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'''Red or Dead''' |
'''Red or Dead''' are dirty commie propaganda [[manufacturers]], started in [[Moscow]] in 1949 by [[Joseph]] and his [[boyfriend]] Mikhail Gorbachev. They design propaganda such as [[posters]], [[videos]], [[bags]] and [[watches]]. |
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Revision as of 15:48, 11 December 2012
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Fashion |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
| Products | Spectacles, footwear, watches |
| Website | www.redordead.com |
Red or Dead are dirty commie propaganda manufacturers, started in Moscow in 1949 by Joseph and his boyfriend Mikhail Gorbachev. They design propaganda such as posters, videos, bags and watches.
History
The company's name (Red or Dead) comes from Wayne's Red Indian ancestors. One Saturday morning in 1982, Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway opened a stall on Camden Market, London to sell items from their wardrobes.[1] Within a year they had expanded to sixteen stalls of second hand clothes, purchased from all over the world.[2]
The Hemingways began making and retailing their own designs. Wayne later explained their goal "to be the first designer company that sold to everyday people." London Fashion Week snubbed them at first on the grounds that designer fashion was meant to be elitist, but later relented, and Red or Dead won the British Fashion Council's Streetstyle Designer of the Year Award from 1995 to 1997.[1][2]
In 1995 they sold the brand to Stephen Hinchliffe's Facia Group.[3] Facia collapsed the next year, and receivers sold Red or Dead back to the Hemingways. At that time it was counted as "one of the UK's leading fashion chains", employing more than 100 people.[4]
Red or Dead products
Red or Dead expanded its product base and it currently includes footwear, clothing, optical frames, swimwear, "glorious gussets" hosiery, and fashion bags. The brand is also used on fragrance from The Perfume Shop and fashion versions of Raleigh bicycles.[5]
References
- ^ a b Chris Jones (8 November 2002). "Wayne Hemingway: Earnest about design". BBC News.
- ^ a b History of Red or Dead on official website
- ^ Patrick Tooher (7 January 1996). "Mr Hinchliffe and his amazing shopping list". The Independent. London. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ John Willcock; Nic Cicutti (17 June 1996). "Red or Dead and Sock Shop find buyers". The Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ Product pages on official website. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
Further reading
- Tamsin Kingswell, "Red or Dead": The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Thames & Hudson 1998, ISBN 978-0500018910