Outfit Of The Day - Can You Make Camo A Little Smarter?

Photography: Joel Givvons

Khaki Flight Jacket - Maniere De Voir / £55

Camo Scooped Hem T-shirt - H&M / £20

Black Oversized T-shirt - Asos / £14

Black Biker Jeans - Maniere De Voir / £50

Black Corduroy Hat - Supreme / £44

Arena High Sneakers - Balenciaga / £355

www.asos.com

www.supremenewyork.com

www.manieredevoir.com

www.hm.com

www.balenciaga.com

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Hi guys welcome back, hope you've had a good weekend. I know I'm very late with this post in which I apologise, I hadn't forgot I just didn't have the time to create this post for you earlier in the week. Anyway enjoy this post and the rest of your Sunday evening!

Now I know and am aware of the fact that my style can look a little, how to put it un-colourful (if thats a word) and for the next post I decided to put a little dash of colour in. I recently picked up a scooped hem t-shirt which I love from H&M, in this amazing dim camo effect. I was pondering on what to put this with in an outfit and I instantly thought of layers. This t-shirt is a size larger than I would normally buy because it was the only one they had left in stock and I wanted it really badly. So to try and break the t-shirts mammoth length up I used an oversized black Asos T-shirt. With it being oversized it means it slides very comfortably over the top of a base layer t-shirt and looks great. To balance some more khaki into the outfit I used my beloved khaki flight jacket from MDV which hasn't appeared on my blog or social medias since the first post I ever did. The jackets bunched sleeves and short cut means it looks really nice with several pieces underneath it and doesn't make it look blown up and tight. The double zipper also helps with revealing those layers!

On the bottom half I've used my go-to smart black biker denim from MDV, this denim is their more updated version and is soft, stretchy and has a nice bunched effect at the tapered lower leg. Paired with my new Balenziaga Arena sneakers in all black. Now I know that some people in the street wear community feel these shoes have done their run and are now finished with but I feel otherwise. They are comfortable and look really smart. You can quite easily dress them up and down which is a real difficulty when coming to sneakers. The quality is amazing as you would expect with something of this price and even the packaging is top notch. I would seriously recommend taking a look at the arenas and Balenciaga's runners especially in the olive colour way (if you can find them).

So to round of the outfit its a blend of street with a touch of smartness. The top of the outfit represents a nice layered streetwear look whilst the bottom half displays a more clean and classy look. I think the two work great simultaneously together. Tell me your opinion on the fit! Thanks for reading and make sure to leave a comment on my social medias if you enjoyed! See you on the next post!

Greg.

Outfit Of The Day - Virgil Taught Me

Photography: Charlotte Traverse

Black Scooped Hem Under T-shirt - Topman / £10

Black Hoodie - Maniere De Voir / £35

'Blue Collar' Black T-shirt - OFF WHITE C/O / £140

Black Biker Jeans - Maniere De Voir / £50

Black Corduroy Hat - Supreme / £45

Geobasket Sneakers - Rick Owens / £730

www.topman.com

www.manieredevoir.com

www.selfridges.com

www.supremenewyork.com

www.rickowens.eu

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Hello everyone I hope you've had a good week, I know I'm becoming slightly behind with the blog posts so be expecting another blog post tomorrow evening as well so I can catch up.

Trying to find a nice variety of shooting spots can sometimes prove rather difficult, and to keep the picture looking fresh and the audience draw in takes time to find the right place. The balance of keeping a minimal and clean background whilst not looking boring is a hard skill to get right and as a new blogger I'm still learning about this. This shoot was done in central Manchester at the fountains at the end of Deansgate  Unfortunately they weren't active when I was there but we made do the best we could.

Ive always been a fan of Virgil Abloh and his now deceased brand 'Pyrex Vision'. It was brought to my attention with the slight help of Kanye wearing it and it becoming a huge icon in the streetwear world. However when it died it came back rebranded as 'Off White C/O' and I forgot about it. Now its returned bigger and even better with it new collection and I'm absolutely in love with the brand.

The outfit consists of primarily black with small mounts of white or Rick Owens calls it 'milk'. With the bold Off White T-shirt on top and being one of the main centre pieces I need some shoes to equally be as eye catching. The perfect shoe for the job was my Geobaskets from Rick Owens, this very loud yet subtle leather masterpiece literally shouts luxury. With a full leather upper, metal zipper and exaggerated tongue the sneaker fits great with the bulky outfit.

Unfortunately I couldn't afford the Off White jumper so instead decided to get the t-shirt in the largest size possible and layer it over a jumper, the obvious choice was the black hoodie from MDV and a simple scooped hem tee from Topman. Finished with some of MDV's new and updated biker denim and a Supreme Hat.

I love this clean and minimal outfit, with small hints of boldness through the sneakers and t-shirt I feel it could fit in whether your in the city or your local town. Tell me what you think of this look and have a good rest of your sunday! Back to school and work tomorrow :(

See you tomorrow on the next post.

