Day Off Snaps

Beat it kid

Slick shoe game

Natural minature stream in some gravel 

Balloon with a face

Cowboy with a face in Levi's

New socks and watermelons

On my day off this week I spent some well deserved time with Hollie in Manchester. We haven't spend that much time with each other over the last year, she's been ripping her way through the final year at uni and also been in America for the past 4 weeks. All her hard work did pay off in the end, she won the Barclays New Business award at Graduate Fashion Week and finish with top notch grades.

Here's a few snaps from a nice relaxing day around town. We took some time out to go to a gallery which was a nice change from the high street and finished the day with tea at a Mexican place. I did pick up some pretty slick multi-colour woolen socks from Urban Outfitters and some watermelon print swim shorts from M&S. I can't swim but I'm not passing up a print as good as this one, the word "dope" would describe these well.

Enjoy your weekend guys, what ever you may be doing.

Chester Wallace Waxed Tote

Pretty awesome tote bag for you today, in the way of this fold-over wax cotton shopper by Chester Wallace. The bag itself comes in a heavy duty, water repellent waxed cotton and is handmade in their factory in Portland, Oregon. What really attracted me to this style apart from the design was the range of colourways they have available, they specialist in this style so you know it's going to be a good'en. 

It's a pretty roomy number, measuring at 46cm x 37cm, with loads of space for your files and laptop. The nylon strap is long enough to go around you and not just over your shoulder so it's perfect for commuters and cyclists. Along with the Amsterdamn Shoe Co. Market tote this style is the best one around at the moment for me. Very reasonably priced at £120, well worth it for the design process.

Which colour do you reckon you would go for?

They're currently available at Flatspot. Visit Chester Wallace for more details.

Cos Stone Cold Said So

I stopped these in the Harvey Nics pop-up food market at The Trafford Centre last night. There's tones of fun stuff in there, loads of creative, eye-catching, bizarrely named and well packaged stuff going on. Very tempting and tasty sounding though. Not sure how long the market is open for but it's worth a visit if you're in into locally produced and well packaged bits and bobs.

Now, don't make me open a can of whoop ass.