Today’s Friday Five tip Something Personal have released a free 3 song EP to download via their website. Click here to have a listen and download the songs. The Welsh band take their inspiration from the likes of Ac/Dc, Nirvana, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and have been described by John Robb as “Oasis’ish with a psych edge!”
Catch the band on tour throughout the summer.
Photo by Marc Griggs
Ok, it’s still technically summer but it feels more like winter. Let’s blame the jet stream. Still it gives us an excuse to shop the transitional trends a little earlier than expected and here’s some of the best of the shearling trend available at the moment.
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<<< TopShop Sheep Skin Sleeveless Gillet, £195
Sheepskin jackets are flying off the rails at Top Shop so be quick if you’re buying into this look. 100% Sheepskin and bound to keep you toasty.
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Warehouse Faux Fur Aviator Jacket, £65 >>>
Want the look but prefer to go faux? Grey Faux Fur Aviator Jacket at Warehouse is perfect.
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<<< Oasis Drape Aspen Jacket, £80
Oasis have plumped for a chic silhouette with this suedette jacket. The lining is faux shearling and it also comes in ivory and dark cocoa.
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Another one from Oasis is their drape gilet. Suedette and faux shearling but looks toasty.
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Asos Faux Shearling Slouch Bag, £36 >>>
Not stopping at jackets, Asos are selling the prettiest shearling slouch bag. Oooohhhh.
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<<< Asos Trecker Lace Up Shearling Boots, £55
Probably not the most practical boots there are but Asos are also keeping toes warm with faux shearling lace up boots.
With new artists continuously emerging from all walks of life there is constantly something fresh on the music scene however when an artist comes to the forefront of the public eye, it’s not just their music that makes them famous. It is their personality, their style and of course their fashion.
Fashion and music are inexplicably linked.
This idea is of course, is not a new phenomenon, think back to ‘The Beatles’ and their iconic suits, ‘Kiss’ and their unmistakable face paint, as well as Run DMC and their Adidas. In the case of Run DMC, fashion even influenced their music with the song ‘My Adidas’ which was a result of the group “rockin” their “superstars/shelltoes” with the tongue sticking out and no laces, making a huge impact on both hiphop and future generation styles.
More recently, Lilly Allen started the idea of wearing prom style dresses accompanied by trainers and Oasis set an example which Manchunians especially still emulate to a certain extent, with the casual-smart way of dressing.
Even hair styles are copied, this is seen again with the Oasis style; they are more dated now but even back in the 1980’s the long curls on men were copied from artists such as Brian May from Queen, amongst others.
A lot of these music producing fashion trends emerge and continue to appear for years to come. For example, Run DMC’s style; the fashionable street/sports wear, this is still very obviously apparent within the hip-hop music scene, take a look at Jay-Z or Justin Timberlake, but new versions are constantly evolving as well such as the N-Dubz, ‘Dappy-hat’ is a particularly obvious and surprisingly popular one of these.
An infamous trend which emerged some time ago is the Punk Music scene, which although materialized up to thirty five years ago, remnants of it are still constantly surfacing.
Vivienne Westwood is a prime and noted example of this but these characteristics are seen across the board with even high street stores using qualities of the style. For example tartan dresses and ripped jeans.
Fashion will always be influenced by music, the only question is, whose is your favourite artist?
Oasis Drape Gilet, £60