Greg.

Outfit Of The Day - Monochrome Mashup

Photography: Charlotte Traverse

Black Gym Bomber Jacket - Represent Clothing / £80 (Sold Out)

Checked Flannel - Topman / £25

Grey Scooped Hem T-shirt - Topman / £10

Black Shorts w/ meggings - Asos / £30

Black Corduroy Hat - Supreme / £44

Qasa High Prime knit Sneakers - Y3 / £260

www.topman.com

www.asos.com

www.representclothing.co.uk

www.supremenewyork.com

store.y-3.com

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Hello! welcome back, I'm sorry its been a little dormant around here but I promise it won't be like that for long with more OOTDs to come! This outfit I love because of its usage of simplistic layering and colour running of blacks, whites and greys. I feel the outfits urban appeal works well with its surroundings myself and some friends found in the heart of Manchester. Ive always loved the city and everything about it and I try and make my outfits stand out in the fast paced environments whilst still fitting in at the same time.

For the outfit instead of just going for white and black, why not throw some grey in? I recently picked up some new Y3 sneakers and they have a main body of Adidas's insanely comfortable prime knit material. The knit has flashes of grey and white in whilst the rest of the shoes has blacks and whites, so to balance out some more grey in the outfit I used my top man scooped hem t-shirt and top man flannel. Ive just started to buy more scooped hem 

pieces now (I know Im late) and they layer superbly over one another. Giving a different look to your standard cut. Topped off with the crazy Gym Bomber by Represent, this jacket brings another meaning to quality, and the soft, premium feeling materials really do it for me on this one. On the bottom half Ive kept it simple and gone for some plain black shorts with meggings from Asos just to give a different aesthetic than some conventional black skinnies.  A band I've know for a long time but never been able to buy something I really liked is supreme. Now I have one of their box logo hats I can really see what the major hype is about with this brand, If you own some supreme pieces you know what I mean..

Thank you for taking your time to read this article! And stay tuned for more. If you aren't already make sure to follow me on my social media accounts (names over on the right of the screen). Leave a comment if you enjoyed this post and ill see you next time!

Byeeee.

Greg.

Maniere De Voir

MDV, Maniere De Voir. Whatever you want to call them this new UK based street wear brand is taking the market by storm.

Recently, I've become obsessed with the new(er) brand MDV, the brand mainly aims to produce good quality street wear garments and footwear at very competitive prices. I started to learn about the brand a year ago; back then they were producing items such as their infamous velour track suits and snakeskin t-shirts. I saw some of my friends wearing some of their clothes and thought i'd look into it more, now I'm not much of a 'hype beast' I like to wear what I like but their clothes seemed to intrigue me for some reason. However I didn't end up buying any of their products until several months later.

As the brand started to progress it became more apparent in the direction that they were going in. As they continued to produce their velour tracksuits and snake skin t-shirts, they started producing other items, more street wear aimed items. My first ever purchase from MDV was a big one and I threw my self in at the deep end with their range to really get the feel with their quality. I ended up buying their sneaker named the 'virtue' in an all blood red colour way for £120. I was very satisfied with the quality, presentation, looks and over all aesthetics of the shoe, and so It began the 'hook'.

After that I ended up spending lots of time scouring their website and looking at their products more in depth. Since then I have bought a variety of products including the highly recommended Khaki Fight Jacket, Ribbed Biker Denim (black + khaki), Pony Fur Backpack, Snake Embossed Cap, Hoodie, Ripped Biker Denim and the list goes on. I would defiantly recommend looking into the brand and buying some of their products. They are very decently priced and the quality is better that what you'd find on the high street.

Now that I know the brand, it has become even more apparent in where they are turning to next. The extremely well known and talked about fashion icon Mr Kanye West recently dropped his Yeezy Season 1 and shops have gone crazy in recreating his garments at a more affordable price. However staying true to form MDV have attempted this differently. While the ripped t-shirts and distressed jeans stay true, MDV have added their own little tweaks to things to really make their products stand out amongst the crowd, an example of this is their 'swashbuckle jean'. Not going into too much detail, but you can see they are following the trends closely, the leg zippers and the distressing as well as adding a crazy buckle on the leg is only something MDV could pull off in their unique way, then theres the full velcro Jeans and the array of Biker Jackets they offer. I could go on. Even their full velvet virtue sneakers and strangely intriguing. 

But anyway make sure you go and check them out at:

website - www.manieredevoir.com

IG - @manieredevoir

P.S you can find the (now not produced) blood red virtue sneakers on my Depop in a Uk 7 as they fit very big, almost new condition, message me if your interested.

C'aio.

