What happens on tour stays on tour” was the famous dictum of rascally rock stars in more unsavoury times. That’s not the case with Nirvana’s iconic Smiley T-shirt, however, which hit the merch stand in 1992, shortly after the release of the trio’s seminal sophomore album, Nevermind, and has rarely been out of the public conscious since. True, it does stay on tour, pulled out of wardrobes and dusted down for gigs some 25 years after Kurt Cobain took his own life, thereby calling time on the band. But it has also been passed on to a new generation, like a baton for those who don’t quite fit in. The design was inspired partly by the smiley badge that took hold in...
The Journey Follow the product journey, seed to shop. Our Restore merch products is made in partnership with a award winning company in the innovation category. Scroll down to see the story of the most recent products shipped and meet the people who made it. Organic Farming Organic cotton is better for the producers and the ecosystem in which it is produced. Instead of more toxic pesticides and fertilisers, co planting and insect traps are used along with the special ingredient - cow poo. It encourages biodiversity and leads to the extra soft feel of our products. Less inputs also means less water, but even organic cotton is still a thirsty crop. So where you grow it matters. The fields that...
At restore we love the sea and everything that brings us closer to it. Here is a list of the top 5 spearfishing youtube channels that inspire us the most. If you are totally new to spearfishing, ore maybe just want to learn a few more tricks, this list is an excellent place to start and to subscribe. 1. Daniel Mann Daniel Mann is maybe the coolest spear-fisherman on YouTube, while being totally down-to-earth at the same time. His videos include shooting everything from halibut in Norway, to Wahoo and even does great tutorials on things like tying knots. At restore our favourite video of course has to be, the time he won the Öresund Scorpena Cup with at team of...
1990s Bart Simpson Ban Inspires Bart’s Homemade T-Shirts Ahh yes, the great Bart Simpson ban. Remember? It all started in 1990, at Lutz Elementary School in Fremont, Ohio. Principal William Krumnow delivered a ban on T-shirts featuring Bart Simpson, the rebellious breakout star of The Simpsons. Naturally, this Bart Ban made everybody want the T-shirt even more. Silly adults. Although the ban initially called out a T-shirt featuring Bart aiming a slingshot with the word underachiever emblazoned in quotes above him and Bart saying, “and proud of it, man!” - the Barton Simpson T-shirt ban spread like wildfire in schools. Everything from “Eat My Shorts” to “Get Bent” was out. They all “had a cow, man”. District administrators in Florida,...
The future, remade. Our new products are made from our old products, which are designed from the start to be sent back when they are worn out. This is circular fashion. Resource Every year 100 billion new items of clothing are produced while a truck full of clothing is burned, or buried in a landfill every second. Slowing fast fashion down is a good first step, but slowing it down won't stop it. Yet when we take the waste material at the end, and make new products from it at the start, it changes everything. That's what we've done. Our products and packaging are made from natural materials, not plastic. And every product we make is designed to be sent back...
