People across the world were wearing unofficial merch with my band's logo on it. I decided to cash in, but do it ethicallyI've been playing and recording music since 2012. Working under my surname Boothroyd, I've gained a small committed fanbase through releasing on independent labels and performing live. But in 2015, I decided to give up touring after a final headline show at Milton Keynes Gallery. I'm a big fan of the Beatles, and much like they stopped playing live in 1966, I did the same, in order to concentrate on studio material. Also, I wasn't getting many bookings - it wasn't exactly Boothroydmania.Five years later, having yet to come up with my Sgt Pepper, I was living alone in a caravan in Morecambe. One morning, I received a message on Instagram: it was a photograph of the Argentinian pop star Chule Von Wernich wearing a T-shirt with my name on the front and the poster for that final gig on the back. Continue reading...
Experience: I accidentally became a global fashion brand
23. dubna 2021 11:15
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/23/experience-i-accidentally-became-a-global-fashion-brand
Zdroj: The Guardian