Behind the monocle...

Went blind at 18. Diagnosed with MS at 21. This brand is what came next.

Chapter One - Invincible to invisible

Back in 2017, the left eye went blind whilst at college. "MISS! I CANT SEE!" Sat down for 15 minutes and was fine again. Like any 18 year old, invincibility felt like a given. So life carried on as normal...until invisible became the new reality.

"Thought I was invincible. Then turned invisible."

Chapter Two - The World Stops

Fast forward to 2019. Canada. Becoming a ski instructor.. A place that felt like a forever home. Pot washing at night, and then all of a sudden, both eyes went. Twenty-five minutes later, fine again. Carrying on the bull-crap ways... Fast forward to 2020. Back home, working as a builder, harsh on the body. Left that behind and joined a hospital porter job! Divine intervention, as it turned out...

During that time, the legs stopped working. Barely able to hold up body weight. The local hospital said "Go home and rest." Couldn't even walk up the stairs. The GP sent us STRAIGHT to St George's. 5 nights on a steroid drip. A neurologist came in one night and said: "It might be MS." Just laughed. What was that? Who is this? Where are we?

"A neurologist came in one night and said... 'It might be MS.' Just laughed."

Chapter Three - The Diagnosis

In April 2021, aged 21, the diagnosis came... This horrific disease. With no way to articulate how it truly felt, drawing became the outlet. One face, every day, for 40 days. Those drawings became the foundation of everything you see here.

"Each character was designed in a time of total despair. To help you get through whatever you are going through."

Chapter Four - What Came Next

After failed medicine and a successful stem cell transplant, walking, talking, and actually helping people became possible again. This brand exists so that future people going through an absolute hell hole can have a saving grace.

It could be you.

What We Believe

Have you ever spoken and not been heard? When you join the Monocle Sloth family, you can be heard without saying a word. Our designs speak for themselves.

What We Create

Wearable art. Prints. Characters born from the darkest moments. Designed to carry meaning, spark conversation, and remind you that you are not alone.

Welcome to Monocle Sloth. This is behind the monocle.