Using our multi denominational beliefs as a benchmark and code of doing business, working as multi media partners with anyone interested in working with us – we are at last back again! Our integrity is as important as our products, which are now being designed to gently guide you into a more conscious consumption, to tread as lightly as possible, with the final goal of

“ A sustainable and harmonious coexistence with planet Earth” – The Architects”

Have A Nice Day!

About us

TODAY’S STORY

 In August 2005, the Have a Nice Day store in Notting Hill had a 4 week half price closing down sale. Customers initially thought this to be a relocation sale, the inevitable move to much needed larger premises! When questioned by some tearful teenagers, all we could say was that this was not the end of the story...and true to our word...Have A Nice Day, the urban fashion legend, after 17 years away...... is now finally back!

THE HISTORY OF...

Anthony Cooper admits to a checked career whilst learning his trade. Staring with Dizzy Skates in the 1980's, led him to take over Slick Willies, the American Sports store in Kensington High Street. It was this move that sparked his interest and love for Americana. Running one of the key American stores in London, led to the offer of being one of the first NFL licensees, with Sports Cap. Followed by a stint as an independent agent for Fruit of the loom, led to the creation of his first t-shirt-based fashion brand, Shark Shirts, London -Los Angeles. Frustrated at his lack of lasting success, Anthony turned his attention to the music business, producing a pop song, Top Cat Rap under license from Hanna Barbera. At the fore front of the then technology, he set up a tiny Mac based recording facility – “Drink Me studios”, with a small complimentary Record Label called 100 2 One. With odds like that.... and struggling to make ends meet, he accepted a proposition to revive a large second-hand clothing store in Camden, the American Rag Store. It was here, in a dark corridor, leading to the toilets, that Have A Nice Day was born, as a Hanes American t-shirt concessionselling plain American sportswear, in all the sizes and colours. Searching for an American sounding Trading name for the bank account, Ant came up with the iconic ...Have A Nice Day!
By chance, Ant had again found himself in the right place...... at the right time....the Summer of Love in Camden market, which was one of the go-to shopping destinations for the exploding rave scene, whose chosen uniform was.... brightly coloured XL American sportswear! It was not long before the Sam the Man Have a Nice Day graphic followed, which was quickly adopted by the ravers and so Have A Nice Day became a part of the cultural history of the 1990's.

SAM HISTORY

After a number of re-draws, Ant was finally happy with the first Have A Nice Day logo -Sam the Man, so that he could register the trademark for his new brand. Working on his belief of mixing fashion and music, he recorded a Have A Nice Day Rave track, which after a mountain of free merchandise, he too persuaded BMG to release. Using the opportunity of the possible exposure a release by a major could create, he persuaded a Licensing Company to represent him, who lined up several Licensees on the back of the forth coming release. This catapulted Have a Nice Day into the High Street and suddenly the brand could be found in Selfridges, Boots, C&A, British Homes stores, P&O ferries, which all added to the myth of the brand. Who were we and where did we come from?

SHURL HISTORY

With the success of Sam the Man, Ant was on a roll! Following the same 50's retro theme, Shurl the girl was soon to be found on the drawing board. The initial starting point was the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe blowing a kiss. But always a stickler for detail, Ant would not sign off the artwork, as they could not get the lips of Shurl blowing a kiss right. After several different versions and keen to get the graphic finished, Ant came up with the solution of placing a big pink bubble over the offending lips, which is how the iconic image came into being!

HEY DAY ETC...

For multimedia design team, Anthony & Sheilah Cooper, the 90s really was their heyday! The upstart fashion designers reigned supreme from a little boutique in London’s fashionable Notting Hill Gate, exporting all over the world. Having started with the simple premise of creating £10 graphic led t-shirts for their stall in Camden market, within 18 months, their turnover had nudged the million mark! Their move to the fashionable Notting Hill, which they described as “a crossroads of the world”, really put them on the international map and road to success! Claims to fame included 3 pieces in the V&A Street Style exhibition, London
Breaking the record for sales per linear foot in the Top Shop flagship store, London.

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Shurl The Girl Left breast T-Shirt
Shurl The Girl Left breast T-Shirt
Shurl The Girl Left breast T-Shirt

Shurl The Girl Left breast T-Shirt

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Sam The Man left breast front print T-Shirt
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Sam The Man left breast front print T-Shirt
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Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
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Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX
Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX

Shurl the Girl Front and Back Print T-Shirt UNISEX

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Sam The Man Front Print T-Shirt
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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME...

Triumph, Tunes and T-shirts are the shape of things to come. Fashion is not restricted to just clothing, but is a multi-faceted Zeitgeist snapshot, stretching form tee shirts to toothbrushes, an ever changing vibration, that manifests itself through the popularity of a rotating colour palette, with corresponding musical rhythms. Historically, every fashion movement can be identified by its look and music, from the Elizabethan to the Beatles, the New Romantics, Punk, the Rave Scene – they were all clearly different and identifiable, mirroring movements of political and social change. There is an urgent need for us to readjust the speed of our lives and the way we consume, in fact our personal politics...... if we are to stem the tide of destruction of our planet and it's eco system.
Have A Nice Day plans to use its brands to help manage social change, in what we buy and how we buy it. To work towards restoring some sort of sense and balance to the madness of our current way of living – are you in ??? 

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