ABOUT
HYBRID STYLES

My name is Phil and I lecturer in Fashion and Textiles in Brighton, UK. 

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I studied weave but then progressed into fashion and creative pattern cutting, with a focus on zero-waste and sustainable circular design. An example of my zero-waste pattern cutting features in the 3rd edition of Pattern Cutting: The Architecture of Fashion, by Pat Parish, available from Bloombsury books.

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This sustainable focus has inspired my current work using existing, ready-made garments to create new fashion items. Homing in on menswear, I wanted to take a classic item of clothing, such as a shirt, and give it a twist - hence hybrid-styles. Mixed in with this, is my interest in subcultures, particularly Mod, Two-Tone and Ska. These were the focus of my style and music during my teenage years. Quite a mix, but, in some ways they have a heritage in  both modern jazz, rhythm and blues and even prince Buster and Laurel Aitken. My father owned a handsome white and chrome custom built Vespa, which he loved, as did the local Mods in Redditch. 

 

​My current collection, hybrid patchwork shirts and t-shirts, make use of the plethora of shirts and t-shirts one can buy second-hand. It deconstructs them and restructures them into a “new” shirt. A unique, one-off, circular fashion.  See my store for my other products. I had the opportunity to show case my first collection at Brighton Show Fashion Week, September, 2025.  More recently I had a store at the Brighton Mod Weekender, 2026.

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Watch my blog for future developments, and let’s move forward, sustainably and stylishly, together.

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Another Phil, who gave my permission to photograph himself and his lovely scooter.

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