The fashion scene in Glasgow has rare opportunities to showcase its real abilities. However, they have found a fantastic avenue in Ally Turnbull and Claire Stuart’s ‘In the Company of Wolves’. The event has been presented twice at Sub Club and showcases new designers, jewellers, milliners. This month it also showcased the work of new artists in Glasgow, with all the proceeds being received by Glasgow Women’s Aid.
Katie Duncan If you’re one of those people who never escapes beyond the cosy west end bubble, this weekend is the time to venture to the far and distant land of East Lothian. I’m talking specifically about the three harbour towns of Prestonpans, Cockenzie and Port Seton. If you know the area you’ll be aware [...]
Stephanie Gilmartin wonders if the key to overcoming gender stereotypes might lie in good manners If you can cast your caffeine-addled minds back to last year, you may recall Movember, when the boys — sorry, men — of Glasgow were encouraged to grow a moustache during November to raise funds for the Prostate Cancer Charity [...]
Guardian offers a taster of the city’s newest street style blog, Les Garçons de Glasgow. Words and pictures by Daniel Stern and Jonathan Pryce Glasgow, famous for its shopping, fashion and experimental style, has had one thing missing til now – something that every other self-respecting city from Tokyo to Tel Aviv, from Berlin to [...]
Jonny Casey When I was asked to write an article debating whether men should wear make-up I have to admit I raised a distinctly un-plucked eyebrow. Like most guys, I’d never given a second thought to the hours (and money) spent preening, reading beauty tips and purchasing make-up that most girls engage in, let alone [...]
Maria Gravelle The pressure of exams and seemingly endless coursework can take its toll on students’ health. But though we use the word almost daily, what exactly is stress? Stress is actually a medical condition, defined as “a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources the [...]
Jonny Casey Great as Glasgow is, sometimes you can tire of grey buildings, grey skies and grey faces. Instead of stepping over last night’s kebabs, you find yourself yearning for green grass and fresh northern winds. Away from the ABC crowd you can see birds and stallions of a different variety, and while it might [...]
Sibyl Adam So you shop at the usual high street stores. You like some of the stuff, but have never felt overly inspired by rose patterned tights or oversized blazers. There is often little room for originality in the changing rooms of Buchanan Street, and we’ve all experienced that sinking feeling when we see someone [...]
Stephanie Gilmartin Everybody loves bicycles. Well, everybody except motorists, for whom bicycles are yet another hazard to avoid on city-centre streets already congested with traffic lights and illegally-parked delivery vans. For the vast majority of people, though, the bicycle represents an Arcadian dream of civilization, unsullied by carbon emissions and pessimism. As anyone who has [...]
Maria Gravelle With the recession at a height and the world desperate to become more eco-friendly, vintage fashion is undoubtedly all the rage. This is hardly news for students, however, who have long been attracted not only to the unique pieces on offer, but also the purse-pleasing prices. Stag — a boutique specialising in re-fashioned [...]
