Formerlyknownas.

PICNIC IN HYDE PARK

2009-05-16T01:15:00.001-07:00

SO THIS IS US IN HYDE PARK THE OTHER DAY.. JUST HAVING A LITTLE PICNIC! WAS A GOOD DAY... IN SWEDEN! CRAZY VINTAGE OVA HERE!! WILL POST SOME UP WHEN I HAVE SOME TIME!

LONDON TOWN

2009-05-08T04:19:00.000-07:00

yO! SO HAVE ARRIVED IN LONDON TOWN.... IT IS CRAZAY HERE... ANYONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN HERE SHOULD COME HERE NOW... HAVE NOT BEEN DOIN A GREAT DEAL... OFF TO SWEEDEN NEXT WEEK SO WILL KEEP U POSTED WITH SOME FOTOS AND WHAT IS GOIN ON!

NEW!

2009-05-06T00:06:00.000-07:00

Well as we are just getting into the whole swing of blogging we want to do something a little different.

So what we are going to do is start to sell 1 off peices of clothing we find and also small runs of some basic shirts and full print shirts that we make.

You will be able to purchase all the shirts with paypal and i can send them out or if you are in Brisbane i am more than happy to come and meet you somewhere.

All you need to do is send an email to beenlightened@formerlyknownas.com.au. I will then tell you if the shirt is available and work out how best to get it to you.

The shirts will be really well priced so buy them...

So here is the first

001

Beatles swimming
Size-S
Colour-White
PRICE $25.

002

Acid wash Wolf
Size-M
Colour-Acid wash Maroon
PRICE $30
SOLD
003

Plain Whitesnow black neck
Size-M
Colour-White marl
Price $15
SOLD

Stuff dropppppppped......at VG

2009-05-05T19:27:00.000-07:00

Well we dropped some of "For you" Winter in Violent Green....

The black pain shirt

Purple rain shirt

Bang scarf

Also shirts have been dropped at Lenko and Mish Mash....

Go in and GET SOME!!!

I want this MAC!

2009-05-03T12:06:00.000-07:00

If i had a spare thou....

When Kanye was but a boy!!

2009-04-28T19:06:00.000-07:00

Not really but close... From 2004...one of my favorites of all Time "This way" with the dilated peoples featuring Kanye...

Possible new Lupe song....

2009-04-25T21:18:00.000-07:00

Well thought i would search the net for some new Lupe and found this...May or may not be on the new album The Great American Rap Album due out around June.

We can not wait!

Lego world! Wow i want to go...

2009-04-25T20:56:00.000-07:00

Fonzworth Bentley has a dam cool name!

2009-04-25T20:48:00.000-07:00

Fonzworth Bentley featuring Kanye and Andre 3000 and Sa-ra...Everybody

Great song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6oMAHl9PNU

She never...stops

2009-04-25T20:32:00.000-07:00

Amazing me!

Cassette Playa....god why make them so good....

Carrie's range for A/W 10....Believe in flesh + metal.

Making of the BERTONE'S ZR1 BASED MANTIDE

2009-04-22T12:10:00.000-07:00

I have always wondered how they made a car...

This video is great is shows from start to finish the making of the BERTONE'S ZR1 BASED MANTIDE. Jason Castriota drew the ZR1 and grabbed inspiration from heaps of place some being formula1, Aerospace and some past Bertone projects..

The car looks incredible and is a monster. With a top speed of 351kph, the ZR1 will get from 0-100 in 3.2 seconds...

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSnbpdhpbJ0

Wow this would suck..

2009-04-21T12:09:00.000-07:00

I was jumping around the net this morning...

I found this article. This poor lady in the UK is allergic to water. It happens to 1 in every 230 million. She can only drink diet coke, she has a 10 second shower once a week, she can not even sweat. She is scared to go out of the house because of the fear it could rain...

Have a look..

