Marshall Artist Sailing Jacket & Urbanears Giveaway Winners

Whoa there, fruit pastel outerwear alert! To say this multi-coloured jacket by Marshall Artist caught my eye is an understatement. I'm always in the market for jackets and I'm a massive fan of colours in the Autumn so this sort of fits all the bills. "Would I wear it?" I'm glad you asked, yes of course, I love the idea of it but I reckon I'd get too stressed out with what to wear it with and I'd end up in one of my infamous huffs. One of those "I'm not sure about it on me but I can imagine it looking good on x.....". It's a right bobby dazzler.

Available at Togs + Clogs

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Urbanears Giveaway Winners!

Thank you for all your entries for the Urbanears Giveaway and following me in a non-stalker/groupie kind of way. Without further ado I can reveal the winners;

1st Prize - Zinken headphones in Forest Green - 

Michelle of Mizhenka

Runners Up - Bagis headphones in your colour of choice -

Daniel Young

Chuck of Chuck's Miscellany

Dan Coultas

Krystal of Village

Kelly Munnery

Well done to all your lucky folks. I'll get it touch with you shortly, or if you see this first just email, comment on this post or tweet me. The runners up get to choose which colour Bagis they would like but you'll have to be quick to get your first choice.

Enjoy your weekend guys.

Sainsbury's Own Brand Packaging - 1962-1978

Sainbury's Own Brand graphics

I've been researching into packaging design and graphics this week for a personal project and I came across these Sainsbury's own brand designs from yesteryear. Coming straight acha from the 60s & 70s, it seems like Sainsbury's were up to some pretty interesting  and innocent designs at that point. Sticking with bold block colours and shapes, the team at the time came up with some eye catching and appealing styles. Most own brand stuff is quite bland at the moment but I have noticed some of the supermarket giants making their budget range products more appealing, using soft colours palettes and shapes not too dissimilar to these above.

Have any of you seen any interesting graphics or packaging lately?

The Urbanears giveaway has now closed, thanks for all your entries. I will be announcing the winners over the next few days.

Urbanears Giveaway Reminder - CLOSED

This giveaway is now closed.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair of Urbanears headphones all your have to do is follow the rules below -

• Like/Follow Urbanears on Facebook or Twitter
• Follow Buckets & Spades on Google Friend Connect (button on sidebar), Twitter or Facebook (If you haven't got GFC just do one of the others)
• Comment on this post to let me know which you have done, leaving your email or another way of contact

Extra Entries

• For extra chances of winning do more than one of the options above. If you follow me on all 3 channels then that's 3 chances of winning! If you already follow me just let me know via which and follow in another way for your entry
• RT or Share this giveaway on Twitter/Facebook with the #UrbanearsGiveaway and @mat_buckets
• "Pin" one of the giveaway graphics with @mat_buckets in the title. Remember to let me know which you have done too

Remember to let me know which options you have done in the comments box. The giveaway is open worldwide, good news! The closing date is 25th September (11:59pm), winner for the grand prize will be chosen first, followed by 5 runners-up, all chosen at random. Winners will be announced on here and on Twitter shortly after. Best of luck guys!

5 Years of Goodhood

The Goodhood Store of London recently celebrated 5 years in business with an exclusive range of products in collaboration with some of their favourite brands and people. The range has been created with their specifically to the store's tastes. I love a bit of Goodhood and here's a few things that took my fancy. My favoruite piece is probably the Norse Projects polka dot shop jacket, tasty stuff. There's tons more ace stuff in the collection, check the whole range out here.

Enjoy what's left of your weekend dudes, and remember to support your local.

Home of Millican

 In order - Les the Cooler bag, James the Duffle bag, Keith the Writer's bag, Rob the Traveler bag, 

Ryan the Domepack, Peter the Doctor's washbag

I've been itching to post about Millican's latest offering for a couple of weeks now so here goes. The Millican story began not too long ago in 2008 when the now married couple of Jorrit & Nicky met while backpacking around in South America. Their friendship grew on their love for travel, discovery and design; the pair moved to Keswick in the Lake District, soon set up a HQ (the shed) and started to produce a range of organic bags and travel goods.

