The
city of Leeds is slowly becoming one of my favourite places to visit.
It’s got pretty much everything I look for in a day out; coffee spots,
local retailers, interesting architecture, a decent brewery with its
very own tap room, art galleries, friendly people and the kind of shops I
love to spend hours in.
No strangers to the blog, Whistles Men invited myself and lifestyle blogger + now good friend, Jordan Bunker,
to visit the Leeds store to pick out some key pieces from the current
AW16 collection. Located in one of the most beautiful shopping arcades
in the country, the Victorian Quarter, Whistles Men’s Yorkshire outpost
always makes it as a firm priority on my to-do list.
As for our clothing choices, it really didn’t take us too long to grab
what we needed for a full day of exploring the city. I was acting as the
tour guide for the day as it was Jordan’s first proper visit to Leeds.
Photos by Jordan Bunker + Nick Porter
It was all about freshly brewed coffee at Tall Boys, a heavy helping of
independent magazines at Village, and my favourite beer stop at Northern Monk
Brewery. A special thanks to Lucy of Northern Monk for letting us set up
camp for the afternoon.
For my look I kept things pretty true to my daily uniform; with the Striped Wool Overshirt, layered over the long sleeve chambray shirt, Burnt Orange Merino Wool Jumper. Predictability I chose the Khaki Classic Fit Chinos for my legs, finished off with my staple pair of Converse 70s, navy wool socks and Merino Wool Beanie.
Jordan’s look focused more on modern tailoring, with the Navy Wool Overcoat, chunky knitwear and wool trousers. With it being minus 3 on the day we decided to visit Leeds we sure needed those layers. Nicely played J-man. Head over to Jordan's blog to see more from our Leeds shoot.
What do you think of our looks? In partnership with the brand's ADVENT campaign now it’s your chance to take a pick of your favourite outwear piece from Whistles Men’s AW16 collection. Use the form below to be entered into our new giveaway!
Sounds wicked pal!
ReplyDeletehandsome fellas! and dude..esquire!?
ReplyDeleteI've gotta say I don't know much about Leeds! Sounds like a good day out, you got heaps of good snaps.
ReplyDeleteLooks like loads of fun guys! And as always, ace outfit choices from you both.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos guys! I go to university in Leeds and I love it - I think it gets so overlooked but it's my favourite Northern city for sure.
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Leeds is definitely on my list of places to check-out next time I'm in the UK!
ReplyDeleteSo jealous! Looks like you kids had a great day.
ReplyDeleteI can't take my eyes off that mustard bag... It is SO perfect!
It's a bit of a trek up from London but if you find yourself out of the capital it's one of the best alternative cities.
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming back, Kelly! Glad you like what you see.
ReplyDeleteWe did! Whistles makes it easy for us to look good.
ReplyDeleteOh boy I know, how crazy?!
ReplyDeleteCheers for taking us on the indie tour, we covered a lot of ground. Always a pleasure to feature on the blog with you, it's becoming a regular occurrence now. Plenty more guest appearances to come I hope!
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That's nice to here, Jordan. I guess you've become apart of the team! The way I like it, things are always better together. So what shall we do next?
ReplyDeleteOh really, I'd love to hear about some of your fav places? I'm a big fan, Leeds has so much to offer and a lot of creative people.
ReplyDeleteThanks buddy.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a big city but it is one of the more well-known ones in the UK, it's about 4 hours from London though so I guess it doesn't get many overseas tourism
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