Patchwork Boro, DPM: Monster Tiger and woven powerloom fabrics are utilised across modified military silhouettes, including deck jackets and parkas, as well as Eastern-inspired styles such as the Monk Coat and Tibetan Jacket.

MAHAPATCHCO. — a sister company to the Maha Tailor Shop — explores the Entertainer and Tour Jackets worn during the Vietnam War era. To boost the morale of troops during wartime, entertainers such as musicians, actors, and comedians would go on tour visiting military barracks — collecting embroidered patches as souvenirs as they travelled, and adding a patch for each stop on the tour. Locally embroidered patches would be commissioned by proud unit commanders, often enlarged to double or triple their usual size, so that they could be seen on stage from afar. For Spring Summer 2021, MAHAPATCHO. has produced a number of Tour Jackets featuring collaborative patches from Hyperdub, Myoshka, Kay One, Teach, Todd James, OJAS, Gasr, Andy Warhol and XL Recordings, as well as rare original patches from U.S. Navy Riverine units, and authentic 60s anti-war patches. Silhouettes include a classic MA-1 Flight Jacket modified with a kimono collar, a Utility Smock based on a 1940's oversmock reconstructed in crushed hemp, and a poncho inspired by the capes worn by military nurses. Photos: Cosmo Webber

Maharishi takes a trip to northern regions of New South Wales for the latest Summer 2021 feature, exploring the area’s hidden jungle beach locations.

Maharishi’s SS21 Technical Riverine capsule imagines contemporary versions of the military uniforms worn by 1960’s U.S. Navy Riverine Units —famed in the 1979 Vietnam War-era film ‘Apocalypse Now’.

Representing Maharishi’s interpretation of the graphic language and typography commonly employed by militaries, often used to assign codes and specifications to items of clothing and equipment.

Maharishi explores its mythological roots in 1960’s Vietnam, where the arrival of over 400,000 U.S. soldiers resulted in a huge increase in demand for the services of tailors.

Celebrating 2021 and the Lunar Year of the Ox, Teach creates his version of Fab 5 Freddy’s famous Warhol-inspired ‘Soup Train’ from the 1980’s. Childhood memories of Oxtail soup and Subway Art come together in the form of ‘Yeah’z Oxtail Spray’ graphic, available across organic cotton sweats and t-shirts, as well as a limited edition screenprint and large-scale enamel on metal paintings. “Anyone that understands London Underground graffiti history will know the importance of red oxide paint, it always left the killer stain!” Available 11AM Friday 12th February. Photos - Jackson Payne Video - Jack Layfield & Jackson Payne Beats - Bus One DDS

The capsule looks to the Yōkai folklore of western Japan, highlighting the bovine-headed demon known as the Ushi-Oni.

Referencing WWII Sukajan jackets – a classic souvenir of the wondering soldier – the Ascending Dragon embroideries take inspiration from the traditional designs of New Mexican Chimayo woven textiles, as well as other South American artworks. Variations of the embroidery are detailed across Original Snopants, Souvenir Jackets, Ballistic Vests and Silk Shirts. Fabrics include a vegetable dyed eco twill made in Japan from recovered cotton waste, as well as an eco-conscious blend of cotton and lyocell – where sustainable wood pulp is transformed into cellulosic fibres whilst also recycling the water used in the process. maharishi interprets the dragon as representing man’s spiritual quest for wisdom. A mythological creature, the dragon takes the form of a snake or serpent with wings. The snake, with its entire body bound to the Earth, is most symbolic of man on Earth. Once that serpent is given wings, it comes to represent man in flight on his spiritual quest.

Through the modification of MA-1 bombers, utility vests and M65 cargo pants, garments experiment with the ways in which military uniforms – designed to avoid any individualism – are customised and humanised by indigenous peoples.

Artworks pay respect to the Montagnard mountain tribes of the Vietnamese Highlands, and their Story Cloths artworks – intricate tapestries that depict the violent events inflicted upon the Hmong people during the Vietnam War.

The latest feature takes maharishi to the English South Coast, highlighting this season’s technical and performance styles.