Sacred Grounds Sports Banger
A collaboration between fashion brand Sports Banger and Soho coffee shop Sacred Grounds saw the launch of limited edition jewellery, and a zine celebrating Soho and the coffee shop affiliated with St Anne’s Church.
Sacred Grounds is a coffee shop with community at its heart, embracing a fusion of cultures, tastes, personalities, and energies that characterise the creative streets of Soho. Its collaboration with Sports Banger, a London-based, genre-defying fashion collective and bootleg operation founded by Jonny Banger, has been devised to celebrate one year of Sacred Grounds in the Soho community.
A launch event on 5th June saw exclusive designs available to buy for the first time, including limited edition, jewellery ‘Prayer Beans’: a playful take on Christian prayer beads featuring handmade glass coffee beans, hand-cast brass cross and Sports Banger’s screwface emblem–a sanctified blend of coffee and Christianity. The first buyer of the Prayer Beans received a live blessing from Revd Simon Buckley at the event.
The collaboration also saw the release of a 36-page zine, including a history of the church and its coffee shop; from Royal baptisms to drag queens and divine cappuccinos, as well as an interview between Revd Simon Buckley (puppeteer-turned-priest) and journalist Tracey Kawalik.
Sacred Grounds also released a new, stole-inspired scarf available for purchase.
Sacred Grounds occupies the former Vestry of St Anne’s. It offers a space not only to enjoy coffee but also to welcome the diverse local community and church congregation.
Having opened its doors to the public last Spring, its bold and playful brand world and visual identity, developed by Wonderhood Design has created a narrative which encapsulates the diverse human spirit of the neighbourhood and community.