Greg

Outfit Of The Day - Ribbed Knees

Photography: Charlotte Traverse

Black Quilted Bomber Jacket - Topman / £20

Black Super Longline T-shirt w/ Side Zips - Asos / £14

Ribbed Biker Denim - Maniére De Voir / £45

Metal Plaque Snake Embossed Cap - Maniére De Voir / £20

Pro Leather Heart Stamp Sneakers - Comme De Garçon X Converse / £100

www.asos.com

www.manieredevoir.com

www.topman.com

www.selfridges.com

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Hey! Welcome back, I know its late but I've been extremely busy recently. However a new outfit post will be up on Wednesday so keep your eyes peeled for that! Also I have a few brand reviews and recommendations to vary the blog up slightly from just OTTDs. Now back to the outfit, its a simple one and as AW15 gets under way, simpler outfits is what ill be wearing a lot more. Ive always loved a simple outfit because less can mean more in fashion, a clean outfit consisting of a few layers on top and some jeans can look a lot better than lots of tops, jackets and coats pilled on top of each other (I'm not saying those outfits are bad). This outfit in particular relates back to my old friend the colour black. The main piece I focused on was the sneakers. Now I know people aren't very fond of these, but I am! and I really wanted to show case them and expose their diversity on a maximum level through this outfit. The simple black upper and lower of the outfit blends seamlessly into everyday life until you get to the loud and bold sneakers. As I've said in many an outfit Im wearing non other than the trusty Ribbed Biker Jeans from MDV and black super longline t-shirt from Asos. Ive really become a custom to biker jeans and they add a great lease of life and difference to anyone's jean department, you can find them in any high street shop from H&M to Forever21 Men. So that wraps it up for this outfit post but check back on Wednesday for a new one and ill tell you when brand reviews and other new blog posts will be coming (not just OOTDs). Oh yeh, I have a tips and tricks to share with you in the future as well regarding fashion! I'll keep you updated.

C'ya in a few days.

Greg.

Outfit Of The Day - Noir Ninja

Photography: Charlotte Traverse

Super Longline Side Zip T-shirt - Asos / £14

Leggings - Asos / £12

Black Airtex Shorts - Maniére De Voir / £33

Asymmetric Longline Jacket - H&M / £15

Metal Plaque Snake Embossed Cap - Maniére De Voir / £20

Masa Racer Low Triple Black Sneakers - Adidas Y3 / £240

www.asos.com

www.hm.com

www.manieredevoir.com

www.Y3.com

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Hi guys, welcome to the latest and greatest. This blog post is of a dark and almost assassin like outfit shot in a overgrown and rustic area of a mill I live near. Before you say it I will be doing more urban shoots very soon and I'm excited to get that into motion It just takes me time to get to my nearest city of Manchester and gather my photographer, but I will do it I promise!. So, I always rely on black as a basis for outfits however on this one I really wanted the full stealth look. The very oversized and assassin looking jacket from H&M is a great piece at a very affordable price and adds some different shapes and dynamics to the outfit with its curvy lines and edges. Coupled up with the amazingly comfortable Airtel shorts from MDV and the timeless leggings via Asos the outfit is all very sleek. Finally with the infamous Y3s I own it completely topped off the ninja style look very well. I really feel my blog is beginning to blossom now and any help you can give is appreciated more than I can put into words, if you like what I'm doing drop me a shout out on Instagram! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more to come! Bye.

Greg.

Outfit Of The Day - Cooking Up

Photography: Charlotte Traverse

Base Layer Super Longline T-shirt - Asos / £14

White Chef T-shirt - Chelfldn / £45

Shorts - Pyrex Vision / Not Available

Meggings - Asos / £12

Metal Plaque Snake Embossed Cap - Maniére De Voir / £20

Retro 5 Metallic Silver Sneakers - Jordan / £140

www.asos.com

www.manieredevoir.com

www.selfridges.com

www.size.com

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Hello and welcome back, I apologise for this late post on this outfit but I have lots of outfits lined up for you guys. This outfit is what I like to look at as being the typical concept of urban streetwear (just my opinion). The outfit is a blend of visible brands. I tend not to wear clothes with brands plastered all over them but I really like the new 'zion' capsule from the newly rebranded Chefldn, and had to buy one of their new t-shirts on one of my trips to Selfridges! Very comfortable and premium materials, I highly advise!. The shorts as you may know are from the infamous (now deceased) Pyrex Vision. These shorts are an icon in themselves and if you know the brand you'll know who's given them the reputation they have today. As for the base t-shirt and meggings they are simply from Asos. I really love Asos their huge variety and affordable pricing is very enticing so go and look if haven't already theres something for everybody. Finally to top of the outfit the Jordan Retro 5s in the smart 'metallic silver' colour way. An iconic sneaker in an extremely clean re mastered colour-way. Thanks for reading and the next post will be up tomorrow! So make sure your ready for that. Tell me what you think about this style. Ciao

Greg.