Leeds Street Style: 23/03/2011

Jodie

Favourite Leed shop: Pop Boutique

Notes: Jodie just moved to Leeds from London, she's currently working in Topshop. Love the turban, pearl earrings, sun glasses, and lion-like coat. Her Frenchness is dreamy!

Joao

Favorite Leeds shop: Urban Outfitters

Notes: Joao also just moved to Leeds, he is from Portugal. Joao is very fashion concious, which is this city wants. Welcome to England!

Liam

Favorite Leeds shop: TOPMAN

Notes: Good old youngster style. If you want to go with the young and hip look, a nice beanie and an American Apparel hoodie can't go wrong.

Leeds Street Style: 03/03/2011

Lina

Favorite Leeds Shop: Blue Rinse

Notes: Love the monochrome, boyish style created by the boyfriend shirt and jacket, big leather bag and boots. Also her hair is so shiny a little like Gwyneth Paltrow's.

Jess and Kate

Favorite Leeds Shop: Jess, Scope Charity Shop. Kate, Aqua Couture.

Notes: Jess and Kate are two little tourists from Manchester, they were looking for something different so they decided to pay Leeds a visit. Jess' purple shirt was very eye catching, it's from Scope charity shop on Headrow for only £4! I absoloutely love the detail of that amazing shirt. 
What Kate wore reminded me there's actually an end of this cold winter, her sheer dress, gray knee highs and apple green nail polish showed me the light at the end of the tunnel! 

Unknown Lady

Favorite Leeds Shop: Unknown

Notes: Missed the chance to talk to this lady. I think she looks efortless trendy. How can you not love her jacket, jeans and boots? Boyish + hair down = ... Acutally don't know what it equals just that it looks ace! Remember to roll the bottom of the jeans when you wear those short boots. ;)

Leeds Street Style: 15/02/2011

Grace

Top: Topshop

Coat: Vintage

Shoes: Russell & Bromley
Bag: ZARA
Scarf: Primark
Tights/ Socks: H&M

 

Grace's favorite Leeds shop: Aqua Couture

 

John

Top: Rebel8

Bottom: Nudie Jeans

Jacket: Crooks & Castle

Shoes: Vans SK8 HI

 

John's favorite Leeds independent shop: Chimp

 

Alara 

Coat: Vintage Gap

Bottom: H&M

Shoes: Gap

 

 

My Notes: 

I love both girl's oversized coat/ jacket, because of the fit it really shows off how tiny they are. 

The other day Vintage Wardrobe's Kieran asked me if I found wearing oversized vintage clothing difficult? And like I said in previous Street Style post, I thought the easiest way is to show neck, wrist, legs, or ankles to steady the proportion. 

Women can use layers, jewellery to create different looks. Men, on the other hand, should care more about the quality of the clothes their wearing. 

Leeds Street Style: 24/01/2011

Liam
Assistant Manager of Blue Rinse

Top: Vintage
Bottom: Grin
Shoes: Vintage
Coat: Vintage
Belt: Vintage
Scarf: Vintage
Ring: Vintage

Daisy
3rd Year Fashion Student

Top: American Apparel
Shoes: Vans
Watch: Nixon
Jewellery: Gift+found+key+ring pull
Tights: Primark

Mark
Owner of CHIMP

Top: Rebel8
Bottom: Levi's
Shoes: HUF Choice
Belt: Louis Vuitton
Hat: Rebel8

My Thoughts:

What I notice of UK's retail scene is it's dominated by big brands compared to the Far East. Even if you spend £50 on a dress, there is still a good chance that you could bump into someone wearing the same at a party.

For that matter, accessories are a great way to create a distinctive look. I love seeing people like Liam and Daisy, they slowly collect their jewellery from markets, friend's gifts, or items that are interesting to them. You may buy their clothes, but you can never copy their charm bracelet.

Another person that is always working hard on the individuality style in the city, Mark Bedford, the owner of CHIMP. By seeing the brands he is wearing, maybe we can get an idea of what's he would recommend in the shop. I'm also a reader of his stylish blog, but he kind of stopped for a while, let's hope he'll be back on it soon.

Leeds Street Style: 13/12/10

Rachel

 

Top: Pop Boutique (Vintage)

Dress: H&M

Shoes: Vans

Watch: Urban Outfitters

Necklace: Vintage

Ring: Vintage

Tights/ Socks: Primark

Sweater: Pop Boutique

 

Rachel's favorite Leeds clothes shop: Pop Boutique

 

 

Joe

 

Bottom: Edwin Jeans

Coat: Barbour

Shoes: Vans Old School

Hair Accessories: Obey Beanie

 

Joe's favorite Leeds clothes shop: HIP

 

 

Andrew

 

Coat: Vintage

Bottom: Urban Outfitters

Shoes: Vintage

Bag: American Apparel

Belt: Vintage

 

Andrew's favorite Leeds clothes shop: Vivienne Westwood

Describe the Leeds fashion scene in 1 word: Electric

 

 

My Thoughts:

I went cool-hunting last week in a freezing day, so big thanks for these beautiful people who pleasantly allowed me to shoot them.

 

Rachel works in Pop Boutique, one of my favorite vintage shops. I love her accessories from head to toe, and she's such a friendly person, she's definitely not one of those shop assistants with attitude.

 

I stopped Joe as he was on his way to a meeting, that's why he was holding a projector  (And no, it wasn't part of his accessories) I imagined Joe has a great knowledge of brands and is certain of his style, because of the brands he was wearing were from everywhere in the world - Scottish coat, American hat and shoes, and Japanese jeans. Or maybe he just buys everything from HIP. ♥

 

Andrew uses many vintage items, and Leeds' vintage scene is definitely growing bigger and bigger the moment. Wearing boots normally shortens the length of legs, so I like where he positioned his belt to balance the proportion.

Until next time! (Or maybe see you on the street! ;))

Old fella with "FREESTYLE" on his backpack. ♥