Showing posts with label British style. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British style. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

...to be foretold the [British] weather?!

“But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand.” 
― Jerome K. JeromeThree Men in a Boat

As I was pondering on how to mould my excuses on delaying with this Tweedrun post since April, as we are just tiptoeing at the threshold of the summer;  the sudden spell of "lovely" British weather has spared me the hassle.

My repetitive tweed-blab is the most sensible thing to write about these days.
Welcome the sartorialists:


Swagger!
The only serious vehicle that we had on the ground was from The Chap magazine journalists! 
Here they come the trendy gang.

The Tweedrun took place in April, at a very moderate speed cruising through Marylebone, Regent Street, Picadilly and Trafalgar. Strictly tweed and vintage bikes only.


The convoy of dapperly dressed chaps and ladies arrived to their tea party.
Myself and a couple more volunteers were  in charge of brewing loose Earl Grey tea in hundreds of teapots for the riders. At some point a cake was served but we missed this bit amidst all the heebiejeebies of serving tea.



Hello you two!


mmm, nothing offensive but you seriously look like a Russian man, dude! Levin may be?


He never photographed me back! This is just rude :)


A couple of volunteers that were helping to run the event made a hell of an effort, not only making the party great and filling everyone with litres of aromatic tea, but also turning up in such spruce outfits!


These gloves make me think of Madonna! 


Blatant daylight robbery!


And I still hate yellow socks


Anna Akhmatova's flipping ghost! 


Guten tag herr Furrer!

Saturday, 18 May 2013

Teaser, taster, tweed & jaeger

 Just as you are about to maroon my overactive blog, I am going to throw at you this vampish look. Yes, I have more of that to come which will sweep you off your stilettos {or your vintage bike perhaps?}


So grip onto your handlebars and get ready to storm London, as we are heading into what it looks like a traditionally British summer. Thence I suggest you rethink your bikinis and get some serious layers out...and a pump....just in case...




Saturday, 28 April 2012

Back in Shoreditch, roaming through The Vintage Fair

Once again East London has showed its nonconformist side of things by hosting The Vintage Fair at their Shoreditch Town hall. The place burst with the clothes rails and jewellery stalls, offering a wide range of retro frocks and selected paraphernalia. Nonetheless, the most frequented garments were those of 60's and 70's with a multitude of colourful tea dresses and oversized cardigans.

Shoreditch, Vintage Fair, retro style, retro look, fashion, town hall


Eager fashionistas rummaged the clothes racks hunting for the coveted pieces, trying them on as they went. 

Shoreditch, Vintage Fair, retro style, retro look, fashion, town hall



Shoreditch, Vintage Fair, retro style, retro look, fashion town hall
Shoreditch, Vintage Fair, retro style, retro look, fashion town hall

Shoreditch, Vintage Fair, retro style, retro look, fashion town hall


Shoreditch, Vintage Fair, retro style, retro look, fashion town hall

Shoreditch, Vintage Fair, retro style, retro look, fashion town hall

Some traditional British cupcakes and tea were served at the cafe.

Shoreditch, Vintage Fair, retro style, retro look, fashion town hall, sheep skin, jacket, winter, beige

What I bought. Sorted for the next winter.

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Hail? Hail to the true British style!


For the British weather British threads!

Just three hundred years ago Scottish folk, apparently, had enough of the nasty winds and colds, and with the help of industrial revolution  invented tweed.

Tweed tweed!                          

Originally hand-woven from a pure virgin wool it is unbelievably comfortable, looks flattering  and lasts long. Haven’t I bought you  just yet? Well then, it also has a prestigious flair about it, and prestigious it is apriori. The fabric per se is a hallmark which is instantly recognized and stands equal to any haute-couture brand.

Tweed fabric has originated from Scotland and quickly became a mainstay of military clothing due to its durability, water resistance and heat retention qualities.  


Amongst the upper classes it was largely used as an outdoors sports clothing and made its way into equestrian sector for hunting and hoarse riding.

Horse riding suits

Mr Toad
Basil Rathbone
Traditional coarse tweed of earthy colours (like Harris Tweed) became closely associated with the British culture; think Sherlock Holmes or Mr Toad (one of the main characters in the novel The Wind in The Willows by Kenneth Graham ) who had a penchant for Harris Tweed on extravagant outings on his air-balloon …

Harris Tweed sneakers