Love doesn't exist just between heterosexual couples on Valentine's Day only - it exists in all formats 365 days of the year. We celebrate alternate love stories and these amazing beings who gave us an opportunity to suit them up for their day-to-day and for some of them, donning couple suits, and on their big day even! It’s been a crazy wave as we work towards a safe space for everyone to explore and simply be.
Thank you all so much for supporting us and our vision for making the designs and commissions this fun to work on - it was truly an honour!
Here are some of these moments and memories shared with us x
MAISIE & ROS
On Maisie: Our Royal Blue Suiting in an androgynous cut
Photos taken by the talented Jinny Lee (@jinny_lee_photography).
Congratulations to Maisie and Ros, who got hitched in London! Big thank you to Maisie for rocking out in our Royal blue ensemble. We pulled this off when Maisie travelled back to Singapore for a month long trip and worked towards her dream suit for her big day. With Maisie, she’s always shown us an extremely mature take on different issues, from personal experiences to actual events that are unfolding across the political spectrum. Always thought-provoking and polite, and boy are we glad she found her match!
Her suit is made with a Royal Blue Wool-blend fabric, done in a slightly more androgynous cut. Much love to the styling for this too!
Congrats once again, truly an honour x
JO & VAN
From left: Jo in our Pinstripe suiting with Purple Velvet Lapel detail and Skull buttons.
On right: Van in our Christmas Plaid Suiting and Gold Mirror buttons.
To some of you who remembered the photos from our feed - Vanessa who is also the President of one of our partner charities - Project X did a fun photoshoot with her partner in Taiwan. This pair is nothing short of spontaneous spurts of fun during their decision-making process, and they never failed to bring on their energetic selves during the fitting sessions. Instead of going for the usual matchy-matchy detailing, they decided to do something that embodied their personal style choices and went for similar shoe options instead. We heart this one!
JONITA & ERNEST
On Ernest (left): Classic mid-tone Navy Wool-blend Suiting with Contrast Maroon lapel and a Grey vest for a subtle match. On Jonita (right): Maroon Wool-blend Suiting with Contrast Dark Navy lapel. Both suits are made with a Slim-cut.
We’re went for a little spin on the matching suit for Jonita and Ernest’s Wedding. Because they were friends of ours as well, there was definitely a little added pressure to get this look and style right so that it’ll best bring out their personalities.
We were gunning for something sleek and modern but wanted to explore colours with a pop and of course to still reflect their preferences. From a conversation about their ideal fit and then down to their favourite colours and then inverting the match rather than be in the same colours, that really spoke to them and we went through with the fittings. Every session was about getting the fit optimal for dancing hah! Nonetheless, it was certainly an honour and pleasure to have worked on this. Big congrats to the lovebirds!
Some of the highlights of their wedding (which we got to be a part of!) here:
CAT & CHARLENE
Cat and Charlene with Sheryl at our first year Anniversary party in Dec 2019
From left: Cat in our Black inverse Jacquard Suiting and Velvet lapels, pants are complete with a tuxedo stripe detail. Sheryl wears our Double-breasted Suiting in Blue Spots (on black). Cat (on right) wears our Navy Suiting with a contrast Velvet lapels and Skull button accessories.
Of course we wouldn’t forget another one of our favourite couples to have worked with - Cat and Charlene who were one of our early customers and 100% behind our ethos and vision of making custom clothing an inclusive industry for everyone. I’ve always remembered their interesting accessories and that really got us started on heavier looking jewellery as well. In fact, Cat runs a store called Ante Shop, so check it out if you can! It was super fun working on their commissions as we worked towards a suit that was bursting with each of their personalities. We were given full creative realm with the brief of “keeping things fitted and classic” and was glad to have made this happen.
We would also like to take the opportunity to present Cat as the President of our Skull clan at 3EIGHTH ha! For those who are curious, she was actually the one who sparked our interest into looking out for crazy accessories to match up with the suit. And so, we made Skull buttons a thing with some of our clients now! We absolutely love it when we receive some sort of quirky requests because most of the time they tend to push us out of our boundaries and seek for more exciting elements on the suit. Thank you once again!
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Thank you all once again for being a part of our journey! It’s been so nice to know that there are other humans who feel the same way we do. We’ll continue to bring you more clothes, projects, things and conversations that focus on an inclusive environment.
We hope you feel and spread love every single goddamn day because we were made to love x
