ANCIENT RELICS “PRINT EMBROIDERY” HOODED SWEATSHIRT [LIGHT HEATHER ASH]

This "Print Embroidery" technique is one that I've been trying to figure out for what feels like forever. It is exactly what it says, a print made to replicate embroidery.

After endless tests, samples, and failure after failure to get this exactly as I envisioned it, we were finally able to find the perfect method and formula to make this thing come to life.

There's a lot to unpack on this graphic conceptually. Firstly, "L.L. Original Soundtrack" is a direction I've been motivated by since relaunching LL in July of 2024. The idea is that me or my brand do not need to be in the spotlight. We are not actors. We can play the background and be instrumental - hence the word "soundtrack" - while playing a vital role in realizing our landscape in design and apparel.

"Ancient Relics For Future Beings" is a line I came up with in 2019 after doing 2 large paintings of Frank Ocean for an exhibit. I completed the first painting, and then repainted it in a less developed way - almost like a caveman had done it. I then threw the canvas in a dryer to beat it up, and when it was finished I felt like I had created an ancient relic of modern subject matter. This idea of what we create today becoming artifacts for the future has been an integral piece of thinking for the restraint I've been practicing in my outputs with LL.

Both of these themes will play a large role in what's to come from LL in the future.

Photos don't do the final product justice. It's just one of those things you have to see and feel to truly appreciate. I'm excited to share this with you all.

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This style has a relaxed fit. Pick your usual size, or size up if you want it to be oversized.

400 GSM Heavyweight Crossgrain Cut Fleece
400 GSM Heavyweight 1x1 Rib
100% USA Grown Carded Cotton
Canadian Milled Fabric
French Terry
2 Needle Coverstitch Construction
Made in Canada
Hand printed in Toronto.

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