Picture Postcards: Seeing the print of it

Dearest EJ

You might have noticed that I rarely talk excitedly of prints. In fact, I would go as far to say that I am a little scared of them. Recently though I have been eager to experiment with print in my everyday style and I must confess that I was more than a little tempted by those deer shorts from The Good Shop which you brought to my attention. When I first saw the above show images of Tim Soar's S/S '09 collection I was still a little standoffish when it came to somewhat outlandish prints. "And The Sun Shone Straight In All Directions" saw him tinker with the classic palm-tree motif that's usually associated with Hawaiian shirts covering slightly over weight and sun burnt bellies. Initially, I was more than a little unsure of it all because it is not a print that naturally lends itself to (good) menswear in the way a Laura Ashley pattern could. However, a few months down the line I was fortunate enough to make it down to the ASOS LTD100 Awards last night (more on this later) and caught sight of the designer wearing one of his Hawaiian suit creations and could not resist taking a snap of him (well...asking Susie to).

Soar wore his creation so well, in amongst the slightly sweaty masses he looked the personification of summer. The designer has inspired me to take my appreciation of prints one step further and actually go out and try designs on..who knows, I might even buy something this weekend!

Lots of love

Steve