One thing I mentioned in my ‘Reflecting on my 2011‘ post was time and how certain sacrifices had to be made. Some of my closest childhood friends have become strangers over the past year and in that time, strangers have become close friends. However there’s one set of friends that will always be there, even if we only see each other once or twice a year – it’ll always be fun: filled with jokes and laughter. Sounds cheesier than a disney film, but it’s true. What we usually do when we catch up is play FIFA/PES/COD for hours on end and consume unacceptable amounts of junk food. Now that we’re all somewhat grown, I suggested we should do something different; so we ended up at Stonehenge.
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We’re a family. Not just a bunch of WordPress nerds who sit behind a mac all day blogging away – we actually do meet up once in a while. Honestly, the family is so diverse, we have developers, designers, writers, critics, music aficionados, marketing execs and more. What brings us together? Our love for London and it’s booming creative culture. It’s been a glorious year, bring on 2012 already – time to up the game with the relaunch. New content coming your way! Hope on after the cut to peep a few hilarious photographs of the family.
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Sorry for the inconvenience, I know you missed our constant updates on the world of fashion, music and art. First of all, noticed any changes? If not clear your cache, voila. Welcome to Y&Y v 2.0. We started the site over 2 years ago and the journey from a blog started by 2 university kids about all things ‘cool’ to a website that offers daily inspiration for London’s flourishing creative scene. Although the old design was still loved by many for its simplicity and constantly complimented, we felt it was time for a change in order to grow. As always I’m sure a few readers will prefer the old design but change is good, give it a week and you’ll love this layout.
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On Monday November 21st Selfridges London will become home to a new concession in the form of Sandro Homme. This will be the first concession for the brand and is the first step to making their clothes accessible to more people. As you can see, the collection fits Y&Y current feel for refined, contemporary and tailored clothing. I’m sure Yin, Yang and myself will be venturing to Selfridges soon to give this collection a closer inspection but until then we’ll have to settle with this lookbook. Take a look and let me know what you think.
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Now this I think will excite Yin. His love for all things sleek, sophisticated and refined will see him wanting these new Beats by Dre Executive headphones. Moving away from the more bold choice of colours such as red and white Monster have instead opted to target a more mature audience with this release. The brushed metal finish with the sleek black and grey accents add to the more refined and premium feel to the headphones. Will you be buying? I currently do not own a pair of beats but am very tempted by these.
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Although this lookbook by Massimo Dutti is dubbed the October Lookbook I have only just stumbled across it. I’m not sure if it has recently been released or I’m just late but what I do know is that this collection very much reminds me of Yin. Over the years Yin’s style has gone from being the sneaker and fitted hat wearing kid to the blazer and pocket square admirer. I believe that Massimo Dutti have showcased the direction of style that Yin is heading for and to a certain degree is already at. Read on to see more.
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So last month, we were invited down to H&M‘s showroom for a style session. What does this entail you ask? Our task was pretty simple – to construct a look that we felt represented our personal style using H&M’s latest Divided collection. To be honest, when I got the email in my inbox about this opportunity, I actually thought it was a joke haha. So we went down, not sure what to expect as we haven’t done anything of the kind before. Sure we’ve done shoots but not a filmed interview/style session – I hate being on camera and hate hearing my own voice played back to me even more! However the results are pretty nice if I do say so myself – continues on the reverse.
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