P&Co x Is This Real Life?

At the start of the year, we dropped a limited illustrated version of our beloved Carpenter Pants, which we aptly called the ‘Chaos Carpenter Pants’. The idea came straight from our Creative Director, who’d hand-painted a pair for himself. After we posted them on socials, people went wild asking where they could get a set of their own, so we made them available. The response was bigger than we expected.

That got us thinking: what if we handed the brush to other artists we admire? We’d been following Melbourne-based artist Holly Tudor and her studio Is This Real Life? for a while. Her mix of bold illustration, hand-crafted detail and wearable art felt like the perfect fit. So, we sent her a pair and asked her to put her own spin on them. Holly's work sits at the crossroads of function and self-expression. Her style mixes nostalgia, irony, and a bold edge: exactly the kind of energy we wanted to bring to this collab.

Originally from the UK, Holly taught herself to screen print during lockdown. What started as DIY tees soon evolved into a full studio practice. Now, her days are spent painting skate decks, sewing bandanas, throwing pottery and building functional pieces of art - always in limited runs, always with her own twist. Painting directly onto fabric was new ground for Holly, but she took it on the same way she does everything: headfirst. “The texture of the fabric means you never know exactly how the paint will lay down,” she told us. It’s that unpredictability that gives the piece character.

Our models, Adrian and Megan, carried the energy from the first frame to the last. Cool, confident, and with the kind of presence that fits the Neon Bones Pool Hall narrative perfectly, we were so excited to pair up with this dream team. 

Across the day, we moved through dimly-lit corners, under buzzing neon, and between racks of pieces cut for warm summer evenings and open-all-hours adventures. You’ll see distressed denim, repeat patterns, and vintage-inspired graphics that nod to late-night scribbles and grungy dive bars.

This shoot wasn’t just about showcasing a collection. It was about telling the story of Neon Bones: the place where summer lingers a little longer and the soundtrack is always just a little too loud.