Giveaway | Farah Vintage £200 Vouchers

Following on from our visit to the Farah Vintage store at Seven Dials, London last week, as promised we've teamed up with the brand to bring you our latest giveaway. For this giveaway one Buckets & Spades reader can win £200 to spend at Farah Vintage!

£200 goes along way and there's plenty to choose from too - the 50% off sale has just launched so you could probably bag four or five peices from their SS14 range. Sweet deal right? It might be a bit tricky deciding but just to give you a little helping hand here's a few of our favourite pieces - I'd go with the Boughton Parka Jacket, classic grey college Doswell Hoodie, the classic navy Brewer Oxford Shirt and to add a bit of pattern the Lucio Leaf Print Tee.

Which items would you choose? Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter, best of luck!

Giveaway Details

- Subscribe to Buckets & Spades + Farah Vintage
- Giveaway runs 30/07/14 - 12/08/14
- The more ways you enter the more chances of winning
- The competition is only open to UK residents over the age of 18
- The prize is a £200 voucher code to be used online at Farah. The prize cannot be exchanged for cash
- The will be one winner only, who contacted directly in due course
- The final decision is binding and no correspondence will be entered into
- Full terms + conditions can be found here.

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Just in case you missed it here are the winners for the Urban Outfitters + East Dane Giveaways.

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Store Visit | Farah Vintage, Seven Dials London

Farah Vintage, Seven Dials.

It's been a while since we last did a Store Visit so when Farah Vintage got in touch regarding visiting their new shop I jumped at the chance. For the third time I stayed Tune Hotel at King's Cross; which seems to be the perfect location for getting just about anywhere in London.

I made my way around the endless city streets - walking from King's Cross, to Oxford Street, then on to the Seven Dials, Covent Garden - that route has now turned into one of my favourite walks in the city. London is a fascinating place to walk around and I do so as much as possible, taking slightly different turnings with each journey; all while avoiding taking the tube. This time I only ventured on the tube once to meet up with Nik for a trip to the Sunspel store in Shoreditch.

I knew I was in for a busy day so I stopped off for a hefty breakfast at Cote, before headed to meet at Farah store. I'm pretty familiar with the Seven Dials area now as I always seem to end up there, so to hear the news that Farah Vintage had just set up shop there was top news! For the most Farah is a household name across the UK + America, known for their history in workwear and later being adopted by the skinhead movement - the Farah Vintage range plays on their close links with music and youth sub-cultures; today being worn by creatives, musicians, officer workers and the football terrace crowd alike.

The store itself is a compact, well considered space which isn't overrun with stock; instead housing key pieces from their SS14 collection and small selection of items from their new collection. Plenty of patterns to get your heads around - Aztec, Stripes, Polka Dot, Floral, Tropical - you want it, they've probably got it lurking somewhere.

Buckets & Spades' Picks - Charles Print Oxford Shirt | Cyril College Sweatshirt |

 Kessler Stripe Shorts | Leopard Print Wallet

We got chatting about the Farah brand and what they've got lined up for the coming months - something I wasn't aware of was the work they do as a part of the local community. With events being held throughout the summer and mention of a pop-up beach party in Camden, it's a subject I'd love to explore a little bit further down the line.

Thanks to the Farah Vintage team for having me by the store. We'll be running a giveaway to win a bunch of stuff from them very soon, so look out for that! Farah Vintage, 18 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9LG.

Thank you for visiting,
Mat

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Outfits Lately

Amor-Lux, Gap, Superga

Albam, Champion, Puma, Nike

H&M, Gap, Converse, Copperstown Classics

Albam, Topman, Gap, Nike

Levis, Jack Purcell, Dicota

J-Crew, Disney, Gap, Nike

Farah Vintage, Universal Works, Levi's, Nike, Albam

Norse Projects, Levi's Commuter, Ralph Lauren, Converse, Coffee

Some of my outfits from over the past month. You can follow me on Instagram here.

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Instant Round-Up #3

1. Wearing Farah Vintage jacket*, Albam shirt, Levi's 511, Clarks Desert Trek, Burlington socks, Johnstons scarf 2. Spotted this classic Morris Minor 3. New pair of Nudie Thin Finn* w/ Northern Goods Co. Key Fob and bandana 4 & 5 Snaps from work at Togs + Clogs, New Balance latest drop and a bit of styling 6. Coffee reading, latest copy ofAesthetica Magazine 7. Messing with your melon  8. Hollie enjoying Scampi & Chips at The Queen's in Lytham // *Items c/o Urban Outfitters

Here's a few of my favorite images I've taken on Instagram of late. I've not taken as many photos as I'd like to over the past couple of months but I'm slow getting back into it. Incidentally I've been thinking about buying a new compact; only thinking mind as one of my main priorities at the moment is saving for our Orlando trip pt.2. You may remember we had to cut our first trip early due to a death in the family.

We're all booked for June and this time the road trip we planned to embark on the first time is definitely on. Our loose plan right now is to drive up to Savannah, Georgia then on to Charleston, South Carolina with the finally destination being something within the Blue Ridge Mountains and staying over in some Ralph Lauren style log cabin. Sounds good to me, have any of you guys been around those areas?

Let me know your Instagram handle and I'll get following. Find me at @mat_buckets.

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Introducing...Stuarts London

My pics from Stuarts current collection - Oliver Spencer Surveillance jacket, Edwin Nimes shirt, Red Wing Moc Toe boots, Levi's Made & Crafted Zig-Zag tee, Universal Works Brisbane jacket, Penfield Lansdale shirt,

 Pendleton blanket, Farah Vintage tailored shorts.

I'd like to introduce my new blog sponsors, Stuarts London. Stuarts was established in the late 1960s as a traditional tailors and outfitters for city gents, throughout the 70s & 80s they began to stock more casual european brands and formed a very popular following with the terrace casuals. Nowadays Stuarts offers such an extensive list of brands it's hard to place it in one category, let's call it an emporium for menswear.

With over 100 brands on their list it's hard to narrow it down but some of my favourite pieces are coming from Barbour, Carhartt, Clarks, Edwin, Farah Vintage, Grenson, Levi's Vintage Clothing, Norse Projects, Oliver Spencer, Paul Smith, YMC....the list goes on. Over the next couple of months I will be working with Stuarts to bring you some exciting stuff including giveaways, offers and brand exclusives. We'll be starting with a giveaway very soon so be sure to look out for that.

I hope you all enjoy your long Easter Weekend guys, hopefully you can spend some quality time with your loved ones. I'll be working but hopefully I'll squeeze in a few hours of fun somewhere. Take it easy.

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