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 [...]
Eight days in and I’m finding myself getting dressed slightly begrudgingly now. I wish I’d chosen a dress that wasn’t quite so short … Still, I’ve yet to repeat an outfit, and I’ve now set myself the vague aim of wearing a different look every day. One major flaw with any notion that wearing one [...]
Four days into March and so far, I’m finding that I’m really enjoying waking up every morning and knowing, pretty much, what I’m going to wear. It’s like being back at school , except this time my uniform is rather less hideous than the itchy bottle green and white striped monstrosities that made up my [...]
So, it’s the first day of March, the first day of One Dress, One Month, and the first outing of The Dress. It took a good two weeks and far too much time in changing rooms to find something I could bear the idea of wearing for 31 days straight. Ironically, considering my hope that [...]
So many clothes but nothing to wear? Claire Strickett looks at the paradox of fast fashion With New Year’s resolutions now for most people little more than distant memories, you’ve probably heard enough about diets to last you at least another year. Sorry, then, to draw one more to your attention. This diet, however, has [...]
Claire Strickett Who says students have to live on pot noodles and beans on toast? Not us! Each issue our Lifestyle editor shares a recipe that will keep your finances and your body in good shape. Muffins are one of the best things you can bake in a typically ill-equipped student kitchen. Unlike many cake [...]
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 [...]
Claire Strickett Who says students have to live on pot noodles and beans on toast? Not us! Each week our Lifestyle Editor shares a recipe that will keep your finances and your body in good shape. Ingredients (makes 2 portions) Vegetable oil 4 good-quality sausages 1 onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tbsp tomato [...]
