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Winter Wonderland @ Angelica, Leeds
The other night I had the pleasure of attending the ‘Winter Wonderland’ event at Angelica on the top floor of the Trinity Leeds shopping centre. For a few years now, Angelica has been one of my favourite hidden drinking spots in Leeds as it’s tucked away quite nicely to those who don’t know of the place’s existence. For those of you who don’t know about Angelica, it’s a beautiful little rooftop bar that makes amazing cocktails with a great view of the Leeds skyline. Anyway, enough reminiscing from me, on with the event! I decided that my partner in crime for the night would be my fellow blogging chum, Elisha Ainsley. Both…
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Shoes: Vivienne Westwood Exhibition @ Victoria Gate, Leeds
Vivienne Westwood has a mini shoe exhibition in Leeds! I don’t quite know why it happened, but my word am I glad it has. I heard nothing about it till a few days before but there is a mini (free) exhibition of some of Vivienne Westwood’s most iconic shoes and outfits from her archive. Yes, that includes the infamous giant purple heels that Naomi Campbell took a tumble in! ‘Chaos’ beanie: Vivienne Westwood Jumpsuit: Zara Turtleneck: Topman Cuban Heels: ASOS I have to admit, the temptation to pick up every pair of shoes and say “Do you have these in a 7?” was far too strong. However, I resisted thanks…
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Mini Golf @ Roxy Ballroom, Leeds
Time for a little review, last night I had the pleasure of being invited to play a game of mini golf at Roxy Ballroom on Boar Lane, Leeds. Of course, this was just a short walk from my office in town so I thought why not. It’s not like I was putting myself out there too much! Shit puns over, on to the review! I was invited by the Pink Gorilla Promotions team in Leeds to come and have a swing (sorry) at the new indoor mini-golf course. Naturally, I said yes, I mean, why not… It’s been a while since I played and I thought it could be a…
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Jinkx Monsoon Is Cursed: Leeds
For those of you who know me, you will know I am a fond lover of the art of drag. As a child, I was fascinated by Dame Edna Everage and as I got a bit older, Lily Savage’s dirty jokes grew on. But back then, drag was still somewhat taboo, it was fun to watch, but nobody wanted to actually ‘befriend’ a drag queen, they were strange men who dressed up as women for fun – and for a lot of people, they believed it was for some form of sexual gratification. However, drag has had a massive change, it’s not cool, drag is now a lifestyle. Drag queens…
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Light Night Leeds 2019
Last week I decided to venture out and explore my city in the dark, sounds ominous, but this is no Jack the Ripper blog post. It was Light Night Leeds 2018 and they certainly upped their game from last year! Thankfully, I knew where most of the locations for the artwork was this year which certainly helped. For those of you who don’t know, Light Night Leeds is a mini art festival of light-based sculptures, digital art pieces and videography. It’s a really nice event that lets you explore parts of the city centre that you might not often venture to in order to see some pretty light displays at…
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London Fashion Week Men’s Spring/Summer 19 – #OOTD: Day 1
I didn’t really post too much from London Fashion Week Men’s, no real reason, I just didn’t. 🤷🏻♂️ I did, however, shoot quite a few polaroids this time around for my #StreetStylePolaroids project I’m slowly building up. But alas, the season was a fun one – a really bloody hot one, but a fun one all the same. Anyway, when I’d checked the weather forecast before venturing down to the big smoke, it said that it wouldn’t be too hot particularly. Unfortunately for me, my packed suitcase of clothes didn’t quite match up to how hot it actually became when I got there. Needless to say, I styled it out and made…
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#StreetStylePolaroids – LFWM AW18
I missed the simple joys of shooting with a Polaroid in life. My family never had a Polaroid camera so I never got the childhood thrill. I did however get myself a FujiFilm Instax camera a few years back and that was a treat. There’s something strangely calming about shooting with instant film. A few seasons ago, you may remember that I decided to shoot street style photography using only an Instax camera. I wanted to get a real rawness to the images and get photographs that were different to what all the other photographers were doing, a fresh perspective on the season. I shot a mixture of famous faces…
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LFWM AW18 – A Rather Brief Rundown
As usual, this post is a little delayed, but hey! Another season of London Fashion Week Men’s is over. And although the grandiose thrill of LFWM – formerly London Collections: Men – is slowly dying out, the sheer joy of seeing phenomenal clothes/accessories from incredible designers is still there. Now, maybe I just sound like a bit of an old crank harping on about ‘the good old days’ but honestly, there’s a change to the menswear season in London and though I do welcome change, it’s not one that I’m particularly enjoying. Now, this season, the days were shortened from 4 to 3. So, I thought because the past few…
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YHIM: x Harry J Bartlett: In Conversation
I first learnt about the pocket square brand, YHIM, about a year ago when I discovered the brand in the London Fashion Week Men’s accessories showroom while galavanting around town. I have however, known the founder and pocket square designer, Sophia Wu, for quite a few years now. We first met at one of my first ever seasons of London Collections: Men (now LFWM) when I was approached to do a mini interview about the impact of a pocket square to a suit. We bonded over the interview where sadly, I had forgot to wear a pocket square as I left the house so I proceeded to do my interview with…
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Street Styled: Men’s Hair & Style @ London Fashion Week Men’s SS18
Granted, it’s not the most eloquent interview I have ever given but in my defence, it was far more humid than my outfit suggests and I had just arrived to LFWM 2 minutes before I was hunted down for this interview. Watch the interviews to see Robin James hunt down some of his fun finds at London Fashion Week Men’s. Robin is a men’s style, grooming and lifestyle blogger and YouTuber. He’s definitely worth a watch so have a gander at his channel and get inspired by his videos. https://www.youtube.com/ManForHimself