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/04/21/strange-allergies-the-mum-who-is-allergic-to-water-115875-21293984/

Kinda like a big deal

2009-04-20T12:12:00.000-07:00

Was checking out some blogs...and found this...new song featuring Kanye, Clipse and Kaws..I really really like it. You can download it for free at this blog...DO IT!

http://www.playcloths.com/blog/

Interview on Design Federation

2009-04-19T21:44:00.000-07:00

Hey hey,

Klaus & Cakes from design Federation posed us a few questions...read all here...

http://www.designfederation.net/interviews/interview-with-formerly-known-as/

huge thanks goes out to the guys for the interview...

While you are at the site check it out...They have free stuff and so much more...

O

Legalize Gay!

2009-04-19T21:22:00.000-07:00

While American Apparel is mainly famous for being one of, if not the best basic clothing manufacturer on the planet today... they have also been brought into the spotlight on occasion for there rational but to some people controversial political views!

American Apparels new campaign is all about the getting rid of proposition 8... or more commonly known as the ban against gay marriage!

AA believes that sexuality should be celebrated, not condemned, and so do we!

AA has given out over $17 000 to supporters & protesters who support gay marriage and they vow to continue to do so!

We just wanted to congratulate American Apparel on their work and we are completely behind them!

also if u are man enough the 'Legalize Gay' t is available on their website....

www.americanapparel.com

rad photo

2009-04-16T16:03:00.000-07:00

this is such a cool photo... i thought it needed sharing...

Well Hi!

2009-04-16T00:07:00.000-07:00

Hey hey,

Well it has been awhile since we have posted. Just trying to get the range for winter out and organising summer has killed us over the past month (no excuse tho we are sorry).

Anyway news um...

1. On the 1 of May Gav is on his way down to Sydney. The bubble competition paid off! (thank you General Pants). Gav gets a night down there and also tickets to an awesome event, that is on called Fashion Palette. It is a new event heaps of guest speakers pretty much tell us what to do to make it!

The highlight will be Ruby Rose hosting....

www.fashionpalette.com.au

Will keep you posted on how it goes.

2. Started designing winter and it is looking promising. Kris has started and some of the stuff is really different and unreal...

3. We have been showing summer around Aus and fingers crossed but we hope to have some new stockists... One or two and we will be more than happy..

4. Oh yeah Kris leaves for London in like 2 weeks... Gone for 1 year. He will be reporting in (Kris you will be reporting in). The trip should give him some great ideas so lets wait and see...

and i pretty sure that is about it..

Oh yeah and as i type.... I am just doing an interview for design federation for Fashion Palette so i will be sure to post that up here..

peace speak soon..

O

more art.....

2009-04-15T22:03:00.001-07:00

new art

2009-03-12T22:58:00.001-07:00

some stuff

2009-03-08T22:45:00.000-07:00

just some stuff i diiid

GAVINS CAST

2009-02-23T02:35:00.000-08:00

To make the best of a bad situation we decided to collage gavs cast..... here is us making it

this is what we started with....random shit

after a f**kload of craft glue...

drying the little bugger

and then.......todarrrrrrrrrr!!!

FINISh-------&#^#

What a start to the year!

2009-02-21T14:22:00.000-08:00

Well my great start to the year started back on new years, when i recieved this scar!

I am still puzzled how it actually happened, it was either my necklace that ripped me apart or a star picket which we found a bike wrapped around in the morning.

So the year continued trouble free..... UNTIL!

Feb 9th when i did this

Yep....My only broken bone...EVER!

After years of doing stupid shit as a child, playing nearly ever sport you could possibly break a bone in....I broke mine playing touch football, YES TOUCH FOOTBALL..

It is not to bad only 4 weeks but god dam...it is killing me after 48 hours.
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So 2 accidents in the first two months of the year...lets hope it stops here...

WINTER 09 DROPPING THIS WEEK!!!!

2009-02-18T19:19:00.001-08:00

hey kids...

just lettin you know that we will be dropping our first season this week!

some peices will be going into Violent Green in Brisbane, and all the other shops early next month!! so keeps ur eyes pealed!

Some new art

2009-02-14T00:28:00.001-08:00

what a couple hours on photoshop can do! i promise to keep putting art up every week or so just for shits!

BEST $14 STEAK EVER!!

