Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 11:08AM 
This is a special edition of Leeds Street Style, the shots were taken in Brudenell Social Club, including one of a band member, vintage shop owners, a shop assistant, and general music lovers! The night was 'The Brudenell Boozaar' held by Vintage Wardrobe, you can see more about the event later today in our music blog.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 10:16AM 
Laura WalshTop: Blue Rinse
Bottom: Urban Outffiters
Shoes: Primark
Bag: Alice Takes A Trip
Belt: MOM
Laura's favorite Leeds clothes shop: Blue Rinse
Describe the Leeds fashion scene in 1 word: Alternative
Kate GoodmanTop: Topshop
Bottom: Topshop
Shoes: Rocket Dog
Bag: Mulberry
Scarf: charity shop
Kate's favorite Leeds clothes shop: Blue Rinse
Describe the Leeds fashion scene in 1 word: Mixed
In this week's street style we have 2 friends, Laura and Kate. I like both of their tops that show off a bit of skin. Laura's use of colour is very coherent, I like that she uses dark green in all her items but not too 'matchy-matchy'. Even though Kate wore a lot of high street brands that day, she said she still loves vintage clothing the most.
Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 5:11PM 
Yasmin RusellTop: Topshop
Bottom: Pink Cadillac
Coat: Topshop
Shoes: Catwalk
Bag: Magic Vintage
Belt: Magic Vintage
Necklace: Magic Vintage
Earrings: Primark
Hair Accessories: Hand M
Tights/ Socks: Topshop
Yasmin's favorite Leeds clothes shop: Best Vintage
Describe the Leeds fashion scene in 1 word: Good
Jordan LeeTop: Sixers jersey
Bottom: Upset Cream Jeans
Coat: American Apparel
Shoes: Vans
Belt: Shoe laces
Earrings: Stretchers
Jasmine HassettTop: Vivienne Westwood
Coat: Vivienne Westwood
Shoes: Vivienne Westwood
Ring: Vivienne Westwood
As a coolhunter, I find cool couples always catch my eye. Yasmin's style is very much on the street trend, I like how she uses many vintage accessories to complete her look. Jordan's outfit is interesting to me, I find it very rare to see people wearing basketball shirts in England. I also like Jordan used shoe laces as a belt. I found Jasmine in Victoria Quarter, she worked in Vivienne Westwood which was why she wore everything from the brand... so everything on her was fabulous!
Monday, October 11, 2010 at 9:29AM Top: G-Star
Bottom: Nudie Jeans
Coat: Lee
Shoes: Flossy
Necklace: Yum Yums
Bracelet: Grenson shoe lace
James' favorite Leeds clothes shop: Accent/ Blue Rinse
Describe the Leeds fashion scene in 1 word: Metropolitan
Dress: Australian Vintage
Coat: Vintage
Shoes: Flossy
Sweater: French Connection
Polly's favorite Leeds clothes shop: Best Vintage Leeds
Describe the Leeds fashion scene in 1 word: Unique
Top: Topman
Bottom: Topman
Shoes: Dune
Bag: Reusable bag
Belt: Hugo Boss
Watch: River Island
Umbrella: Topman
Stephen's favorite Leeds clothes shop: Zara
Describe the Leeds fashion scene in 1 word: Unique
It was just the greatest experience meeting James, Polly, and Stephen. They were some of the nicest strangers you can ever expect to meet while out taking pictures. I always think proportion is the most important thing when you're going for a vintage style, because when you spot a good vintage piece in the shop it normally won't be your size and this couple had the perfect balance. And I also like the way Stephen uses the oversize bag and boots along with his slim, fitted style.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 11:32AM 
Last year our very own Shang Ting Peng arrived in England after studying in Barcelona for three years. During her early days here in the UK she began to photograph and document interesting places, products or projects. This led to her creating the Facebook Page: England Observing Diary. Since then, a friend in London also contributes to the page giving a unique insight into both the North and South of England. The page now focuses on two cities: Leeds and London.
Having studied Fashion Communication at the European Institute of Design in Barcelona, Shang Ting already had a considerable amount of experience in blogging, cool-hunting and trend research. She already had a blog that attracted 1000s of monthly visitors, but this project had a different setting:
"I arrived in England an year ago from Barcelona, and I never been to this country before. I thought it’ll be interesting to document the stage of what I feel about being in a total new country. So I ask my friend in London which she lives there for quite a few years to observe England’s life with me, and putting on facebook fanpage. We always trying to make it relaxing, fun, visual, and most important, we try to keep a heart of a tourist, to be curious about every little thing in England, I think with all these elements, the readers can relate to the content."
The page has gone from strength to strength and now has more then 6000 members. Every week there are hundreds of comments and interactions with people in the far east asking questions and giving their response to the content created, Shang Ting expands further:
"Our fans are mostly from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. At the moment we have daily pictures, of things we find interesting that day. We also have cool-hunting, interviews, local knowledge guides and event reports. Me and my partner’s backgrounds are both in fashion, so we love to post fashion related things. Because of The Guardian’s post and other attention, we have started to have more English fans, so now we try have both Chinese and English language posts. I guess it’s interesting for English people to see what foreigners think of their country too"
There are exciting developments happening behind the scenes at the page at the moment and discussions with international news agencies are taking place. Shang Ting has a clear aim of what she wants to achieve with page:
"I think it’s important to establish Leeds as a city outside of Europe. I’m not saying I know what Leeds represents yet, but while I observe the city’s life style, fashion, and culture, I invite England Observing Diary’s fans to get to know Leeds with me"
We will keep you up to date with developments on this project and Shang Ting's work on this blog. There are really interesting potential projects and collaborations talks taking place at the moment and we are sure that this is just the start for Shang Ting and England Observing Diary.
