The Inner City's Cliche

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Background INFO on IHTGW ;

ihtgw

SAY NO TO FASHION

ihtgw Bio and Present 

SAMIA MALIK ihtgw started in 2002, after Samia graduated from Winchester school of art. ihtgw initially started with a collection of recycled garments that were sold in; Made By Hands (between 2002 - 2004) on Redchurch Street,
 London E2. In 2004 Samia gained places to study MA Womenswear at: the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins. She chose to study MA Womenswear at St Martins. In 2006 Samia returned to working on her label ihtgw,
 and this time launched a line of D.I.Y screen printed t shirts. With a more intrinsic concept, discussing: psychological disruption, cheap labour within fashion industry and propaganda war. These concepts were shown through shapes, 
colours thats were accumulated through Samia's visual obvervations of:
 construction, structures, deformity, imperfections and dilapidated public graphics. In past few years ihtgw has developed: a line of sweat tops, collections of garments such as: 
hooded tops, baseball jackets, trousers designed and made by Samia. Lik + Neon, 106 Sclater Street E2, are ihtgw's main stockist in London 

At present Samia's working on developing ihtgw t shirt and sweat top lines, at the same time working and researching local garment manufacturing. Well Made Clothes is a new dimension to ihtgw, main aim of Well Made Clothes to reintroduce local manufacturing, supply sustainable garments that are well made and made in ethical conditions. 

Foundation Art and Design, Central Saint Martins, 1998 - 1999
GCSE, A Level Art - The Green School For Girls, Isleworth, 1991 - 1998

Cotton is a fabric that we wear and see around us. Many of us will rarely ever closely look at fabric on our body and try to workout how it was made or where it came from. Let alone know this fact: ‘The proud Uzbek cotton harvest is picked courtesy of the forced labour of the country’s and young adults.’ Lucy Siegle. These days cotton is more disposable than ever before. We can go to shops buy as many cotton garments we want, without facing hardship unlike people who make it.

Collection: All sweat tops are printed through a D.I.Y studio method. 
All trousers are made in London studio from cotton,
 focusing on a sustainable, classic and practical cut.