We get to know Big Deal Clothing, and show off their new stuff!

 We got the chance to grill Michael Douglas on his clothing line Big Deal, and also get the gossip on the new items.

Featured in the image above are the two new awesome items in the Big Deal range, the new "Honest Dougies" Vest and Hoody. All printed on the best, American Apparel. Want to get your hands on these? Head over to bigdealclothing.co.uk, but before you do that, check out the interview below.  

When did Big Deal Clothing start?

It started 3 years ago when I finished Uni.

Why/how did it start?

Since I was younger I have always been creative and enjoyed making things, I was a keen bmxer and spent all my spare time making bmx videos, this got me into media which ended up with me going to University in Lincoln and getting a degree in Media Production. I always thought about creating my own clothing line so when I graduated I decided to go for it, so I saved up and bought my own screen printing equipment and spent many hours in my garage trying to learn it and creating the first Big Deal tees, then as the designs got more complicated and the quality of the prints needed to be the best I could get I started getting them printed professionally. Once they got to a standard I was happy with I built myself a website and a webstore and started to sell online. I also started touring the country and then Europe taking my tees to shows to get the word about. I have to say this was made possible by my very good friends in The Casino Brawl who took me on a lot of their tours in the UK, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Croatia, France, Austria, Italy. We have a massive following in Europe, and can’t wait to go back there and see all the friends we made.

What are the long term goals for Big Deal Clothing?

Long term, ideally just grow larger and larger giving us the chance to produce a even wider range of clothes, tour more countries, have Big Deal available in a few exclusive stores around Europe.

Who are your designers?

Big Deal appeals to a wide range of people and our customers vary hugely in style so to enable us to offer a lot of different styles we work with a few different designs from all over, we have 3 main designers, our good friend Martjins Leaners from Belgium, we have worked with him from the start having met him on tour with The Casino Brawl and he came highly recommended from them who he’d worked with in the past. He has done the designs for the Minty Tee, Big Tee, Play Ball Baseball Tee, Car Tee, Party Vest, Tote Bag, along with a lot of digital work for our flyers, posters and myspace designs. One of our other main designers is Colin Gaunty from Spain, we started working with him after he came recommended from our friends over at Dead Serious, Colin has done the designs for the slot machine, Tramp, Deal-icous Dog, plus couple of our upcoming designs, he also has designed a few stickers for us. Our other main designer is Richey Beckett from the might band Shaped By Fate, I have been a massive fan of their music for a long time, so to get to work with him now is great. His first bit of work for Big Deal was our logo, which originated as a design for a guitar pick but we loved it so decided to use it as our logo, he has also done designs such as the Eagle Sweater, Car Wash, Sweatpants and the shield hoodie.
 

Where did the inspiration come from?

The inspiration to start the company and my kind of idol is Johnny from Johnny Cupcakes in America, it was reading his story that inspired me to create Big Deal Clothing, seeing how a guy who started off in a printers printing a couple of tees for him and his mates could follow his dream and end up a multimillionaire with one of the most sort after clothing labels in America. I really admired the attention to detail and quality that he put into his clothes from day one.

Which bands do you endorse?

Deaf Havana
Francesqa
While She Sleeps
Campus
Yashin
Shadows Chasing Ghosts
The Casino Brawl
The Eyes Of A Traitor
Shaped By Fate
Atlas&i
Carcer City
Hope Dies Last

Plus rappers
Rizlo
Kid Rad
JJ Demon
 

Coming up gigs/events that people can catch Big Deal Clothing at…

The next event coming up is Hellfire Festival, 23rd & 24th October Milton Keynes, which Big Deal are sponsoring, with TRC, Brutality Will Prevail, Pay No Respect, Bane, Trapped Under Ice, This is Colour, and loads more. Check out the event details at hellfirefestival.com or the Hellfire Festival Facebook page.

And of course, don't forget to go look at Big Deal Clothing's online shop!