The brand took its name from the legendary outdoorsman and self-styled "Professor of Adventure" Millican Dalton. Dalton left his life in the city and moved up to the Lake District in the early 1900s, to be entirely self-sufficient and live off the land. His life and values rang true with the pair and the Millican brand was born.

For their latest shoot they didn't have to look far for a suitable location, the above shots were taken in an abandoned pencil factory in Keswick (home to the UK's first graphite pencil, first produced in 1832 none-the-less!), just down the road from their offices. The wannabe Urban Explorer in me is mentally bookmarking this place for a trip in the future. Every piece in the collection is made with functionality in mind; using organic canvases, recycled polyester, tanned leathers and locally sourced wools. Each bag has been named after local friends who live in the Lake District, as a little tribute to the area. That's a pretty nice touch isn't it?

For such a young brand Millican have a real sense of identity and direction, taking inspiration Dalton's alternative lifestyle and turning that into products fit for the modern day. I just wish I got to venture out in the countryside more.

For more information on the brand and their products visit Millican.

Have you entered the Urbanears Giveaway yet? It closes on 25th September.

Instant Round-Up #2

1. Bollards at the ready 2. Red door in Preston 3. Wearing - vintage jacket, Gap t-shirt, Levi's Commuter trousers, Uniqlo socks, Superga trainers 4. Wearing - Levi's shirt, Ralph Lauren t-shirt, Dockers chinos, Converse Shoes, homemade key clip 5. The good stuff 6. Before the big rain. Wearing - Topman shirt & shorts, Puma Suede trainers 7. Looking forward to wearing this shirt now it's a bit cooler 8. All locked up

I thought I'd carry on with my monthly Instagram round up. Sometimes it's just nicer to see your images bigger than the usual  3" x 2", plus not everyone's not got the app so it's a win/win I reckon. I've been posting the odd one here and there but these round-ups tend to be more of a mixed bag.

The first few images are from my birthday o'ther Sunday,we headed down to Avenham Park in Preston for the final day of the Guild festival. I spotted the red door on the way back to the car and it got me thinking about a new project, I'm going to start snapping some doors that take my fancy (along with my ongoing project of taking photos of objects with faces but that's another story). So hopefully in a few weeks I'll have some corkers to share with you. The orange lock-ups sort of counts right? The sun is long gone now so I think we've all had it with shorts for one year, it was good while it lasted but mine are all firmly in the back of the wardrobe. But with the cooler weather comes a whole load of different clothing, including this Koto shirt I picked up in American last year, it was originally a bit too big but I've put on weight so it's ready for an outings.

So there you have it for one month. You can follow me @mat_buckets or on Instajelly. What's your handle guys?

This post includes a sponsored link, all words and thoughts are by me as usual.

Line Posters

LinePoster via Mizhenka

These tube system posters by LinePosters are the best thing I've seen on Etsy in ages, so much so that I'm definitely considering buying one. London would make sense but then again maybe buying another city that I haven't been to would give me the kick I need to actually visit there. They come in several different colours and there's tons more cities available. For under £20 they'd make a cracking gift without breaking the bank, score.

Anything interesting going on this weekend? Enjoy it, you've deserved it!

YMC A/W 12

I'm pretty sure that we're all starting to think about pulling the jumpers out, it's getting much nippier here and the rain is coming think and fast. September is usually a pretty decent weather month but no way, not this time. YMC's A/W 12 collection is a bit of a ripper, their lookbook as been doing the rounds for a bit but the products have just dropped in stores so I thought it was a good time to post about it.

The collection takes inspiration from the beatnik movement of the 50s and mixes it with their signature boxy fits, collegiate colours and mad patterns. They're basically producing clothes that I want to wear, with all this cooler weather setting in this is the kind of reliable garb I want to be reaching for. Do I spy something to spend my Oi Polloi gift voucher on? The piece that stands out for me is the navajo grey jumper, which is featured above. I wouldn't wear it over my shoulders a la Carlton Banks but you get the idea that it's going to look pre-tay pre-tay cool on.

The collection is now available at YMC and other good menswear stores.

Have you entered the Urbanears Giveaway yet?