next Tuesday, 7th September we have the creators of  ‘the ride journal’ joining us at Carnaby Street to do a Wee Do Lecture.

they will be here to tell us all about the inspiration behind the books, how they put their ideas into reality, the huge success they have now become and what’s going to be happening from here. 

if you missed your chance to get hold of the first 3 they are available to download from the website and are well worth it, issue 4 is still currently available to buy but be quick because i doubt they will hang around for long.

the lecture will begin at 7:30pm, if you would like to come down or know anyone else who may like to come then just drop us an email at carnabyst@howies.co.uk or ring us on 0207 287 2345 and reserve your free tickets.

the usual beers and juices will be available to quench your thirsts.

we hope to hear from you all soon!

Always nice to have an artist in the group. You can find more about the new jean washes here for men and here for women, and you can find more of Sinead’s work on her website.

I’m scanning in the new merino bits (Men’s and Women’s. Seriously soft stuff).

And Sinead and Toby are handling the new window and wall display (Jess is helping with that too).

New stuff. Holding hands. Good times.

Jeff.

This is my last day at howies, i’ve been here since April 2008 and with regret I’m moving onto another job.

I’m going to miss the Shop Staff and the people at HQ also, not as much as i’m going to miss the ridiculous amounts of Tea.

I leave you with a picture of me playing to a sold out Camden Underworld.

I’m off to pack my bags and catch a flight to Greece now,

it’s been emotional.

Sinead x

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we still have a few places left so get in touch if you would like to come along!

Emma’s Choice

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Jeff’s Choice

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My Choice

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PS   Here’s one more just to get your feet twitching… enjoy!  Sinead x

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we are all having a pretty spectacular sale to make way for all the lovely new autumn/winter stock, Carnaby Shop, Bristol Shop, Cardigan Shop and the Website all have plenty of bargains available. All prices are the same in store as they are on the website and it’s worth giving us a call because we have plenty of gems that may well have sold out online already.

Carnaby Street – 0207 287 2345

Bristol Shop – 0117 929 8928

Cardigan Shop – 01239 623 745

Good news, after a short break we have the Wee Do’s back  up and running once again.

Sofia Hagberg co founder of ‘End of the Road’ music festival will be coming along to tell us her stories of how she turned her dream festival into a reality. She will be sharing with us her reasons for doing it, where her ideas came from, how it got off the ground, the high and low’s and all the behind the scenes happenings of a festival that you normally never get to hear about, it’s going to be a really interesting talk. (click on the ‘End of the Road’ link above to find out more about the festival).

if you would like to come along for a drink and a listen then please email us at carnabyst@howies.co.uk or give us a ring on 02072872345 and reserve you seat.

the talk will take place at 7:30pm on Tuesday 20th July here at the shop and we will be supplying the usual range of beer and juices so go don’t go home after work, bring your friends and come join us!

I also drew some pictures of bears in support of the cause…. 

Sinead x

Unfortunately over here in Carnaby Street we are in the same boat as Bristol, after a year of service, Emma, our visual merchandising  superstar and crocheting  machine will  be leaving us behind and moving back to sunny Brighton, so we are currently looking for a new full time supervisor.

If you think you are able to fill these considerably sized boots, have knowledge and share a passion for our brand, enjoy interacting with customers, make a good cup of tea, ride a bike and are able to identify at least 10 different breeds of dog then get in touch. 

Send us an email to carnabyst@howies.co.uk  or a letter to howies, 42 Carnaby Street, London W1F 7DY and tell us a bit about yourselves. Feel free to include a CV but we’d much rather hear about your interests, hobbies, passions and what you feel you can add to our store.

We look forward to hearing from you!

for the month of June the Carnaby Street gallery will be playing host to the work of photographer Jack Symes. now based in london but hailing from chester, his work is based around skateboarding, bike riding, good times and attempting to fill his spare days with as many adventures and interesting things that he could find.

come down and have a look at his results.

Jack studied photographic arts at the university of westminster and is currently looking for work based around his experience.

symesphoto@hotmail.com

Tomorrow is forecast to rain…but Sunday and Monday we can expect to rock out in the sunshine.  Enjoy the long weekend :)

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Ricky Adam photographer/editor of Dig BMX Magazine has just installed a collection of photographs entitled ‘you can’t find what you’ve never lost’ in our staircase gallery. It will run for the whole of May so come down and check it out if you’re in the area, all prints are for sale so enquire instore for more details.

There will also be a limited addition t shirt to go with the exhibit any day now, more details will follow shortly.

Saturday  -  10am til 7pm

Sunday  -  11am til 5pm

Monday  -  11am til 5pm

…and we still have a bunch of good deals on stuff that might have already sold out online. Exciting. Almost as exciting as sharks and jet-skis.

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Give us a call on 0207 287 2345 to check stock availability. See you there!

