Me&Yu are geographically one of the closest brands to me that I’ve feautred, seeing as their home of Manchester is ‘only’ a couple of hours away from me. If I woke up feeling the need to purchase a Me&Yu hoodie (such as this one) I’d be able to whizz down the M6, go to their shop in Affleck’s Palace in the Northern Quarter, and be home in time for (late) lunch. Of course if I were going all that way, I’d probably pick up a dozen Krispy Kremes too, like I do every time I visit Manchester.
Of course, I could just buy this hoodie online, which involves quite a lot less doughnuts, but at least I’d be able to fit into it and enjoy that wonderful ‘out of the pocket’ print placement/
Costiness=£45 Available for men and women
I was actually in Manchester this weekend, which is the home of Origin68, there’s not really much more to that story, so, ummmm, yeah…
How cool is this tee!
Costiness=£18 Available from Origin68 (they also have a StoreEnvy store if you would prefer)
I don’t know how many HYAers are located in the North West of England, but there’s probably one or two of you, and it’s entirely possible that you like rock music, and watching bands play live. If that’s the case, I wholeheartedly recommend that you check out my good friends
Decorate in Flames at
The Ritz in Manchester. I’ll be there, so if by some bizarre coincidence you’re there and you read this site, say “Hi” because it would make my
dayyear and then all my friends would think I was actually famous on the internet, and I might buy you a beer.
And if you can’t make it, listen to their songs anyway!
At the weekend after my friends and I had a very late brunch in Manchester I dragged them to the
rather fantastic Urbis building to check out an exhibition called ‘How Manga Took Over the World’, which, as you’d imagine, was all about how Japanese graphic design style has influenced us in the West. I know purists will probably be a bit annoyed they called it ‘Manga’ rather than ‘anime’, but I let it slide since they probably just wanted it to sound more accessible. I only persuaded two of my friends to join me inside (the rest
waited in the little park outside) despite it being a free exhibition, in fact, all the exhibitions at the Urbis are free. I don’t actually know much about anime, but I do know that I like the work of
Terratag,
Tado and
Jon Burgerman, and those guys were represented in abundance, as well as several other artists that I recognised but can’t remember off the top of my head. The exhibition isn’t actually that big, I got around it in about 20 minutes, though I was rushing and not reading the explanations since I didn’t like to keep my friends waiting indulging my own interests whilst they drank medicinal Starbucks to alleviate the effects of the previous nights drinking. If you’re in Manchester city centre for any reason over the next few months (the exhibition runs until September 27th) then I highly recommend checking it out.
Click on through for a load of pictures (mostly shot from the hip since I was unsure of the photo policy).
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