Few men can wear a white-grey check hat, combining it with a brown suit, subtle striped shades of brown T-shirt and a metal chain, with conviction! Loe, Ndukwe’s business partner from Nigeria, could. With this nod to the autumn check pattern/monochrome trend he became a right candidate for our Brum Street Style Project photo outside the Birmingham Selfridges store. Liked his belt too.
I photographed Lisa yesterday – this was our first ‘catch’ for the Brum Street Style Project. I loved her bright red hair and hat, and her little dress from Covent Garden. John noticed her cool shoes from Irregular Choice in London. Some more photos of Lisa I have also added…
I was standing outside Bullring with my camera hunting for stylish men for my Birmingham Street Style Project and collaboration with The Rakish Gent. Suddenly in the sea of conservative blacks and greys a bright patch caught my eye and I followed it like a magpie. It was Braden in…
In my 20s when I was a student I had this great voluminous camel wrap coat that was very cosy in cold weather but a pain to dry-clean. In my 30s I wore a chic fitted single-breasted three-quarter length camel coat. When I just turned 40 (I am kinda giving…
The distinctive bubble-wrap facade of the Birmingham Selfridges store caught my attention immediately after we moved. I photographed it on its own right after Victorian Square and, once we started our Brum Street Style Project , I often urged John to take some street style pictures there. So last Saturday…
Meet Becky, a petite girl but with bags of personality, whom we photographed for our Brum Street Style Project on Saturday. I loved her sweet Americana look punked up with carefree pastel pink hair, wrist bands and a huge earring – an epitomy of teenager aesthetic! Becky is wearing a…
Tom and Emma caught our eye as they were strolling down New Street. All their clothes are from Blue Banana, a shop that used to be in the Pallasades, but closed due to the re-construction. Blue Banana’s Facebook page says that they are re-opening mid-September on New Street opposite Tesco Metro. I liked…