Around 1981 Ian worked in Leeds brand X Clothes Sheffield store on Leoplold St when it stocked mainly post punk / new punk and proto New Romantic gear (such as Sue Clowes etc) and Dickies workwear (early-FACE Magazine / JoBoxers etc).

Fast forward to 1987 when TDR’s midweek socialism was centred under Leeds at The Phono with Age Of Chance and what would become Nightmares On Wax, X Clothes Jeremy and Sue approached us to rebrand the very same X Clothes shops in what was overtly becoming a TDR look.

Still BC (Before Computers), the designs were gridlocked on non-repro graph board mixing up hand drawn type, then vogue-sh Constructivism, anything and everything Hanna Barbara, Rotring straight lines, photocopies and PMTs.

Out of the rebrand came the first TDR Tee collection for X (later Ace). In fact, these X Clothes shirts were pretty much the first non-band merch Tees we did.

The collection which was all done and dusted, conceived and down-in-one caffeine designed on a ‘Phew what a scorcher’ afternoon in an hour in 1987 hanging round St Christophers Place off London’s Oxford St waiting for a client meeting.

‘X-Wonderworld’ was, along with ‘Lurv Pup’ our favourite and, if you can be arsed rooting about in TDR’s social history, you’ll see Captain Skyray and me pumping up the volume frugging round  the mirrored pillar to UK HipHop / Electro / Rare Groove / Protohouse in this and other ‘X’ / TDR finery! Nostalgia in someone else’s holiday etc. One left. Your choice.

*Approximate Size

Length: 80cm, Width: 60cm.