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Devo – Whip it

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A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario

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Tiga – Shoes

It is amazing. We are huge dog lovers at the Carnaby store (we have four 3-D dog puzzles, three dog breed books, three small dog toys, a holographic dog deck of playing cards, a PDSA charity box and Battersea Dogs Home on the favourites menu), so come get one before we take them all.

Only at the Carnaby Street store!

The gallery ties in nicely with the staircase mural he blessed us with not too long ago, drawn straight onto the walls. Definitely worth a visit, and some limited edition t-shirts to match will be coming soon. Find more of his work here — www.davidsparshott.com

Here’s another one, because you deserve it.

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Jeff.

It looks awesome…so come by and check it out!  If you want to find out about more of his work click here.

Green Oil UK Limited is a family run company based in Bromley in Kent. From product ingredients, to the bottle deposit scheme, to the recycled boxes used for wholesale orders, being green is central to all we do.

Green Oil has won awards for performance from the cycling world. Green Oil UK Limited, the company behind Green Oil won a Bromley Environment Award and was recently short listed for innovation in the BikeBiz Awards 2008.

Our cheesy slogan used to be ‘destroy limits, not nature!’. The slogan referred to destroying your limits of skill, stamina and speed, yet without damaging the environment with nasty toxic chain lube. However, this wasn’t inclusive of people who just wanted to ride to the shops.

Our new slogan isn’t calling for a military coup, so don’t worry. The revolution we all need to join, is one of making the world environmentally sustainable. Within this, we need to use bicycles more, and embrace the ‘revolution’ of all those cogs.

If people continue to use toxic chain lube indefinitely, future generations will have more pollution to clear up, aquatic life will suffer and cancer will spread. PFOA, a byproduct of Teflon, the ingredient used in many chain lubricants was classified by the US Environmental Protection Agency as a ‘likely human carcinogen’ in 2005.

If companies continue to use deforestation paper, and generally operate for short-term profit at the expense of the environment, the future will not be good for us, or for future generations.

We at Green Oil UK buy back our bottles, use sustainably sourced ingredients, and use recycled paper in the office. Our packaging is easily recyclable. For example, the plastic labels now used are the same type of plastic as the bottle, making recycling more efficient and reducing label contamination in the recycling stream.

End dependence on pollution join the revolution!

Simon Nash the founder of Green Oil, will be joining us on Tuesday 23rd March from 7:15pm onwards to give a talk on the company, how it all began and where it is going. He will also be giving demonstrations and a workshop on how to get the best from all the Green Oil products.

If you would like to come down and have a listen, a free beer or innocent smoothie and maybe get your hands a bit dirty, then email us at carnabyst@howies.co.uk or ring us on 0207 287 2345 and reserve your ticket!

Tim and Eric, Rogers Of The Month.

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Fun times infinity.

Jeff.

Launching on Friday 26th February, ‘Carnaby Street: 1960 – 2010’ will celebrate 50 years of fashion and music. 

The central feature of the show is a unique 3D timeline which illustrates key people, events and happenings in the area from being a green field site with a well and a scarecrow 500 years ago, to the iconic characters associated with Carnaby’s music heritage such as The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols and Jimi Hendrix.

A limited edition book of the same title; ‘Carnaby Street: 1960 – 2010’ will support the exhibition and will feature images from ‘60s photographer Philip Townsend and exclusive interviews with people who have lived and worked in Carnaby including The Who’s Pete Townsend.

The exhibition and book are the work of acclaimed curators and fashion historians Judith Clark and Amy de la Haye, who have curated exhibitions at major international museums including the V&A and Mode Museum in Antwerp.

The exhibition, 38 Carnaby Street, will be open from 26th February until the beginning of April 2010 and is FREE admission.  It will be followed by a series of events throughout 2010 to celebrate Carnaby’s 50th Anniversary including a live music weekend in June and a unique fashion show in September. 
Open 7 days a week
Monday – Saturday: 11am – 6pm
Sunday: 12noon – 6pm

38 Carnaby Street
London, W1

It’s a pity it’s so far away, would have loved to see Mario rocking a Thrasher hat in person.

More from the exhibition here >> http://www.harvest-re.com/artwork/index.html

Jeff.

They made a little promo featuring their latest pro, Marty Murawski, and plenty of others.

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I am way excited.

Jeff.

In June 2008 Lara and Tom left London to travel around the world without the use of one particular mode of transport: the aeroplane.  

 Over the following ten months they travelled 45,000 miles, visited nineteen countries and amassed a rather nice collection of hats.

 Come and join Lara and Tom as they recount their adventures of attempting to make the full circumnavigation of the globe without once leaving the surface of the Earth.

 (You never know you might even get to try on one of their hats).

 Read more about their trip at www.worldinslowmotion.com

The talk is taking place here at the Carnaby Street shop on the 23rd February at 7:30pm sharp, If you would like to come along then send us an email at carnabyst@howies.co.uk, call us on 0207 287 2345 or come and visit us in person, limited places are available so get in early with your request!

