Letter From The Editor
This week we will look at the new fashion season, back to basics, dinner ladies and we will see who won this weeks outfit of the week.Men's Wear
Accessories
This week we will talk about accessories, in Manchester
there is one accessory that you cannot go without... the umbrella. With Manchester
always raining the umbrella will stop you from getting drenched in the miserable
Mancunian weather. Now not every umbrella will do, especially the ones you find
being sold down market street saying ‘I heart rain’ now that’s just not true,
for if you did ‘heart rain’ then you wouldn’t need the umbrella in the first
place! The perfect umbrella is a gentleman’s umbrella which is long with a
point and has a nice handle (I prefer the one with the wooden handle).
Another accessory is the watch, one of the most important of
men’s accessories. When it comes to watches I like a classic Rotary watch with
a leather strap it adds a bit of sophistication to your outfit.
If you want to splash that cash then i would go for an Omega watch the classic watch that James Bond wears. I feel that the Rolex is a bit cliche for its seen as the pinnacle of watches but there are so many fakes out there that it is ridiculous.
When wearing a suit a pocket watch would go down a treat. Don't think that you are overdoing it for they are very classic and definitely say sophisticated.
By Sean Taylorson
Women's Wear
September Special.
Autumn/Winter is
descending on us already.
The shops are
altering to accommodate knitted layers & over coats. And the sun in going
into hibernation…was it ever even out?
However, the fashion industry is
a fast moving one. September is the month for fashion, as the year
in the world of fashion is a new one…
September brings the end of summer. September means back to
work. So everyone is hitting the shops.
But most importantly…September brings the mother of all
fashion weeks. London Fashion Week.
LFW is known for its showcase of experimental
Womenswear from all over the world, but with an eclectically British twist.
Fashion always looks forward to the new season, so this September, London will
be bringing Spring/Summer 2013 vibes to Somerset House. From established
designers to up-and-coming creative, LFW showcases the best of all the rest.
‘If you’re looking for one place where fashion’s on a high of
celebratory confidence for the future, come to London’ – Sarah Mower
One of our greatest British Designers…Dame Vivienne
Westwood
Unfortunately,
LFW is an invite only event, with top fashion names jetting in to sit front
row. Us peasantries can see the exhibition & keep up with the action on
live video streams.
For the time
being, I have selected some of the pre-collection highlights for S/S ’13,
highlighting how influential British fashion & London’s reputation is
worldwide…
Antipodium… Designer:
Geoffrey J. Finch. Confident Simplicity. Subverted Classics. A Hint Of Kink. London
Based. Australian Made. Womenswear Label. http://www.antipodium.com/
A Contemporary Take On The Peplum. Pastel Brights. Monochrome
Colour Pops.
Printed Trouser Suits. 50s Style Skirts. Feminine Lace. Two-Tones.
By Annie
Oakes.
Our Own Desginer Annie Oakes
Annie Oakes Designs
Basics. With a Twist.
My basics come with a
twist…
Peek-a-boo Prints. Casual Crop. Monochrome Illusion.
This Annie Oakes Design’s top is
pretty simple, drawing on the ‘tassel’ trend, but including it in the design, not as an addition just as a decoration
on the hem. This adds a bit of fun & frivolity to the piece, as it adds a
‘peek-a-boo’ section, to flash a bit of flesh, bralet or under-body! I kept the
cut quite short, like a crop top, which works well with these high-waisted
skirts. The clean white tone ensures the top has maximum opportunities, with it
fitting in with everyone’s wardrobes & complimenting these three looks
better than just a plain white tee!
By Annie Oakes
Outfit Of The Week
Sean Taylorson
Sean Taylorson wears :
Denim Jacket from Topman
Shirt from topman
Vintage black skinny jeans
Winklepicker shoes by Ben Sherman
Fashion Philosophy With Gareth Davies
Fine Dining ladies
It’s now officially September according to all good calendars.
September is the month of glum children being carted of back to school in
oversized over polluting cars, fantastic news for any grown-ups who want to
catch the last flickers of Britain’s annual sunlight without the nuisance of
annoying children dropping ice creams all over the floor. However for any
dinner ladies this means bravely sacrificing the liberty of September peace and
quiet to police school children. This week I have decided to perk up their
uniforms.
Starting at the bottom, a dinner lady must have shoes with a
strong grip as children generally cannot do the simplest of task such as
transporting food from plate to mouth without dropping about a quarter of it.
If I was to design shoes for dinner ladies I would have a comfortable bit to go
around your foot such as general Nike air trainers. However these would be
accessorized for slippy floors with the ends of toy arrows, the sticky sucker
bits covering the sole of the shoe allowing for the ability to balance when
ankle deep in semolina.
People who work with food are traditionally associated with
checked trousers; however these are way last century. I am a fan of the black
and white stripy jeans that are way in fashion and think they could work for
dinner ladies too. The fact that you’re wearing some fashionable trousers will
make kids think that you’re cool and so you may earn respect amongst the army
of small hyperactive people, plus your trousers will definitely be better than
the kids boring grey normally poorly fitted trousers.
One of the main hazards of being a dinner lady is the
potential to be involved in food fight cross fire. This is why it would be wise
for any torso aspect of the outfit to be orangey/browny colours. All school
dinner food is this colour and so horrible bolognaise, pizza, turkey twizzler,
lasagne etc stains will be much less prominent. Another piece of advice to all
dinner ladies particularly those without orange/brown clothes is to have a
decent washing machine and stock up on Cilit Bang whenever it is on offer.
A further hazard of the job is full blown non food fights,
as a dinner lady one of your main duties is to intervene and break these up-
after watching the first few minutes from a distance for a bit of on the job
entertainment. In order to break up
these scraps/ mass brawls safely riot police style helmets could be useful as
elbows, fists and in winter icey snowballs will be flying. In order to aquire these
you could contact the dinner lady union and if there isn’t one just start one.
It sounds easy enough to start a union just get the most boring chatty dinner
lady to whinge and moan at a politician and threaten to have a couple of days
off work if things aren’t going well for you, for advice just ask the teachers
they seem pretty moany.
This article is written in thanks to Michelle who is a
dinner lady who made the best sarnies when i was in sixth form.
Much love, Gareth xoxo.
