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How to wear punk 2014

Punk - how to wear it 2014 Covering yourself in the design features like studs, spikes and safety pins it is clearly the wrong way to approach the high fashion punk for 2014 Instead, limit yourself to one or two eye-catching details that will instantly toughen up your look, while retaining the essence of your signature style. Think elegance and glamour as well. Studs Throw them in the mix alongside tailored pieces, a leather biker jacket, a pair of sexy pointy shoes, top them off with a messy bun and a toned-down make-up and you get a timeless look with a subtle punk appeal. Heavy boots Combat boots, Doc Martens or biker boots can instantly punk up an outfit – when paired with skinny jeans or skinny leather trousers. But they can work just as well when combined with quilted leather skirts, plaid shift dresses or super feminine frocks for an updated and far more glamorous take on the rebellious punk attitude. You will also stumble upon plenty of black leather ankle boots elevated with spikes and studs that you will be able to use. Plaids Plaids couldn’t have missed on the return of punk for 2014, as the signature pattern of punk. A plaid shirt can easily toughen up an outfit made out of skinny leather pants, heavy boots and sleek blazer.

The metropolitan museum of art have presented an amazing exhibition depicting Punk and fashion! You can read more here.....

Punk Fashion

Punk Fashion Punk rock was born in the 1970's as a reaction against mainstream music and culture. In the United Kingdom, a great deal of punk fashion from the 1970s was based on the designs of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren and the Bromley Contingent. Items in early British punk fashion included: leather jackets; customised blazers; and dress shirts randomly covered in slogans, patches and controversial images. Other accoutrements worn by some punks included: fishnet stockings,spike bands and other studded or spiked jewelry; safety pins, silver bracelets and heavy eyeliner worn by both men and women. Many female punks rebelled against the stereotypical image of a woman by combining clothes that were delicate or pretty with clothes that were considered masculine, such as combining a Ballet tutu with big, clunky boots. Punk clothing sometimes incorporated everyday objects for aesthetic effect. Purposely ripped clothes were held together by safety pins or wrapped with tape; black bin liners (garbage bags) became dresses, shirts and skirts. Other items added to clothing or as jewellery included razor blades and chains. What many recognise as typical punk fashions today emerged from the 1980s British scene, when punk underwent its renaissance. Some of the following clothing items were common on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and some were unique to certain geographic areas. Footwear that was common in the 1980s punk scene included Dr. Martens boots, motorcycle boots and combat boots; sometimes adorned with bandanas, chains or studded leather bands. Jeans (sometimes dirty, torn or splattered with bleach) and tartan kilts or skirts were commonly worn. Leather skirts became a popular item for female punks. Heavy chains were sometimes used as belts. Bullet belts, and studded belts (sometimes more than one worn at a time) also became common. Some punks bought T-shirts or plaid flannel shirts and wrote political slogans, band names or other punk-related phrases on them with marker pens. While this was not without precedent in the 1970s, the depth and detail of these slogans were not fully developed until the 1980s. Silkscreened T-shirts with band logos or other punk-related logos or slogans were also popular. Studded, painted and otherwise customised leather jackets or denim vests became more popular during this era, as the popularity of the earlier customized blazers waned. Hair was either shaved, spiked or in a crew cut or Mohawk hairstyle. Tall mohawks and spiked hair, either bleached or in bright colors, took on a more extreme character than in the 1970s.

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The British Textile Industry - Part one Cotton

The Cotton Industry and the Industrial Revolution The United Kingdom experienced a huge growth in the cotton industry during the Industrial Revolution. The factories that were required to produce cotton became a legacy of the time – Sir Richard Arkwright at Cromford built the world’s first true factory to produce cotton. With an ever increasing population and an ever-expanding British Empire, there was a huge market for cotton and cotton factories became the dominant feature of the Pennines. The north of England had many areas around the Pennines that were perfect for the building of cotton factories. The original factories needed a constant power supply and the fast flowing rivers in the Pennines provided this. In later years coal provided this power – this was also found in large quantities in the north of England. The factories also needed a work force and the population in the northern cities provided this, especially as many families had been engaged in the domestic system prior to the industrialisation that occurred in the north. There was therefore a ready supply of skilled weavers and spinners. Liverpool, a rapidly expanding port, also provided the region with a means of importing raw cotton from the southern states of America and exporting finished cotton abroad. The internal market was well served with decent transport means, especially when the railways extended from London to the north. Of great importance to the cotton industry was the repeal in 1774 of a heavy tax that was charged on cotton thread and cloth made in Britain.

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A weekend of green in the cotswalds.

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The pheasant – Britain’s most exotic import

I have always been fond of these birds since reading : Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl. The plot centers on a young English boy, Danny, and his father, William, who live in a Gypsy vardo fixing cars for a living and partake in poaching pheasants by feeding them sleeping tablets incased in raisins! The Pheasant is a non-native bird that was first introduced by the Normans in the 11th century as a game bird. The flamboyant, eye-popping colors of the male pheasant, reminds me that nature knows no end to its variety and creativity. Glimmering copper, emerald and russet tones shine from these birds, a charm they have inherited from their peacock cousins. Watching them run comically through the forest is always a delight whilst driving through winding country lanes.

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