IN 2023 I LOST MY FATHER.
HE WAS 71 YEARS YOUNG. HE LOST HIS LIFE IN A FREAK ACCIDENT WHILST BACKPACK TRAVELLING THROUGH INDIA.
THIS GARMENT IS A TRIBUTE TO THAT MAN.
HIS LIFE ENCAPTURED EVERYTHING MTHD STANDS FOR.
HE PLANNED HIS JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE AND EXACUTED IT TO PERFECTION. TRAVELLING THE WORLD, BUILDING BUSINESSES AND CREATING A LIFE FULL OF ADVENTURE AND CURIOSITY.
THE WHOLE DESIGN CONCEPT OF THIS TEE WAS BASED AROUND HIS LIFE AND ETHOS.
ON THE REVERSE I USED THE NUMBERS "52" THE YEAR HE WAS BORN, TO HIGHLIGHT A LIFE LIVED TO ITS FULL.
HE WAS A PROLIFIC AND CAPABLE BOXER FROM A YOUNG AGE SO I USED A TRADITIONAL BOXING STYLE FONT AND CREATED THE FRONT DESIGN TO REFLECT THAT OLD SCHOOL LOOK OF THE RING. A PASSION HE STILL HAD TILL THE DAY HE DIED.
LASTLY, I TOOK HIS OLD BOXING JOURNALS WHICH HE HAND WROTE HIS WINS AND DEFEATS IN AND COPIED OUT A PHRASE FROM HIS OWN HANDWRITING FROM THOSE PAGES
"NO REGRETS".
PLACING IT BELOW HIS DATE OF BIRTH, SUMMING UP ONE OF THE MANY OF THE PHRASES MY FATHER LIVED BY AND HOW HE LIVED HIS LIFE.
IF THERE WAS A MOUNTAIN, HE WOULD CLIMB IT
IF THERE WAS A WALL, HE WOULD FIND A WAY TO BREAK IT DOWN.
IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM, HE WOULD SAY IT WAS JUST A CHALLENGE.
 
HE ALWAYS SAID HE HAD NO REGRETS. HOW MANY OF US CAN LIVE A LIFE AND SAY THAT.  
 
IVAN BROWN 1952 - 2023