Jules O’Connor

I’m Jules O’Connor. I live in France, work in Switzerland, and have always found a place for drawing, design and martial arts in my life.

I practised Wing Chun for more than twelve years in Spain. It taught me to keep working on the small things, to stay patient, and to carry on when progress feels slow. That way of thinking is part of everything I create.

A year before the pandemic, I opened a tattoo studio in Madrid. I was learning to tattoo as I went, with help from the other tattoo artists working there. It was a project built around something I loved, and a period of constant learning.

Around 2022, I decided to leave and work in Switzerland. That meant stepping away from the studio. I left a project behind, but the need to draw and make things came with me.

O’Connor brings those parts of my life together: sport, martial arts, anime and design. I created it for people who want to improve in any part of their lives, even when there are obstacles in the way.

It is also for those who rarely see themselves in mainstream fashion. People with their own interests, their own path and their own reasons to keep going. You do not have to fit a mould to belong here.