Hatley Print Ltd

09/06/2023

No one can forget the scene in the film Bohemian Rhapsody where Queen brought the house down at the Live Aid concert. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The production team asked us to replicate fabric for the shirt worn by bass guitarist John Deacon with its distinctive cartoon print. Their in-house graphics team supplied the artwork and we printed a sample panel of variations, concentrating on achieving an accurate tone of pink ground colour.

We only printed 7m of the final fabric but sometimes the smallest quantities have the biggest impact.

📷Joe Mazzello as John Deacon photographer unknown
📷John Deacon at Live Aid Photo by Duncan Raban/Popperfoto via Getty Images
📷Queen photographed backstage at the Live Aid show, 1985. Photo by Brian Aris
📷Joseph Mazzello, Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, and Ben Hardy in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) from imdb

31/05/2023

Even after being in the business for 25 years, we still pinch ourselves when we see our work on the big screen. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​For award-winning film Phantom Thread we supplied the wallpaper in this memorable breakfast scene featuring Daniel Day-Lewis.

We reproduced multiple rolls of a vintage wallpaper for the set designers after they sourced a single roll but needed enough for a whole room.

In situations like this, digital reproduction is a perfect solution because of the freedom, versatility and control it gives our clients. We can produce special print effects, artwork vintage textures and create a broken down aesthetic.

Phantom Thread was critically acclaimed, winning - among many accolades - an Oscar for Best Costume Design and a Best Actor nomination for Daniel Day-Lewis.

📷© Universal

24/05/2023

To celebrate the launch of this year’s Glyndebourne Festival, we are featuring our work for creative duo Barbe and Doucet on the festival’s acclaimed production of The Magic Flute. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​We printed an extensive range of fabrics across the entire production from maids’ crinolines, to tartans, to stripes, sashes and even reduced scale prints for puppets.

In fact there were very few scenes which didn’t contain some Hatley Print.

Sussex is our home and we’ve always enjoyed a really close relationship with our neighbours at Glyndebourne.

We loved collaborating with renowned Stage Director and Choreographer Renaud Doucet and Set and Costume Designer André Barbe who valued our ability to produce such a huge variety of prints and textiles to their exacting standards, helping them realise their vision for the production.

The Guardian’s Erica Jeal described the production as a ‘visual feast of eccentricity’ - we’re really proud to have contributed to such a highly successful show.

Photographer: Bill Cooper

17/05/2023

Wednesday Addams​​​​​​​​​ Netflix​​​​​​​​​
When Netflix wanted to create the distinctive Nevermore Academy uniform for their teen horror comedy Wednesday Addams, their costume designers got in touch.

The design team had sourced a woven striped fabric they wanted to replicate, but even the 150 metres they needed wasn’t really a big enough quantity to recreate as a woven cloth.

We printed double sided to avoid any glaring white underside using a heavy cotton sateen which has a lovely smooth surface - perfect to showcase the purple and black stripes.

By creating a digital reproduction, the costume team benefited from a continuous meterage printed on 50m rolls. The stripes ran the length of the fabric without any breaks.

Wednesday Addams was a huge success for Netflix and we loved being part of such a popular series.

📷 Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 Netflix, Inc.

04/05/2023

The BFG​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
We’re often asked to produce replica fabrics for the film industry when they need to create special effects or doubles of an original.

For the big screen adaption of The BFG in 2016, the costume design team wanted a direct replica of Sophie’s hero eiderdown quilt that they’d already created from their chosen fabrics.

A hero is a main prop or authentic item - in this case a hand-made eiderdown quilt. The production needed several doubles for long shots and action scenes but the original hero quilt had taken 120 hours to make.

This is where we came in.

We scanned the quilt and made samples but there were too many seams on the patchwork and it didn’t reproduce well. We went back to the drawing board and scanned each piece of fabric separately, digitally artworking them together to match the pattern on the original eiderdown. These could then be top-stitched to create the quilted effect.

We printed a LOT of samples of the quilt until we - and of course our clients - were happy that the colours matched the original as closely as possible.

We also made miniature versions (to around 20% scale) used when Mark Rylance’s BFG picked up the quilt.

📷© 2015 Disney

27/04/2023

The Crown​​​​​​​​​ Netflix​​​​​​​​​
As production comes to an end on the final episodes of The Crown, we were delighted to receive a thank you note from their team.

We have been involved in every season of this historic series, working with their team of set designers to produce wall coverings, tapestries, soft furnishings, flags and even some tea towels.

In this particular set of photographs, we’ve focused on the memorable scenes on the Royal Yacht Britannia. Although no filming took place on board, we worked with Art Director James Wakefield and his team to ensure the designs were as accurate as possible, with an astonishing attention to detail.

We replicated the beautiful silk panels above the Queen’s bed which was commissioned for Her Majesty.

We have loved being involved in such an iconic production which has become a central part of modern culture.

Watch this space to see more of our work for The Crown.

Photos: © The Crown Netflix

20/04/2023

Sometimes it’s about simplicity. And stripes. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​When we worked on the ENO’s production of HMS Pinafore, we tested a few different samples to get the right base cloth for the designs.

The costume designers chose a cotton gabardine for the sailors’ tops and we printed over 100m.

That’s a lot of stripes.

📷 Marc Brenner

13/04/2023

Hatley Print sample packs are the perfect way to discover the huge selection of prepared for print fabrics we have in stock. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Consisting of over 120 different fabrics, each piece has been tried and tested to ensure we get consistent results when printed.

The pack includes silks, linens, h**p, cottons, polys, velvets and stretch fabrics. We also offer organic cotton and GOTS certified fabrics as well as Regenesis recycled polys.

It’s an ideal resource to have in your studio as a selection of go-to fabrics which are ready to print, removing any potential sourcing challenges.

Get in touch with [email protected] or send us a direct message to order a sample pack.

06/04/2023

Frequently, costume designers ask us to recolour prints to suit the aesthetic of a character. We rework the print digitally - in this particular case a change in background colour. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​We produced this fabric for an Australian TV mini series called New Gold Mountain.

The designer, Cappi Ireland, wanted us to recolour the ecru background so we created a sample panel of various yellows and ochres which she then used to choose the perfect colour for the dress fabric.

📷 Narelle Portanie
Maria Angelico as Annie Thomas

09/10/2017

Choreographer AndonisFoniadakis creates a new work for Rambert, titled Symbiosis, which is at the Theatre Royal Norwich on 19th October 2017.
Fashion designer TassosSofroniou creates the costumes for the work, we worked closely with Rambert to replicate layers of textures of mesh, printed onto a 4 way stretch.

06/07/2017

It's great to see the original screen prints we did for Mitridate at the Royal Opera House in 1991 being revived for their 2017 summer season. Directed by Graham Vick & designed by Paul Brown, it's a real visual feast!

03/07/2017