Non Stop Robot Disco

31. March 2008 Designers & Labels, T-Shirts & Hoodies Judith

I spent weekend behind a bar. No…not drinking. Serving.
At least, I got some goooooood music by Zoot Woman, Kenna, Michael Mayer, Superpitcher, Shir Khan…but, to be honest…after the second 10 h shift on one weekend you really start to hate party people if you have to serve them J As longer the night, as harder the drugs, as more, the night turns into a freak show.

No. I don´t exclude me. After rotating drinks from dust till dawn, I don´t dare to stare in windows or mirrors. I always look like an after-party-zombie although I don´t drink n´drug.
Anyway….the Shirts and Sweaters by little label Me&Yu from UK fit the mood. With “Non Stop Robot Disco” and “Freak Show Disco” the two designers Angie and Gordon created the perfect slogans to underline my weekend bartendering-marathon.

Angie and Gordon, the two designers from Me&Yo, started in Australia in 2003 with their clothing line. It wasn´t a long termed planned business-step…it was a running-out-of-money-during-holiday situation. While traveling in Australia, the two tried to get some extra cash with creating and selling clothes on Bondi and Glebe markets. This little stall on Bondi market was the beginning of Me&Yu.
Three years later, Angie and Gordon quit their jobs and went into Me&Yu business fulltime. Not for the worse: With a Manchester store, the label soon attracted a cult following with celebrities such as Agyness Deyn, Noel Fielding (The Mighty Boosh), New Young Pony Club, and Joseph Gilgun (This is England) all seen wearing Me&Yu clothes.

Today, Me&Yo expanded the production facilities to a warehouse and a bespoke Boutique in Manchester’s upcoming Northern Quarter as well as gaining stockists throughout the UK and Europe.
The team growed, the brand growed, but all designs are still hand-made or hand-printed - this is, what makes the brand still personal, individual, unique and likeable.

Photo credits: Me&Yu