MARK TWO campaign. The II Hoodie, worn.img/hero.jpg

The II Hoodie. First release.

Contemporary apparelReading, England

Clothing you would want anyway. Built on one idea: where you are is not where you have to stay.

The II HoodieFlagship
The II Hoodie, front. The II on the chest.img/hoodie-front.jpg
The II Hoodie, back. MARK TWO across the shoulders.img/hoodie-back.jpg

II on the chest. MARK TWO across the shoulders.

Relaxed through the body and dropped at the shoulder. Substantial, soft and made to last, so it gets better with wear rather than worse. The II sits small on the chest. The name sits large across the back.

Register interestSee the Standards
  • FitRelaxed body, dropped shoulder, ribbed hem and cuff.
  • BrandingII on the chest. MARK TWO stacked across the shoulders.
  • ColourwaysInkBone
  • MadeIn small numbers. Refined between runs rather than replaced.
The II Hoodie, detail of the II on the chest.img/hoodie-detail.jpg
The Standards

The permanent wardrobe.

A small number of excellent garments, kept in stock and refined rather than replaced. Seasonal, Statement and Experimental pieces come and go. The Standards stay.

Underneath

MARK TWO is for people who refuse to believe that where they are is where they have to stay.

Life observed. Someone mid conversation, the II just visible.img/life-01.jpg

Most brands with a message lead with the message. MARK TWO leads with the clothes. The idea is there if you go looking for it, and it does not need you to.

The enemy is resignation: the quiet decision that circumstances, mistakes or the past get to become permanent. MARK TWO is not a mental health brand, though that is part of where it began. It is not a slogan or a coach, and it does not promise outcomes. It keeps a door open.

  1. I

    Where you are is not where you have to stay

  2. II

    Begin again

  3. III

    Take responsibility

  4. IV

    Do the hard thing

  5. V

    Keep moving

  6. VI

    You don't have to do it alone

  7. VII

    Becoming, not arriving

The promise

You don't have to stay here.

From the founder
James Harris, founder of MARK TWOimg/founder.jpg

I didn't get here in a straight line. I left school early and took the long way round: running bars, a one man maintenance business, three and a half years as a field engineer on the copper network. Somewhere in that I started a clothing brand around one idea, that trying counts. Then I lost the right to its name.

This is the second version. It is better for what the first one taught me, which is what a mark two is supposed to be.

MARK TWO is not about me. It is for anyone who has caught themselves accepting a version of life they never chose, and decided not to. I'm still becoming. So is this.

James Harris, founder · Reading, England

Contact

You don't have to do it alone.

Community here is a consequence of the clothes, not a marketing plan. If you make things, photograph things, or want to be part of this early, say hello. For the first release, this is where to register interest.

  • Emailhello@marktwo.co.uk
  • Instagram@marktwo
  • TikTok@marktwo