As many of you will know we lost our dear friend and collaborator Chris Stoker this year before the festival. We’ve worked on the ACMH and Magic Castles annual collections for many years and this year was no different even though he was continuing his battle with cancer. It’s always been a wonderful thing to see so many of you all wearing it around the world, from Todmorden to Tokyo, Bristol to Belgrade, LA to Leyton. It’s truly felt like we’ve created a thing. We had talked about making a film about the nature of collaboration, community, merch and all the rest of it, largely because everyone he worked with was ace and we thought it would be good fun. Ultimately we’ve ended up having to make the film without him and it’s become something more like a tribute to a man we miss terribly. Shout out to everyone involved and a special one to Kit for turning in something really beautiful. A reminder to be truly grateful for every day with your loved ones.
You can still pick up some of this years collection at our shopify, we’ll be donating 10% of all sales to St Joseph’s Hospice.
In his words, Our Love Will Last Forever ❤️
Collaborators below
ACMH - @almostcutmyhair.world
Love International Festival - @loveintfestival
Paul Bryne / Test Pressing - @apiento @test_pressing_official
Dave Harvey - @dave_harvey_teamlove
Ivan Smagghe & Dresden - @ivan_smagghe_jmm / @dresden_dance
Nick Stephens (The Gun) - @nickvstephens / @thegun_club
Matt Wickings (Corsica Studios) - @mattwickings / @corsica.studios
Chloé Raunet (Weekender) - @c.a.r.music
Felix Dickinson - @felixdickinson
Laura Lee @khruangbin
Ellie Stokes - @elliestokesdj
Chez de Milo - @chezdemilo
credits
Filmed & edited by @kitashoconnor
Produced by Dave, Ellie & Chez
