Behind the scenes of the Marwood film

Russell Weekes shot a short film/promo for Marwood which was shown in the window of bStore last month in our installation promoting the launch of our debut collection of ties for Autumn/Winter 2011. We love how simply this film captures the classic elements of Marwood which are rooted in inspiration from the old, yet keeping it young and relevant for a man of today that doesn't necessarily wear a tie daily, usually saving them for weddings. Most of all this film made us smile. Very important.

Thanks to Russell for the painstaking process of capturing all the stills that enabled this promo film and then putting it together. Although the set is not caught on camera, these behind-the-scenes shots show the wonderful location provided by Berdoulat.

Catch the film on vimeo - http://vimeo.com/22507999

Finding Stan VanDerBeek

TRULY AMAZING.

If we were in Houston right now, we would be paying the MIT List Visual Arts Center and the Contemporary Arts Museum a visit, as they are presenting the first museum survey of the work of media art pioneer Stan VanDerBeek, exploring his investigation of art, technology and communication.

"Surveying the artist's remarkable body of work in collage, experimental film, performance, participatory and computer-generated art over several decades, "Stan VanDerBeek: The Culture Intercom" highlights the artist's pivotal contribution to today's media-based artistic practices."

Marwood Packaging

The Marwood boxes have arrived and are looking super nice. Beautifully handmade in England, these boxes are the perfect homes for the Marwood bow ties and ties.

Sicilian Treasures

We just ventured to Sicily for a couple of days to meet with a wonderful tie and scarf manufacturer who specialise and insist on making solely hand made products. We have made a conscious decision since starting Marwood to find the best craftsmen for the job in hand and we are confident to have found these people in England. The lace bow ties are manufactured in England and the owners have taken a lot of time and patience to develop this new product that has not come without its problems! The fabric is so delicate and not as well behaved as we had hoped. The results are worth it though. The silk/wool ties are also all made in England and the lace ties are made by hand in Italy.

So, we are now looking to extend our offering and looking for some certain finishes and techniques and that led us to Sicily! More photos are to come. Working with craftsmen and women in factories is a treat and the results are never quite what you expected beforehand. Marwood will be presenting the new Spring/Summer range in Paris Men's Fashion Week next month and we will keep you posted on the new offering coming your way.

This deserted bag is owned by the gentleman below. He left it temporarily in the Catania lounge whilst waiting for his lunch. Italian men certainly know their own mind and their own style. Confident and considered, it is always so apparent from the moment you arrive that this is a land where men pay to achieve their style. They want quality and they want to express themselves! Yeah... you wear that moss green suit with tan leather and rock it with your vintage sunnies. No one is going to stop you in Italia.

Marwood on Twitter

We have succumbed to Twitter... search for @marwoodlondon

"The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all."

Belmondo

Tao Kurihara/Tao Comme des Garcons

Spring/Summer 2007

Photograph by Kirby Koh

Published in iD, December 2007-January 2008

Found in book: Future Beauty [30 Years of Japanese Fashion]

Spring/Summer 2011 Collection available now...

Marwood released four exclusive styles for Spring/Summer 2011 to be sold only in b Store. The four styles consist of two soft wool herringbone patterns in Sand and Charcoal as well as a Blue Chambray Paisley and a Pale Grey wool with silver Diamonds. These are displayed in the window of b Store for the next two weeks.

Blue chambray paisley tie with the trademark Marwood staircase tipping (just visible) above...

all packaged up for delivery to bStore last week.

Herringbone Sand (as pictured) with the labels that tell the story.

Marwood Short Film by Russell Weekes

Click here to link to the new film by Russell Weekes currently showing in the window of b Store on Savile Row... only it is much better to see online, with sound. Enjoy!

Marwood installs a bstore window display...

bStore kindly invited Marwood to do a window installation to coincide with a small capsule collection of Spring/Summer 2011 ties that we made exclusively for bstore. The are 4 spring shades of wool and silk patterns that are in store now and the rest of the display features some of the lace collection that will be available from June. Here are some snaps of us building the window yesterday on a sunny Sunday...

Russell Weekes installing the TV that will be showing a looped version of his Marwood short film.

Sarah's steady eddie hands...

Marwood's window for bstore will be displayed for the next couple of weeks. The store's address is 24a Savile Row, London. W1S 3PR

Marwood featured on The Sharpened Lead

Many thanks to Colin Chapman who writes The Sharpened Lead for writing such a lovely post about Marwood. What wonderful words he writes! Truly honoured.

McCall's Vintage Tie Patterns

No functions of a well-made tie but they look impressively garish.

Mark Borthwick Photographs

Peter Doig

The Marwood studio is ready for summer now.

These paintings by Scottish born artist, Peter Doig say British summertime to us... although we have realised it is a typically British image... being that it's abroad. The paintings are of the Lapeyrouse Wall in Trinidad where the artist found a home away from home. All the same, the colours and ambiance just sum it all up... easy, long, hazy summer strolls under cloud patched skies. Lovely. Maybe we should forget the idea of the still life shoot and capture the SS12 lookbook here with easy tailoring, open collars and silk ties that look like cotton, feel like jersey and don't feel too precious for such occasions? Not a likely trip but the ties can happen all the same.

Toni Davey: Out of Line

'To draw, to cut, to score, to fold, two dimensions into three: manipulating light and shadow. The surface evolves'.

Looking forward to seeing this new show by Artist, Toni Davey at the Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place in London. It is currently displaying her latest intricate, detailed and acutely concentrated work. Each piece is created on a flat surface and hand sculpted by various means in to beautiful 3D patterns, always anchored to the underlying structure of a grid. All the cut pieces have been made from a single sheet of paper with nothing added or taken away.

Worth a visit - 7th March – 27th April 2011

tonidavey.co.uk