2009-02-07T23:28:00.001-08:00

This is the remains of the best steak i have had in a while! to make it even better it cost a meesley $14.... i have been on the searh for a sick steak for under $20 bucks for a while now and i think i should share some of the seedy steak house's with you!

TOP 4 PLACES TO GET A RAD STEAK FOR UNDER $20

1. Kalibar in the valley mall....... (best 14 clams you will ever spend... they also do a mean breakfast so i have been told.....)

2. Trans continental hotel / roma st (only 10 bucks for a meal... try to avoid it though if the broncos are playing the night you go... unless u enjoy a pub full off seedy dudes drinking VB.)

3. Broadway hotel / Woolongaba! (this place scores top points for the fact you actually get to make your own freken steak.... not to mention u get unlimited salad bar!! all this for $10!!!
oh and they do $4 scooners...

4. the queens arm hotel... james st (this place makes a good steak.... lots of salad lots of chips and half a cow for only $15.... catch is they only do this sucker one night a week and i cant for the life of me remember what night it is.....)

enjoy my researh....

WAS KANYE HI?

2009-01-26T02:03:00.000-08:00

Well i watched this video that was posted up on Kanye's blog about 1 day ago.....and i dont know, but he seems pretty dam hi!!.....

Let me know what you think....

http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=221895_-1__0_~0_-1_1_2009_0_0&em3298=&em3282=&em3281=&em3161=

These colours dnt run! Cassette Playa SS09...WOW...

2009-01-23T11:27:00.000-08:00

Well our favorite designer Carrie Mundane has posted up her new range on the cassette playa blog and like always never ceses to amaze with some outrages prints and mind bogaling jackets.

She says the range explores what it is like to be British in 2009, football firms + gang culture; council estates, essex mansions, and organized violence.

The range features Carrie's normal hideious colour choice, which she some how manages to make look good (dam good). Alot of fire and heaps of street referances and i'm pretty sure this is the first time a range of hers has featured a polo.

Carrie I love you, we love you, please continue...

What can you do while you drive?...I struggle to text….

2009-01-22T19:26:00.000-08:00

A bright spark from Northern Territory has been caught driving at 147kms an hour, with 4.9kg of cannabis in his car, filming himself......wait for it....... all while he masturbated….

The man told police that he had blown about half of his mother’s $107,000 inheritance on the drugs and the heaps cool Holden Commodore that he was caught in. The police also found a .22 rifle and two cannabis plants in the back of the car.

Brenton Alan Erhardt is the drop kicks name and he is facing 3 years jail....

*UCKING JOKER!

Kids are nothing but trouble....Who needs them!

2009-01-22T19:22:00.000-08:00

A 29 year old Canadian man has been busted for growing marijuana after his 11 month old son called 911.

The 11 month old was playing with the phone when he amazingly dialled 911, the baby then hung up which forced the police to attended the gentleman’s house in White Rock, British Columbia.

When there knocks at the door went unanswered, they broke to door down and found the 11 month old playing with the phone. The officers then took a look around the residence and found a 500 plant marijuana farm.

The man is facing drugs charges.

The one positive thing is that the child has been taken off his hands...

UNRUCKY!

2009-01-14T05:59:00.000-08:00

For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure of playing mario kart on WII,

it is possibly the best game on the market right now if not than the best game ever.

However a warning to the virgins of the kart.... DONKEY KONG IS A CUNT.

whilst playing you will notice that he tends to ram you quite alot..... funny at first, after a couple time you want to shoot the guy.

we thought it was necesarry to enlighten you, case you have not yet played the best game in the world.

Clay Magazine...

2008-12-23T11:41:00.000-08:00

Our good freinds at Clay have dropped a taste of there new Website....Have a look and stay posted cause there should be some good stuff popping up....Props to Paul who has been working really hard....

www.claymagazine.com.au

Common-Universal Mind Control

2008-12-23T11:05:00.000-08:00

Guys & Girls,

The new Common cd Universal Mind Control, sounds like it is going to be a great cd. Colaborating with the likes of Kanye, Pharrel and Cee-lo (Gnarls Barkley). The first track "Universal Mind Control" has now become an instant favorite, Kris went as far to say it is up there with Kanye-get'em high (i know, i know huge call). Anyway here is the U-tube clip.....

