what if I wore it the first time.......: June 2016

Not going to go through the myriad of excuses for not producing blog copy for ages. Things like "not got the time " , " I work in local government - for heavens sake!" or "I'm sending the wrong messages to my girls about social media" are all statements I've uttered but I might as well have said "the dog ate my homework" as reason enough because these are pathetic excuses, aren't they?

I've just decided I'm going to blog about stuff I like and is on my mind and if you read and like it, then great and if not, well I enjoyed writing it - and that's that.

Today's obsession in point is a graphic tee but not just any old graphic tee shirt. I can't get this ultra cool "GIVE A DAMN" tee as sported by Alex Turner of Artic Monkeys fame and now The Last Shadow Puppets in their Glastonbury set this weekend out of my little head.

Now, Alex doesn't know it but we grew up in the same north Sheffield stomping ground (different decades obvs) I spot his subtle South Yorkshire influenced lyrics and grow nostalgic. Sad case that I am, in my own head this qualifies me to wear the same t shirt. Also, major confessional, I probably wouldn't have cared about the tee shirt that much until I saw it at Glasto. It's a bit like I wouldn't normally wear a jumper with "Ginsberg is God " emblazoned across the chest but the whole wanting to buy into the Bella Freud / band tee shirt thing is, well - becoming a bit of thing. Cue Olympic standard eye rolling by my family.

So here it is in action

Can we also just take a mo to talk about his flared sailor style trews. Obviously, I quite like these too.

It's from the Deep End Club based in New York and it appears to have some serious ethical credentials but if I'm honest that's all lovely but being entirely shallow, I'm really keen to acquire this garment because of Alex and Alexa ( yes - the ex).

This jumper is also on my list which is from another new lust label called Hades. Scottish based so a little more accessible.

I'm off to the States in August and so the Give A Damn t shirt is going to be mine. You can buy it online - luckily as if I were to walk into the shop I think they refuse to sell to me for fear of damage to their brand. The price at $45 is within reach even if the location isn't.

Oh, and can't wait to see the bloke in the flesh, so to speak, when he plays my adoptive home town on the South Coast- touring with the LSP's.