It's September again in the not-as-big-as-you'd-hope city, and tens of thousands of new residents have entered our great red city state; the 2010-2011 intake of students. Clogging up the buses, chattering their 'rah rah rah' stories about not-so-crazy boozy antics. Young and fresh, yet oddly identical to the last intake.
A comrade from another big city asked for my observations on the fashion trends that are doing the rounds, so from my vantage point I noted the following;
* an alarming take-up of the boy-blouse. Low-cut chest can be good, but not when too blousey. JLS need to go put their hands up for this one.
* some very naive haircuts, male and female. Likely to have been carried out by small-town hairdressers prior to their move to the big city.
* a handsome-boy look; polo shirt, tucked in behind a big belt buckle just at the front, hanging out round sides and back. Often accompanied with short cropped hair. Sometimes rocking an ear-piercing. It may be a bit 'off the peg' but whatevers.
* too many cardigans doing the rounds on lads.
* usual asortment of topshop looks knocking about.
* girls, lots of scarves. Already?! I like tight jeans and trainers though, that's good.
* girls wearing tights with no skirt or pants over the top. Remarkable. Who was the first girl to leave the house this way? A bold step.
* a fashion studies boy, predictably gay, wearing ugg boots, carrying a tote bag. Handsome, but a very daft look.
* a few boys rocking the american-nerd look - big thick black rimmed glasses (probably with non-script lenses), big cap at a tilt, cartoony tshirt maybe a wooly jumper.
* check-shirts and lumberjack shirts are popular. Still.
* every single one of them is strolling around with an iphone or blackberry in hand.
Nothing exciting, or surprising. Very uniformly commercial looks. I await excitement. Maybe next year.
2 speakeasies:
Everyone of them has a Blackberry.
The beep incessantly.
Added this. Quite right.
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