by that film.It was the only concept that survived and brings a unique reversible style to the Cosmos catalogue and Heart and Soul collection. Just need a few tweaks and they can see a release date, I'm sure your hungry for one. In the meantime you can check out the Mr.Invisible tumblr, which has images of inspiration and enigma.

It took me a longtime to get the collection of jackets right for the first wave. Colours played a huge factor in how these jackets were supposed to look. I look colours at and realise how amazing the cosmos is. An expansive stretch of many light years of colour. Galaxies, Stars, Nebulae and planets constructed with grand awe making civilization seem so insignificant. Existence is truly a stellar phenomenon. For me heart and soul is of immense value. It reminds of the common similarities between all human beings. There’s no difference between the anatomy of one human brain to another brain, or one human heart to another human heart. Yet we act so differently when experienced in independence. This a gift to help us communicate as one race, yet inspire very differently.