Day 315

I've been on a number of adventures this year during my THREEHUNDREDANDSIXTEEFIVE T-shirt challenge - holidays, work abroad, out and about with friends - but until recently I hadn't taken a trip specifically because of the project.
Last week though, I began speaking with Phoenyx, lead designer and owner of clothing label Bare 77. He loved the idea of my challenge and was keen to meet me to hand over his T-shirt donations in person rather than send them via the post.
I mulled the idea over. It was certainly an odd request; odd because I was 11 months into my 12 month project and only now had such a request been made. Thinking about it, I would have happily travelled all over London to pick up tees all year long had anyone asked. It would have been a great way to get to know donators outside of their email accounts.

So why not start now?

Turns out it was a great idea. I had a very enjoyable and productive night meeting Phoenyx and I walked away with two new T-shirts that he was kind enough to donate. We met in a bar near Old Street and between our bottles of Sol he placed his mobile phone. He'd triggered the voice recording app and proceeded to interview me about my THREEHUNDREDANDSIXTEEFIVE T-shirt challenge so that he could put together a post for the brand's blog. We talked about all manner of things from the history of Bare 77 (including an anecdote about how some of the brand's earlier designs wound up on Robert Webb's character Jeremy in hit Channel 4 comedy Peep Show), to my own design and illustration career. We talked about the future of the Bare 77 brand and ideas to visit going forward. We talked and talked and talked. It was a very inspiring and creative exchange.

I'm wearing the first of the two donated tees from Bare 77 for Day 315. It's a design put together by Phoenyx called War And Peace and its artwork is an assembly of images juxtaposing both war and peace, obviously. The black and white tee is one of the original designs from the fresh apparel line that helped establish the brand and looks fantastic. The quality of both the print and garment is very high, and I have no doubt that that standard will continue into the new lines released next year.

See more from Bare 77 via their Twitter account