Pablo is in a band, Dewolff, and they own a recording studio where we recently recorded our new EP. This week he is recording songs for two bands and Arjan is helping him out with technical stuff (I won't go into the details, it all sounds like gibberish to me anyway!).
Nikki is a fashion designer with her own label, Satellite June, she makes beautiful tailored pieces and having recently made Pablo suits for both a TV appearance and their wedding, she has had loads of orders coming in from both individual clients and bulk orders for shops.
With the suits piling up and a few other projects that needed working on, Nikki needed an extra pair of hands to help out.
The last bit of textile work I did was probably at the age of 13 in class at secondary school, but we figured it doesn't take too much know-how to pin patterns onto fabric and cut around the edges, so that's what I've been doing!
As someone who wouldn't have the first clue as to how to make a suit, it's amazing (and frankly slightly magical) watching these oddly shaped scraps of fabric get pinned and stitched into full, wearable garments.
Nikki is currently rebranding (having previously been known by her maiden name Nikki Beulen) and has a new website in the works, after this order of suits is done and dusted she'll be on to a new Autumn/Winter collection. I can't wait to see what she comes up with! Keep an eye on this one, she'll be going international before you know it.