The usual selection of beverages will be available so come down, have a beer (or juice) and enjoy!

We just got some exclusive t shirts printed (nice one tidy) to go with our SKETCH STANCE staircase gallery if you like the look of them then give us a ring at Carnaby Street 0207 287 2345 or come in and grab one quick smart as we only have a few, i’m wearin mine as i type.

£25.00 a pop.

Don’t sleep!

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we just received our first delivery of the new epic denim water resistant jeans and have been busy all morning installing our new window display, here’s a little sneeky peek of how it’s looking so far, more pics to follow!

me and jeff are getting a pair each tomorrow, so we’ll keep you all updated on how we get on, now all we’ve got to do is pray for a bit of rain!

Bad Brains Documentary, in final stages of production

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Chasing Legends, documenting the 2009 Tour de France through the eyes of the Columbia HTC team

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Any I should add to my list?

Jeff.

here’s a taster of the Shared Interest lecture we had at the shop last week, there was some very interesting stuff about how a Fairtrade Co-operative really works.

information about our next talk will be up here shortly!

Shared Interest is a co-operative lending society that aims to reduce poverty in the world by providing fair and just financial services. We have been part of the fair trade movement for 20 years and work extensively with community-based businesses in Africa and other continents to help them make the most of fair trade.

We work primarily by providing finance up front to producers, often via their buyers, to enable them to buy raw materials, tools and the other things they need at the time they need them. We also offer longer term loans and other credit facilities to support the development of fair trade businesses.

We currently have more than 8,700 members who have invested over £25 million to allow us to make a range of financial services available to fair trade producers and the businesses that buy, market and retail their goods.

There’s plenty more info here on the Shared Interest website.

It is taking place on Tuesday, 26th January at 7:30pm here at the Carnaby Street shop, drop us an email at carnabyst@howies.co.uk or give us a ring on 0207 287 2345 and reserve your tickets. As always we will have Organic Beer and Fruit Juice available, and we look forward to seeing you all!

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I HAVE to get a Manwolfs jacket.

Jeff.

I thought I’d done all my manning up for the day, but this trailer makes me want to go skate in the cold when I get home.

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But if I wimp out and stay inside, I can watch this over and over again.

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Decisions, decisions.

Jeff.

Salomon snowboards are helping to push the industry’s perceptions on how we can make snowboards in a more environmentally sound way- and even pushing ideas forward, finding ways to set up technology in order to recycle our boards after we’ve wrecked ‘em.

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Respect the Mountains is an organisation helping to make tour operators and mountain resorts aware of how they can change their operations, to create sustainability in an industry which was not showing responsibility for their impacts on the environment they rely upon.  They also raise key issues for skiiers and snowboarders to consider, when travelling to or spending time in the mountains.

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At some point in the near future all of the Wee Do talks will be available to watch online.

He originally got in touch with us back in July about a project he was working on.

“On the 20th March 2009 The Guardian reported that the Royal Institute of British Architect’s president, Sunand Prasad, said that in his estimation 30% of architects were currently unemployed or underemployed.   On 1st April 2009 I was made redundant from a prominent design studio in London and decided to set out alone as a freelance photographer.
A couple of weeks ago I was talking to friends and started to realise just how diverse architects reactions to redundancy have been.   Some have found architectural work again, while others have turned to teaching or academia, labour on sites, medical admin, others have become artists, restaurateurs, chefs, photographers, lighting designers, web journalists…   the list goes on.
So since then I have been working on a photography project taking portraits of architects who have been made redundant within the last twelve months documenting the new directions that it has taken them.   My aim is to gather around 30 portraits in total by the start of September.”

His prints will be up for the next month, so come by and check it out.  They are really stunning prints with a really apt concept.

It should be a really topical talk from Hugo House.

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Clean energy, renewable energy, green energy, ethical energy… Good Energy.

If you would like a free ticket to this event please email us (carnabyst@howies.co.uk) or call us (0207 287 2345).  But hurry!

As always we will have free Organic beers and Juices available. Doors open at 7:15pm and remember spaces are limited so get in touch quickly.  See you there!

People who are concerned about climate change and want to help stop global warming are switching their electricity supply to Good Energy 100% renewable electricity. By switching to Good Energy individuals are reducing their environmental impact and supporting a growing community of over 1000 generators who are making clean, green energy from sustainable sources. From solar and wind power to hydro and biogas, Good Energy is the renewable energy specialists.

Clean energy, renewable energy, green energy, ethical energy… Good Energy

If you would like a free ticket to this event please email us (carnabyst@howies.co.uk) or call us (0207 287 2345).

As always we will have free Organic beers and Juices available. Doors open at 7:15pm and remember spaces are limited so get in touch quickly.  See you there!