BS: The bucket hats are also super interesting, what was the inspiration there?
CS: I had to clear the attic in Liverpool during lockdown to be useful and was finding some childhood stuff and odd bits of clothes and I guess something… germinated. I’ve always quite liked to frame the face in my work, plus who needs another plain bucket hat? There are so many brands doing that, mine is more just an idea. Often my work is sort of a take on a really practical moment. Twisted normalcy someone called it, but I think it’s quite a decent decription. I like rethinking the everyday.

BS: I understand what’s on offer is fairly limited, no huge orders from random stockists across the country or anything like that, was that intentional?
CS: Oh completely. I see no value in overproduction. I was so depressed seeing how so many online stores stock the same homogenised ten brands, it’s not for me. I was always a bit of the odd one out at fashion week and it’s no different now. I like it that way. We will probably do some project-based drops with a few retailers we like, though I’m in no rush. This is the first time in years I can just do what I want, I don’t know why I’d want to change that.

BS: Some striking sportswear in there too – are you teasing a return to our industry at last?
CS: Hmm, I mean, we are working on some clothing for January – which is really intense construction – but I’m not sure it’s a return to fashion. Just ideas I want to make, small runs, no expectation.

BS: How does creating these ceramic masterpieces differ from the creative process of fashion design?
CS: It’s not so much the process more the expected outcome. I want the new things to feel slightly rough and singular, I don’t want anything I make to feel like it comes from the same factory as 1,000 designers, I can’t bear that same-y feel. But the process is the same really, I draw and draw and make notes, then I moan at people I’m working with until something appears that we are all happy with.

BS: I’m curious to know your favourite piece from the drop?
CS: In a very un-myself moment, I like everything. I realised just focussing on your own e-com is so liberating, no buyers moaning at you to do more. Who wants to be banging out best sellers forever? The same old shit. I want to always be working on something that feels fresh to me. The e-com is a platform to experiment with ideas and working locally I’m not under pressure to order 2,000 of anything.

BS: What can we expect to come from your next offering?
CS: There’s loads to come – ‘abundant lunacy’ is our new motto. The new fleeces we’ve been sourcing are really upbeat, ‘so wrong they’re right’ type moments. The Krankee candles are sort of their own thing too, product as social critique. I think the hand-crocheted Christmas decorations are brilliant too, I love working with people who are willing to try stuff and not get bogged down in thinking about being a ‘brand’ etc. I never wanted to be a brand, I can’t think of anything more dead inside. The minute we start making stuff we don’t like again then it will be time to stop again, being a designer or a creative I don’t think should be just constantly churning out stuff that no one really asked for.

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