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=zo7FpI8MmmE

Enjoy..
Universal Mind Control.....should be out early 09

O

Happy Xmas Ya'll

2008-12-21T18:38:00.000-08:00

HAPPY XMAS FROM FORMERLY KNOWN AS.

Dior Homme.

2008-12-15T19:34:00.001-08:00

+++++++++

very cool jacket by dior homme

Space Girl

2008-12-15T19:21:00.000-08:00

space girl....

Some art

2008-12-15T19:13:00.000-08:00

Some art we have been working on.

Kanye.....WOW

2008-12-15T19:05:00.000-08:00

Well this was Kayne when I saw him overseas...Amazing concert. The stage he used (as you can see) was like nothing i have seen before. I would go as far to say it was a better light show than Daft Punk, if not it was as good.

Kris and Gav went when he was in Brisbane it was apparently still "Amazing", but he did not use the same stage that blew minds in America. I will get one of them to type up something about it when they get around to it...

I would feel alot more shattered if i saw him in NZ, he used less than he did on any other part of his tour.....haha...

Photoshoot for CLAY and ADD!

2008-12-12T20:55:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys,

Been awhile since i have posted. Been heaps busy getting summer ready to roll. Got some amazing prints coming and some really cool basic peices also.

Recently we were in a shoot for Clay Mag. Thanks to Paul he has been great in getting us in there and also getting as a spot to advertise. The add will only be small but dam it looks pretty cool. Here it is for your eyes only....hahah

3 Stockist so far...

2008-11-16T19:03:00.000-08:00

Alright so we can definately say that we will be stocked in the following stores for the coming winter:-

QLD
Violent Green
Shop 9 Elizabeth Arcade
99 Elizabeth St Brisbane

NSW
Mish Mash
11 Curlewis St Bondi

VIC
Lenko
Shop 308, Level 3 Melbourne Central
211 Latrobe St, Melbourne

This is just the start.....just the start.

Article In Russh

2008-10-27T21:57:00.000-07:00

So that article in Rush....Well not sure when it will run but here is what it is going to look like ke an eye out!

BAM IN THE MIDDLE

Bernard Andrew

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I Won!!

2008-10-27T21:32:00.000-07:00

Okay! So i found out about 1 week ago that i had won season 1 of a new General Pants ininitiative called "The Bubble". Basically it is going to showcase some of Australia's best up and coming new talent in acouple of different catergories art, music, graphic design, literature, film, photography and fashion which i won along with "Pigeon Combine" (well done Tim).

It seems like a pretty good thing to win, i am not sure how it works but i think we get some mentoring from the brother and sister team that is Alpha 60 so that should be good. First part of the prize is an article in Rush Magazine along with the other winners.

I will see what happens and keep you all posted.

Thanks for the support..

Bernard Andrew

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Hello, hello

2008-10-27T20:51:00.000-07:00

My name is Bernard Andrew, i am 21 and welcome...

So abit about me..

Since finishing high school i have studied business, graphic design and designed for a label since 06. Recently i have started my own label called Formerly known as and also have decided to begin printing some of my art on satin using a process called dyesublimation.

This blog will keep you up to date with whats been happening with Formerly known as, new pieces of art and other stuff that i feel like sharing.

Now i will make my first post worth while by adding my first range.

Its called "for you" the range tells a story of a world torn by hate and violence, a world raveged by war. But through the destruction and mayhem a hero will rise.

"Battle" dyesublimation reversable jumper.

"Hero" dyesublimation reversable jumper

"Comrade" distressed cardi (also available in grey), "K9" shirt purple rain wash

"White brain" long sleeve tee. (Also available in "Black Pain" & "Purple Rain")

"Pyramid Enlighten" tee "Black Pain" wash

"Comrade" distressed cardi, "White Brain" long sleeve, bang scarf

"Bang" dyesublimation tee

"Moon" dyesublimation tee

"Commader" knit tee (comes in black as well)

"Bang" dyesublimation singlet

"Flea galaxy" dyesublimation singlet

"Comrade" distressed cardi, "Bang" singlet

Bernard Andrew

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