Yup, you read that right alright. Arcadia Corp’s finest retailers Topshop and Topman will be hosting a sample sale in Dalston this weekend. The sample sale isn’t any ordinary one located in a Warehouse, it’s going to be held in 2 different locations, one of which is Chatsworth Road market and all the proceedings made will go to the market itself. Topman have a strong menswear collection and like always with them – they have about 50 odd trends a season so you’ll be in for a great selection to chose from. Hop on after the cut for more details on location and times.
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A few days ago, Lacoste invited us to the to enjoy the ATP finals with them as they are one of the tournament’s sponsors. Which I honestly didn’t know till I reached the event. We were escorted to the sponsor village, greeted by fabulous staff and waiter/waitresses serving canapes with a buffet on one side of the room. Best believe I fully made use of this indulging opportunity. It was also an opportunity for us to see some early previews of their Spring/Summer 2012 collection. Find out what the best of the night was after the cut.
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One of the perks of working so close to Oxford Circus is the ability to attend daytime press events in the local vicinity during my lunch break. Chyea. Yesterday Nike invited me down to their UK flagship store to design a silhouette add to the NIKEiD on Oxford Circus, Nike Town. Anyone who’s been reading the site will know that I used to be quite the sneakerhead and buying iDs would frequently massacre my bank account. More on the reverse.
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The last time I went ice-skating, I broke my hand, how typical of me huh? So if I was in the country, I’d definitely be a bystander, however, I would not want to miss this simply for the scenario. Until the 8th of January 2012, The National History Museum have a 1000 metre-square outdoor ice rink and is definitely a highlight in our London Christmas season. The museum provides this beautiful backdrop while money is very well spent on thousands of fairy lights; I mean, what is Christmas without fairylights huh?
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The London Olympics is less than 12 months away now and I am starting to get very excited for many different reasons. One reason is obviously the potential for me to actually play in the Olympics with the GB football team but I am equally as excited because of non-sporting reasons. You cannot doubt the positive legacy that the Olympics is going to leave on East London and London in general despite some of the typical negative naysayers who go on and on about how the tube system will be rubbish blah blah blah! I choose to focus on the positive Olympic inspired projects like the Ikea eco-homes project. More on the project after the jump.
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Dayum! another amazing Flickr find. Meet Simon Gardiner, a Lancashire based photographer who primarily focuses on reportage/documentary and sports photography. However his individual work is what I’m going to feature. He’s captured some incredible architecture and inner city scenes like the one above which uses the vortograph technique, an abstract form of photography that utilises kaleidoscope repetitions by photographing objects through triangular arrangement of three mirrors. The rest of his photographs aren’t quite as crazy and Inception-esque. He describes his passion for street photography “I like shooting streets, the streets are full of life with a story behind every street photo. The photographer captures the scene and the viewer discovers and interprets the story behind the shot.”. That’s exactly what he’s done in the following shots after the cut, have a gander! certainly inspired me to explore a new style of photography.
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Oh gosh. Remember the last time American Apparel decided to do a sample sale in London? It was like a prequel to the riots, a teaser of what was coming from the ignorant 1st world youth. Just like last time, they’ve reduced the prices of your favourite AA garments to as low as £1 with almost everything up to 90% off. That’s what they say anyway, a lot of these sample sales love to talk nonsense beforehand. They’ve completely revamped the Truman Brewery so there is more space for everyone to move so it should be pleasant shopping experience. The issue last time was the security which they’ve apparently spent £35,000 this time around with a security team of 24+ people who have experience in crowd control at international events. Let’s hope it doesn’t turn into a riot. Please hop on after the cut if you want to know more details.
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